ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,011, issued on Nov. 11.
"Stainless steel animal waste receptacle, method and sequence of manufacturing steps" was invented by Jacklyn Ki (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a stainless steel animal waste and cat waste receptacle comprising: fully laser cutting through the outlines of the vertical wall from at least 1.2 mm gauge 300 Series Austenitic stainless steel plate; fully laser cutting through the outline of the round bottom; partially laser cutting through the outlines of the U-shape entryway; rolling the vertical wall cutout into a cylinder form; rolling the edge of the round bottom to create...