US Patent Issued to THE HILLMAN GROUP on Jan. 28 for "Carrier for pet tag and electronic tracking device" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,623, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to THE HILLMAN GROUP INC. (Forest Park, Ohio).

"Carrier for pet tag and electronic tracking device" was invented by Byron K. Grice (Phoenix) and Michael J. Schmidt (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier assembly for a pet tag and an electronic tracking component includes a front cover, a retainer ring and a rear cover engaged with each other, with the retainer ring between the front cover and the rear cover. The retainer ring is movable, relative to the front cover and the rear cover, between a release position and a retention position, wherein, in the retention position of the r...