ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,857, issued on June 3, was assigned to Shoulder Cats R Us LLC (Parker, Colo.).
"Pet perch" was invented by Debra Lynne Wiedenhoeft (Parker, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for supporting a pet along trapezii and behind a neck of a user. In one implementation, a core assembly of a bolster has a middle section disposed between a first end section and a second end section, and the middle section positionable behind the neck of the user. An elongated body of the core assembly is positionable along the trapezii of the user in a horizontal orientation. The elongat...