Method and apparatus for easy transport of an animal bed, of particular use for dogs

US6637367B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Dost, Figg, Elliott, et al., LLC · US

Inventors

• Janice Dost · Berkeley, US
• Bill Dost · Berkeley, US
• Eleanor A. Elliott · Berkeley, US
• Joyce M. Figg · Richmond, US
• Paul E. Figg · Richmond, US
• Peter Klement · Berkeley, US
• Winifred E. Landers · Palm Bay, US
• Samuel Patrick Landers · Uniontown, US
• Paula Lewis · Oakland, US
• Odessa McDuffie · Oakland, US
• Dianne Sequoia · Corona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S119/907
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of carrying an animal bed includes placing a harness on an animal, folding the bed, inserting the bed in and between center-facing pouches of a pack, and attaching the pack to the harness. Apparatus for carrying out the method is described wherein the pack has a protective cover covering the openings of the center facing pouches, the cover having a body strap attached thereto.