ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,854, issued on April 21, was assigned to Koechner MFG. Co. INC. (Tipton, Mo.).

"Animal transport system" was invented by Jeramey Koechner (Tipton, Mo.) and Clay Blake (Fortuna, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal transportation system forms a climate-controlled environment that includes one or more cage assemblies configured to accommodate one or more live animals to be transported therein. The one or more cage assemblies comprise a covering extending thereabove, a frame having a support laterally extending therefrom, and one or more doors supported spaced apart from the one or more cages by the support and movable between ...