ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,583, issued on Sept. 8.

"Remote control release system for a dog leash" was invented by Brian Michael Loughmiller Jr. (Hazel Park, Mich.) and Derrick Defever (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control release system for a dog leash having a leash coupler is provided. The system includes a dog leash release module having a housing, a leash coupling member, a pivoting arm member, an actuator device, an RF receiver, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor generates a control signal to induce the actuator device to move the pivoting arm member from a second operational position to a first operational position in re...