US Patent Issued to The Company of Animals on Sept. 9 for "Pet muzzle with topology optimization" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,629, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Co. of Animals Ltd. (Surrey, Great Britain).

"Pet muzzle with topology optimization" was invented by Keith Mullin (La Jolla, Calif.), Christopher Taddei (Carlsbad, Calif.), Roger Mugford (Chertsey, Great Britain) and Andrew Groom (Bracknell, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet muzzle includes a muzzle body, including a cage, and a strap system. The strap system includes a neck strap section and two pairs of side strap sections, each including an upper and a lower section that are connected to each other at proximal ends and connected to the muzzle body at distal ends thereof...