ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,985, issued on April 29.
"Pet immobilizer system" was invented by John M. Howard (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet immobilizing system utilizes a vest to located a bladder between a pet's legs. The bladder is rapidly inflated to hinder the pet's movement or to immobilize the pet. A remote electronic device sends a wireless signal to a wireless signal receiver coupled with the pressure source to activate inflation of the bladder. A pressure source may be canister or chemical inflation pressure source that produces an inflation fluid from the reaction of two or more chemicals. A vest may include a waist portion that...