ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,161, issued on May 13, was assigned to DUTCH COVER SOLUTIONS B.V. (Hengelo, Netherlands).
"Silo and cover therefor" was invented by Johannes Hubertus Zengerink (Hengelo, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a silo for storing for instance manure, wherein the silo is covered on an upper side thereof with a flexible roof, wherein the roof is manufactured from a flexible material or is otherwise deformable, wherein at least one flexible photovoltaic device is arranged on the roof, wherein the at least one flexible photovoltaic device is fastened to the flexible roof by means of first fastening means which ...