ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,645, issued on Sept. 2.
"Canine feces rake device" was invented by Lisa Johnson (Billings, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canine feces rake device for manually removing canine feces with a plurality of prongs includes a handle. A foam wrap is enwrapped around an exterior surface of the handle and provides an area fore the user to grasp the handle. A shaft protrudes out from an end of the foam wrap. An end of the shaft can be inserted in a port of a rake. The port has a pair of holes and each of the holes has threading. A pair of screws engages by threading with the pair of holes and helps retain the shaft in a fixed position ...