ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,960, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ultimate Pet Bed LLC (Nottingham, N.H.).
"Portable pet bed assembly" was invented by Rick Conn (Nottingham, N.H.), Rick Harder (Boise, Idaho) and Ron Wilks (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable pet bed assembly, having a frame assembly including a bed mount, two elbows, and a base, wherein the elbows are each slidably releasably attached or coupled between a portion of the bed mount and a portion of the base; and a pet bed having pet bed side walls and a pet bed bottom wall defining a bed cavity, wherein a bed frame recess opening is formed through a portion of the pet be...