ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,638, issued on July 7, was assigned to Lexis LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).
"Pet entertainment apparatus" was invented by Roseann Cropanese (Flowery Branch, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet entertainment apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a frame, a movable unit, and a control unit. The movable unit may be configured to move within frame edges in an X-Y plane. The movable unit may include an actuation unit configured to cause an object to be pushed upwards along a Z-axis perpendicular to the X-Y plane when the actuation unit is activated. The control unit may be coupled with the movable unit and the actuation unit. The c...