ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,498, issued on June 24, was assigned to Four G Vortex LLC (Metairie, La.).

"Floatable pet kennel" was invented by Michelle R. Fruge' (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floatable pet kennel includes an enclosure having an upper housing, a lower housing, and a front opening. The upper housing and the lower housing are connected to each other to define the enclosure adapted to house a pet. The upper housing includes a plurality of upper housing walls, and the lower housing includes a plurality of lower housing walls. Each wall of the plurality of upper housing walls and the plurality of lower housing walls includes an exter...