ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,359, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to OXFORD SAFETY COMPONENTS Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Cover with adjustable width" was invented by John Alexander Black (Oxfordshire, Great Britain) and Robert David Black (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for covering an opening defined in a surface, the opening defined between a first edge and a second edge, and defining an opening width therebetween, shorter than a length of the opening, the cover having a cover width and configured to be supported, in use, at the first edge and the second edge of the opening when the cover width is parallel to the ope...