ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,870, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Nite Ize Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Systems and methods for a lighted animal restraint" was invented by Bowden Ormsbee (Longmont, Colo.), Dale Karacostas (Boulder, Colo.) and Leo Lesperance (Erie, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal restraint is either a leash or a collar. The animal restraint includes a lighting module and a circuit board, the circuit board enclosed in the lighting module. The animal restraint further includes a first light source connected to the circuit board, such that the first light source does not have a fixed position in relation to the circuit board, the first ...