Patent ID: 8733816

Claim:
A cover assembly in combination with an intake hopper of an agricultural conveyor for conveying particulate material therein in which the intake hopper comprises a housing having an intake opening across a top end of the housing, the cover assembly comprising: a sheet member comprising a flexible material and having a length between a first end and an opposing second end, the sheet member being operable between a working position of the sheet member in which the sheet member fully spans across the intake opening and a stored position in which the intake opening is substantially unobstructed by the sheet member; and a support frame coupled to the housing of the intake hopper so as to be movable relative to the housing independently of the sheet member from a stored position of the support frame to a working position of the support frame in which a sheet engaging portion of the support frame is centrally located above the intake opening so as to be greater in height than in the stored position of the support frame and so as to be arranged to support a central portion of the sheet member thereon when the sheet member is in the working position thereof fully spanning across the intake opening of the intake hopper.