US Patent Issued to Edmonds Outdoors on Oct. 21 for "Animal training bumper" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,549, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Edmonds Outdoors LLC (La Vergne, Tenn.).

"Animal training bumper" was invented by Addison Edmonds (Nashville, Tenn.), Gene Andrew Sparks (Nashville, Tenn.) and Colton Gray Breeding (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal training bumper apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a body with an axial passage extending between a first opening on a first end of the body and a second opening on a second end of the body opposite the first end. The axial passage may define a first passage on the first side of the body and a second passage on the second side of the body. The a...