ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,131, issued on June 3, was assigned to FABRICATION ELCARGO INC. (Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada).
"Tarpaulin including a replaceable section" was invented by Kendrick Martin (La Prairie, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tarpaulin (10) including two sections (20 and 22) linked to each other through a junction section (24). The tarpaulin (10) includes a fibrous body (30, 32 and 33) and a polymer layer (34, 36 and 37) covering or embedding at least part of the fibrous body (30, 32 and 33). The polymer layer (34, 36 and 37) is reinforced in the junction section (24) so that the latter can be cut and to remove one of the two sections (20 a...