ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,372, issued on July 22.
"Towel for drying an animal" was invented by Thomas Carey III (Hudson, Ill.), Megan Dortenzo (Hudson, Ill.) and Sophie Zerbib (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towel is formed of an absorbent material for drying an object having one or more extensions protruding outward. The towel has a center portion and multiple extension panels extending from the center portion formed by a slit(s), resulting in each extension panel being independently moveable. Adjacent extension panels are optionally secured by a first and second means for securing such that the adjacent extension panels are removably connecta...