ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,592, issued on June 24.
"Animal feces collection assembly" was invented by Matt Smith (Cumming, Ga.) and Jake Smith (Cumming, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal feces collection assembly for automatically collecting animal feces in a yard includes a cart that has a drive unit integrated into the cart and a collection space is integrated into the cart. The cart has a ramp is positionable in an open position or closed position. A collection unit is movably integrated into the cart to engage animal feces that have been collected on the ramp. The collection unit is actuated into a retracted condition to urge the animal feces up...