US Patent Issued to Towerstar Pets on April 21 for "Method and apparatus for pet hair removal" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,973, issued on April 21, was assigned to Towerstar Pets LLC (Malvern, Pa.).

"Method and apparatus for pet hair removal" was invented by Fernando Becattini Jr. (Malvern, Pa.), Jacquelyn N. Becattini (Malvern, Pa.), Fernando Becattini Sr. (Devon, Pa.), Steve A. Copeland (Barrie, Canada) and Nicholas Teixeira (Angus, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet hair removal apparatus has a plurality of engagement members. One of the engagement members is a squeegee that includes a textured surface. The textured surface extends transversely or laterally between first and second sides of the apparatus. The apparatus operates in a pluralit...