ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,932, issued on Feb. 11.
"Small dog comfort adapter for electronic collars" was invented by Daniel Bethke (Henderson, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small dog comfort adapter for electronic collars that replaces the standard post electrodes normally found on electronic training collars with wire or filamentary electrode contacts, and optionally, acorn nut electrode contacts. This design ensures proper electrical contact with the dog's skin while increasing the comfort of these collars on small dogs, which have smaller necks. The adapter can be utilized with different types of electronic training collars, such as those used to f...