ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,863, issued on April 21.
"Dog tug apparatus for dispensing food items" was invented by Ryan Gauley (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive dog tug apparatus for dispensing food items has a tug arm. Rotating the tug arm around a first axis of rotation from a resting position to a tugged position causes a jar assembly to rotate about a second axis from an upright position to an at least partially inverted position. This motion causes food items held by the jar assembly to move into a position for dispensing. Then rotation of the tug arm around the first axis from the tugged position back to the resting position ...