ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,145, issued on June 16, was assigned to Metro Marketing Group Inc. (Tenafly, N.J.).
"Collapsible pet bed" was invented by Alfred Silber (Tenafly, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible pet bed has a base. A rear wall is hinged to a rear side of the base and can rotate between a collapsed position where the rear wall and the base lie in a common plane and an erected position where the rear wall is perpendicular to the base. A side wall is hinged to a side of the base and can rotate between a collapsed position where the side wall and the base lie in a common plane and an erected position where the side wall is perpendicular...