ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,485, issued on Feb. 25.

"Protective collar for pet" was invented by Liang Xu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a protective collar for a pet, including: a basically fan-shaped sheet material body, wherein the sheet material body includes a front part, a rear part, a first side end, and a second side end; the front part extends from the first side end to the second side end, and the rear part extends from the first side end to the second side end; a radius of the front part is greater than a radius of the rear part; and a closing mechanism, wherein the closing mechanism attaches the first s...