ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,954, issued on July 15, was assigned to BRILLIANT PET 2 LLC (Chicago).
"Pet waste roll assembly" was invented by Alan Jay Cook (Chicago), Kristin W. Grube (Bloomington, Ind.) and Kevin John Augustyniak (Elma, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprocket adapter configured to roll up a waste pad. The sprocket adapter includes a sprocket, a first tube, a second tube, and a set of fins. The first and second tubes extend from the sprocket configured to couple with the take-up rod. The set of fins extends from the first side of the sprocket to couple with a pet waste pad. An end cap is configured to removably couple to a sprocket adapte...