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Pet flotation aid, walker and method

US5632235A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 8, 1996
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S119/907
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pet flotation aid and walker that includes a hollow and rectangular-shaped top panel that contains a piece of internal foam floatation material, hollow and trapezoidal-shaped right and left side panels that contain pieces of internal foam floatation material and are generally downwardly bendable from the hollow and rectangular-shaped top panel, trapezoidal-shaped and wide right and left belly flaps that are generally inwardly bendable from the hollow and trapezoidal-shaped right and left side panels, generally concavo-convex-shaped right and left neck flaps that contain pieces of internal foam floatation material and are generally inwardly bendable from the hollow and trapezoidal-shaped right and left side panels, neck flap attaching apparatus for releasibly attaching the generally concavo-convex-shaped right and left neck flaps to each other, a first continuous, light-reflective, and adjustable belly strap, first strap attaching apparatus for releasibly attaching the fixed proximal end and the free distal end of the first continuous, light-reflective, and adjustable belly strap to each other, a second continuous, light-reflective, and adjustable belly strap, and second strap att…

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