ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,426, issued on July 8, was assigned to Tim McCullagh (Stokesley, Great Britain).

"Roller apparatus for a cover and method of use thereof" was invented by Tim McCullagh (Stokesley, Great Britain), John McCullagh (Stokesley, Great Britain) and Rolf McCullagh (Stokesley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller apparatus (102) is provided including roller means (104), drive means (110) for driving rotation of the roller means in use, and an electrical power source for providing electrical power to the drive means in use. The electrical power source is provided by one or more batteries (112) located internally of the roller m...