ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,559, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hebe Studio Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Animal house" was invented by James Tuthill (Oxford, Great Britain), Johannes Paul (London), Simon Nicholls (Northhamptonshire, Great Britain) and William Windham (Banbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal house includes an impermeable hollow-moulded structure having at least one convex surface. The structure includes a first flat surface extending in a first direction and a second flat surface extending in a second direction. The convex surface connects the first flat surface to the second flat surface. The structure further i...