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US4597359:
Vehicle safety platform for pets
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Moorman, Maurice D.; Los Angeles, CA 90045
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-07-01
/ 1985-01-14
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| Application Number: |
US1985000691395
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A01K 1/02;
A01K 1/04;
A01K 27/00;
IPC-7:
A01K 1/035;
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| ECLA Code: |
A01K1/02D3; A01K1/02D4; A01K1/04; A01K27/00B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
119/028.5;
119/756;
119/907;
280/801.1;
Original:
119/001;
119/096;
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| Field of Search: |
119/001,96,51 R
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| Priority Number: |
| 1985-01-14 |
US1985000691395 |
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| Abstract: |
A platform and safety harness for supporting and restraining a pet within a vehicle comprises a resilient base member, preferably of tubular steel, with vertical arms connected to opposite sides of the platform adjacent the rear thereof and horizontal arms spaced below and parallel to the platform, for installing the carrier on a vehicle seat with the platform supporting the pet above the vehicle seat at about the window level in the vehicle. The base member can be secured in place by a conventional vehicle seat belt. The carrier also includes a flexible, non-choking pet harness, an anchor affixed to the upper surface of the platform and a flexible lead releasably interconnecting the harness and anchor for safely restraining a pet on the platform. The platform can also include a removable water cup with lid, and a carpeted or otherwise cushioned top surface, which preferably slopes downwardly and rearwardly, to facilitate the pet bracing itself during travel of the carrier in the vehicle. The carrier is simple, durable and highly effective to protect the pet and human occupants against injury and to keep the pet calm and interested in the view through the vehicle windows.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Bissell, Henry M. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Chamblee, Hugh R.;
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An improved vehicle safety platform for pets comprising, in combination:
- an animal-supporting platform which is generally rectangular in horizontal outline and comprises a support platform substantially surrounded by an upraised rim with downwardly depending skirt portions joined to said support platform at said rim;
- a base member connected to the underside of said platform in a region concealed by said skirt portions and supporting said platform in a generally horizontal position, said base member comprising a bracket having interconnected generally vertical and horizontal arms extending downwardly and forwardly underneath the platform to support the same, said generally vertical arm being disposed at about the rear of said platform, said horizontal arm being adapted to rest on the seat portion of a vehicle seat with said platform spaced above the seat near the level of a vehicle window; and
- releasable pet tethering means anchored to the platform.
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