ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,013, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ferplast S.p.A. (Castelgomberto, Italy).

"Coupling element for the connection between adjacent grilled walls of a pet cage" was invented by Nicola Vaccari (Castelgomberto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling element (10) for the connection between a first grilled wall (P') and a second grilled wall (P") adjacent and orthogonal to each other of a pet cage, comprising an elongated body (11) one side of which ends with an arched coupling appendage (12), and the opposite side with a head (13) comprising two further arched coupling appendages (15, 16) facing opposite sides of the body (1...