ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,315, issued on April 29, was assigned to OLYMPIC VETERINARY Corp. (Tukwila, Wash.).

"Veterinary procedure table system" was invented by Joseph D. Reback (Seattle) and Cole Jason Dalton (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A veterinary procedure table system includes a procedure table having an animal support surface assembly supported by a vertical column, wherein the animal support surface assembly is movable between first and second tilted orientations, and wherein the animal support surface assembly is movable between a first animal support surface height position and a second animal support surface height position, and ...