US Patent Issued to Tanjman Innovations on May 5 for "Apparatus for collection and removal of animal waste" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,211, issued on May 5, was assigned to Tanjman Innovations LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Apparatus for collection and removal of animal waste" was invented by Gary M. Tatangelo (Aptos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for collection and removal of animal waste is disclosed. The collection apparatus may have a plurality of panels connected with one another by a plurality of hinges. The plurality of panels of the collection apparatus may be manipulated by a user to move the collection apparatus from a collapsed position to an expanded position. In the expanded position, a bag may line the interior of the plurality of pan...