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 Title: |
US5386802:
Animal excrement collector
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Hang-Fu, Lee; Avon Lake, OH 44012
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1995-02-07
/ 1994-02-10
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| Application Number: |
US1994000194253
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A01K 23/00;
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IPC-7:
A01K 23/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A01K23/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
119/868;
604/342;
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119/095;
604/342;
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| Field of Search: |
119/095
604/342,345
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| Priority Number: |
| 1994-02-10 |
US1994000194253 |
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| Abstract: |
A device to be worn by a dog or other animal to accept and retain primarily feces. The device includes a contact member contoured to the general shape of the animal buttocks and designed to be secured adjacent to the buttocks of the animal. The contact member includes an aperture designed to circumscribe the anus of the animal. A disposable container is secured in the aperture by a retaining insert. The device may be secured adjacent to the animal by means such as straps which originate from a harness worn by the animal.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Oldham, Oldham & Wilson Co. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hirsch, Paul J.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A device for accepting and retaining primarily animal feces wherein said device is designed to be worn by a dog or other animal having a torso, a tail, buttocks, and an anus, wherein said device comprises:
- (a) a substantially rigid curved contact member being designed to conform to at least the general shape of said buttocks, said member having a first surface designed to fit adjacent to said buttocks of said animal., a second surface, a periphery, an upper portion, a lower portion, an aperture therein, and a notch formed in said upper portion of said curved contact member and open to said periphery, and being of sufficient dimensions to encompass a substantial portion of said tail when said curved member is secured adjacent to said buttocks of said animal;
- (b) harness means for retaining said curved contact member adjacent to said buttocks of said animal so that said aperture essentially circumscribes at least the anus of said animal;
- (c) attachment means for attaching said curved contact member to said harness means;
- (d) container means for collecting animal feces comprising a body portion, and an opening in said body portion;
- (e) a retaining insert shaped to correspond to said aperture, said retaining insert capable of frictionally securing said container means to said curved contact member, such that said opening in said container means is essentially concentric with and secured adjacent to said aperture in said curved member, and said body portion of said container means extends outward from said second surface of said curved contact member.
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