ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,862, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Spectrum Brands Inc. (Middleton, Wis.).
"Combination pet grooming tool and methods" was invented by Lindsay Sumners (Middleton, Wis.), Christopher Robert Stoll (Middleton, Wis.) and Gregory van Eyk (Middleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet grooming tool has a pet engageable portion and a handle portion. The pet engageable portion has a first section of a first brush characteristic sandwiched between a second section and third section of brush characteristics different from the first brush characteristic. The handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion and is sized for gr...