ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,791, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOWERSTAR PETS LLC (Malvern, Pa.).
"Method and apparatus for pet hair removal" was invented by Fernando Becattini Jr. (Malvern, Pa.), Jacquelyn N. Becattini (Malvern, Pa.), Fernando Becattini Sr. (Devon, Pa.), Steve A. Copeland (Barrie, Canada) and Nicholas Teixeira (Angus, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet hair removal apparatus has a plurality of engagement members. The apparatus operates in a plurality of different operational engagement position in which different engagement members contact the surface to remove pet hair from the surface depending on which operational engagement pos...