US Patent Issued to The Pet Parents Store on June 24 for "Counter for serving consumable items to pets" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,647, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Pet Parents Store LLC (Ankeny, Iowa).

"Counter for serving consumable items to pets" was invented by Mikaela Sperling (Ankeny, Iowa) and Blake Anderssen (Ankeny, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes a countertop portion, a barrier section, and one or more trays. The countertop portion has a front side and a back side. The barrier section is coupled to a bottom side of the countertop portion along the front side of the countertop. The barrier section is configured to support the countertop portion in use. The barrier section defines one or more openings therethrough. Each ...