ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,154, issued on June 16.
"Wireless location assisted zone guidance system with remote activation" was invented by Rodney P. Landers (Stillwater, Minn.) and Kevin L. Nieuwsma (Lakeville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fully self-contained location training apparatus monitors the location of an animate being, for exemplary purposes such as a dog, and selectively provides location-dependent stimulation. A communications link is provided between the location training apparatus and a mobile training aid. The mobile training aid is provided with a trigger that, when triggered by an operator, in turn causes the location training appa...