US Patent Issued to Make Ideas on July 1 for "Self-righting stick-type object holder for pets" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,793, issued on July 1, was assigned to Make Ideas LLC (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Self-righting stick-type object holder for pets" was invented by Keith Mullin (La Jolla, Calif.), Christopher Taddei (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Lindsay Tracy (St. Charles, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-righting stick-type object holder for pets includes a set of fixed structure, that include a top shell and a bottom shell, ballast disposed in the bottom shell, and a collet disposed in the interior of the holder and having a plurality of collet jaws. The top and bottom shells are adjustably coupled to one another and define an interior of the holder. Th...