ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,862, issued on June 3.
"Pet treat holder and safety device" was invented by Vasiliki Karras (Granite Bay, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet treat holder having a flexible outer housing with a center opening. A channel is disposed through a thickness of the flexible outer housing and radially bisects the center opening. An inner sleeve is fixed within the channel. A threaded fastener is movably disposed within the inner sleeve and adapted to be moved in a forward and reverse directions. When the threaded fastener is moved forward through the inner sleeve by twisting in a first direction, an end of the fastener secures and res...