US Patent Issued to Edmonds Outdoors on Nov. 4 for "Pet food container" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,709, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Edmonds Outdoors LLC (La Vergne, Tenn.).

"Pet food container" was invented by Addison Edmonds (Nashville, Tenn.) and Gene Andrew Sparks (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet food container apparatus may include a container body that may define an interior space for storing the pet food, a lid that may be pivotally attached to the container body at a lid hinge, an opening defined in the container body that may be configured for accessing the interior space of the container body, and a lid rim that may protrude upwardly from the container body and may surround the opening. The appa...