ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,814, issued on April 29.
"Door opening system for animal enclosure" was invented by Lee Hagood James (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door opening system for an animal enclosure is provided. The door opening system can include a latch mechanism to hold a door of the animal enclosure in a closed position and an opening mechanism to move the door to an open position in response to the latch mechanism releasing the hold on the door. The latch mechanism can incorporate an electromagnetic locking mechanism that is controlled by a user interface device at the enclosure or by a command from a remote device wirelessly connected to a ...