US Patent Issued to Spectrum Brands on May 5 for "Animal grooming tool and methods" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,171, issued on May 5, was assigned to Spectrum Brands Inc. (Middleton, Wis.).

"Animal grooming tool and methods" was invented by Elizabeth Lee Mondloch (Middleton, Wis.), William D. Himes (Middleton, Wis.), Terry Allen Willemin (Middleton, Wis.) and William Nathan Brunner (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grooming tool for use on an animal, such as a dog, includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, a first section of a first grooming characteristic extending from a first side of the head, a second section of a second grooming characteristic different from the first grooming characteristic extending from a secon...