ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,801, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hundhaus Designs LLC (Ramsey, N.J.).

"Animal training method, apparatus, and system for achieving heeling behavior" was invented by Rebecca Longueira DeLuccia (Ramsey, N.J.) and Shawn Robert Stewart (Mahwah, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal training system used to train an animal includes a movement controlling device and a wearable device. The movement controlling device includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is coupled to a first connecting member. The second segment is coupled to a second connecting member. The wearable device includes a first attachmen...