ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,796, issued on July 14, was assigned to Green Trek LLC (Merrick, N.Y.).
"Portable pet bed" was invented by Michael Greenfield (Merrick, N.Y.), Edward C. Meagher (Southlake, Texas) and John Kraljic (Riverhead, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportable pet bed includes a top portion and a bottom portion. A pillow is moveable relative to the top portion to expose a sleeping region for a pet, the pillow positionable relative to the top portion to expand the sleeping region. One or more pockets is defined within the top portion or the bottom portion, one or more pockets configured to house a protective cover, the protective cove...