US Patent Issued to Mars on July 21 for "Systems and methods for restraint-free animal positioner" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,294, issued on July 21, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods for restraint-free animal positioner" was invented by Kathryn June Morris (Melton, Great Britain) and Debra Samuels (Colsterworth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for confining pet movement without physical restraint are disclosed herein. The systems and devices may include a first stand including an adjustable body support, a first middle portion, and a first base portion, the first middle portion configured to move the adjustable body support vertically based on a height of a pet; a second stand including...