ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,900, issued on Feb. 3.
"Remote release leash and method" was invented by Edmund Charles McGovern (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote release leash includes a leash body having a proximal end and a distal end opposite to the proximal end, a connector disposed at the distal end of the leash body, and a release assembly extending along the leash body and mechanically connected to the connector. The release assembly has a toggle. The toggle is actuatable to move the connector from a closed state in which the connector retains a clipped element to an open state in which the clipped element is released from the connect...