ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,712, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TredWear LLC (Shelby, Ala.).
"Interlocking wrap" was invented by Michael Steven Hunt (Columbiana, Ala.) and Lee Clayton (Columbiana, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlocking wrap and method for covering an outer surface of an object provides desirable qualities to complex tube shapes using a flat piece of material. The wrap may cover tubes, handles, rods, or hoops, in their many examples. Existing adhesive technologies applied to the back of the material, combined with the formation of the material into a series of three or more offset tabs that interlock when folded together in the pr...