ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,564, issued on July 28.
"Wearable bi-directional water dispensing device for a pet" was invented by Scott Joel Steele Jr. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article that is wearable by a pet that is fitted to the pet in a secure manner including a bladder bag that is adapted to hold a fluid (e.g., water) and including a series of flexible tubing extending from the bladder bag through a series of valves and a pump and to a fluid dispensing receptacle connected to the flexible tubing. Selectively setting the valves to a first position allows for fluid to be pumped from the bladder bag to the fluid dispensing receptac...