ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,573, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nestera Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Poultry coop and confinement area" was invented by Richard Alan Freedman (Essex, Great Britain) and Kyle Hardman (Essex, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coop that includes a plurality of interlocking walls forming a roosting chamber, the first side panel having a nesting chamber access aperture, a second side wall having a roosting chamber access panel, a second side panel top section and a second side panel bottom section. The coop further includes a nesting chamber positioned over a nesting chamber access aperture within the first side panel, the n...