ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,239, issued on April 15, was assigned to LINYI QIHONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE Co. LTD. (Linyi, China).

"Water-spraying and bathing comb for pets, and water path control method therefor" was invented by Xipeng Han (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure belongs to the field of pet supplies, and provides a water-spraying and bathing comb for pets, and a water path control method therefor. Comb teeth are arranged on an outer side of a water-spraying and bathing comb main body; the water-spraying and bathing comb main body has a first front cover with circular holes with the same diameter; a water-spraying and b...