ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,193, issued on April 8.
"Animal retention apparatus and method" was invented by Mitchell Fery (Astoria, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Animal retention apparatus, and method and applications thereof, having a frame member with multiple passageways, support guides, and a tie member adapted for retaining its shape as formed by a user, the support guides being adapted for being inserted into the passageways and removably held at desired locations in the frame member, together with wrapping of the tie member around the animal, all to enhance retention of the animal with support guides and the tie member coming in adjacent contact wi...