ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,195, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ThinLine LLC (Durham, N.C.).
"Equine halter attachment" was invented by Evan Gerhardt (Alden, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An equine harness includes a nose-piece harness strap configured to at least partially surround a nose of a horse, and a nose-piece attachment coupled to an inner surface of the nose-piece harness strap to engage with the nose of the horse. The nose-piece attachment includes a first side segment at a first end of the nose-piece attachment, a second side segment at an opposite, second end of the nose-piece attachment, and a center segment coupled between the first sid...