Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Transmitter systems – Animal control
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-16
2001-05-01
Lobo, Ian J. (Department: 3662)
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Transmitter systems
Animal control
C119S712000, C119S719000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06226229
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cat calling device and more particularly pertains to enabling a cat owner to call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
Cat owners often find it difficult to get their cats to come to them when they want them to. The owners typically have to resort to opening a can of food or other action attractive to the cat in order to draw the cat out of their hiding place. Most of the time, however, pet owners do not want to open a can of food or, otherwise, they are in a hurry to locate their cat. Thus, there is a need for some type of artificial stimulus that will allow a cat owner to have their cat respond to and, subsequently, come forth from their hidden location.
The present invention attempts to solve the abovementioned problem by providing a device that will record and play back selected sounds and/or voices that will serve to draw their cat out of a particular hiding place.
The use of pet amusement devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, pet amusement devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of providing amusement for pets are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,724,919 to Boyd discloses a sound producing device for evoking a response in an animal using various frequencies. U.S. Pat. No. 5,634,436 to Coombs discloses a device capable of producing an audio output for amusing an animal. U.S. Pat. No. 4,185,588 to Harris discloses a pet feeding device.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a cat calling device for enabling a cat owner to call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
In this respect, the cat calling device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of enabling a cat owner to call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved cat calling device which can be used for enabling a cat-owner to call their cat using a plurality of stimuli. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of pet amusement devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved cat calling device. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved cat calling device and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a housing having a generally rectangular configuration. The housing has a front face and a rear face. A recording means is disposed within the housing. The recording means includes an activation button disposed in the front face of the housing. A playback means is disposed within the housing. The playback means is in communication with the recording means. The playback means includes a plurality of playback buttons disposed within the front face of the housing. Each of the buttons serves to play a separate recording from the recording means. The playback means includes a speaker disposed within the front face of the housing. A clear pocket is secured to the rear face of the housing. The clear pocket has an open first end and a closed second end. The open first end receives an identifying label therein. The open first end has a notch formed therein. A magnet is secured to the rear face of the housing.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cat calling device which has all the advantages of the prior art pet amusement devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cat calling device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cat calling device which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved cat calling device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a cat calling device economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved cat calling device for enabling a cat owner to call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cat calling device including a housing having a front face and a rear face. A recording means is disposed within the housing. A playback means is disposed within the housing. The playback means is in communication with the recording means. The playback means includes a plurality of playback buttons disposed within the front face of the housing. Each of the buttons serves to play a separate recording from the recording means. The playback means includes a speaker disposed within the front face of the housing.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: Re. 36322 (1999-10-01), Whitaker
patent: 4896305 (1990-01-01), Gimbal
patent: 5894275 (1999-04-01), Swingle
Goldstein & Canino
Lobo Ian J.
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