ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,654, issued on July 8.

"Dog training device" was invented by Benjamin Simmons (Florence, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dog training device including a dummy assembly, an arm assembly, an internal assembly and a track assembly. The dummy assembly includes a dummy. The dummy is removable attached to the internal assembly. The dummy is a plastic replica of a human torso. The arm assembly includes a movable arm. The movable arm can perform a plurality of movements. The movable arm is covered with a bite sleeve to perform dog training. The internal assembly is configured to slide over said track assembly. The track assembly is fixe...