US Patent Issued to The Kyjen on May 12 for "Cat wand" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,417, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Kyjen Co. LLC (Centennial, Colo.).

"Cat wand" was invented by Danielle Salyer (Denver) and Chaz Ozzello (Englewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a pet toy including a handle, a shaft including a launching protrusion, the shaft extending from the handle, a cord coupled to the shaft, and a toy assembly. The toy assembly is removably attachable to the cord or engageable with the launching protrusion. In a first configuration of the pet toy, the toy assembly is removably coupled to the cord. In a second configuration of the pet toy, the toy assembly is launchable from the laun...