US Patent Issued to Spectrum Brands on April 29 for "Grooming tool for animal and methods" (Virginia, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,984, issued on April 29, was assigned to Spectrum Brands Inc. (Middleton, Wis.).

"Grooming tool for animal and methods" was invented by William D. Himes (Radford, Va.), Kathryn E. Yee (Middleton, Wis.), Jewel M. Cary (Middleton, Wis.), William P. Robertson (Middleton, Wis.), Jessica E. Hubbard (Middleton, Wis.) and Chris Stoll (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grooming tool for use on an animal includes a base arrangement sized for grasping by a human hand. A first section of grooming members is secured to the base arrangement and includes flexible members. A second section of grooming members is spaced from the first ...