US Patent Issued to Higdon Outdoors on June 16 for "Adjustable animal vest and methods of using same" (Kentucky, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,152, issued on June 16, was assigned to Higdon Outdoors LLC (Paducah, Ky.).

"Adjustable animal vest and methods of using same" was invented by Benjamin Robert Higdon (Paducah, Ky.), Brook A. Richard (Paducah, Ky.) and Ira McCauley (Defiance, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable animal vest and methods of using same, the vest including an attachment panel for placement between a neck and a waist of an underside of an animal, a first fastening panel for placement on a first lateral side of the animal, a second fastening panel for placement on a second lateral side of the animal, a first cover panel for placement over the fi...