ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,859, issued on May 20, was assigned to BISSELL Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Portable pet grooming system" was invented by Jeremy W. Hoffmann (Comstock Park, Mich.) and Brian Robert Dexter (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a cleaning system and various related apparatus for grooming a pet. The cleaning system can comprise components dedicated to pet grooming or can adapt a surface cleaning apparatus or tools normally used for cleaning floors and upholstery to instead groom a pet. The pet grooming system can include a portable module, a fluid delivery system, and a recovery system. The ...