ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,221, issued on July 14, was assigned to Pet Parents LLC (Ankeny, Iowa).

"Laundry fur and debris remover" was invented by Blake Anderssen (Ankeny, Iowa) and Mikaela Sperling (Ankeny, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a laundry fur remover. The laundry fur remover includes a body and one or more protrusions. The body has a body outer surface and a body maximum dimension. The one or more protrusions are coupled to and extend outwardly from the body outer surface. At least one of the one or more protrusions has a protrusion maximum dimension. At least a portion of the body or the one or more protrusions ...