ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,886, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Doskocil Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Arlington, Texas).
"Pet carrier" was invented by David Veness (Fort Worth, Texas), Michael Harper (Fort Worth, Texas), Karl Boehringer (Grapevine, Texas), Ryan Paxson (Elk Rapids, Mich.) and Linh Huynh (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier includes a body and a cover portion. The body has a generally circular bottom portion and a generally circular top portion and an opening in the top portion. The bottom portion is configured to be placed on a surface. The opening is the only opening sized and configured to enable an animal to enter or exit...