ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,083, issued on June 30.
"Multi-compartment bag useful for walking a dog" was invented by Kim Marie Swanson (Burbank, Calif.) and Johna Sue Beckham (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dog walking bag includes a central waste-holding compartment that is accessible from openings at the top end and bottom end of the compartment. The dog walking bag further includes a top flap, removably covering the top opening, and a bottom flap, removably covering the bottom opening. When using dog walking bag, a user deposits plastic waste bags containing animal waste (hereinafter "full waste bags") into the central waste-holding compar...