ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,866, issued on Feb. 17.
"Crawling insect repelling pet dish platform" was invented by Douglas Charles Briney (Newport Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pet food or a pet dish stand which is capable of keeping crawling insects away from the pet food, without harming or killing the crawling insects. It comprises of a device with a base, a vertical post with electronic assembly, and a capital which holds the pet food. The electronic assembly within the vertical post is connected to at least two conductors with which a crawling insect makes contact and completes an electrical current. This el...