ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,429, issued on March 31.
"Telescopic pooper scooper" was invented by Ronald William Buzzard Jr. (Auburn, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Telescopic Pooper Scooper has a thin metal telescopic handle that extends from 6 inches long to up to 3 feet for the animal's owner to be able to insert the poop catching bag down the middle of the plastic ring and fold the sides of the bag over the top of the ring and clip the poop bag into the three outside clips to hold it. And then extend it out from their hand to reach under the animals behind to catch the poop directly into the bag so they do not have to touch the poop through the ba...