ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,860, issued on June 3.
"Pet grooming apparatus" was invented by Eduardo Garcia (Hialeah, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet grooming kit for converting a bathtub into a pet grooming station. The pet grooming kit includes an apparatus for establishing a raised platform in the bathtub. The pet grooming kit further includes a wheeled bench that is independently movably relative to the apparatus between a separate seated condition and a dolly condition engaging the apparatus for the combination to be wheeled away for storage. The pet grooming kit may include a vertical pole elevated above the raised platform for restraining a pet t...