Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1989-05-19
1992-09-15
O'Connor, Cary E.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
A01K 2300
Patent
active
051468743
ABSTRACT:
A new garment of flexible, light weight, soft and strong material, to be worn on the body by dogs, cats, mammals or the like, provided with pouches for receiving and retaining, when in use, the discharge of their solid and fluid wastes respectively. The garment is primarily directed, in the preferred embodiments, to be worn by male and female dogs, and in one aspect of the invention, to be worn by male or female dogs alike, comprises a wearer-contacting garment constituted by distinctive portions which are placed over selected anatomical regions of the wearer provided with one pouch located around the root of the tail and the anal region of the wearer, said pouch having a closed bottom and an entrance opening to receive and retain solid body wastes, and the garment in another aspect of the invention, to be worn in some preferred embodiments by male dogs, and in other preferred embodiments by female dogs, comprises a wearer-contacting garment constituted by distinctive portions which are placed over selected anatomical regions of the wearer provided with two pouches, one pouch to receive and retain solid body wastes as mentioned above, and one pouch located over and around the genitalia of the wearer, having an absorbent pad positioned therein to receive and retain fluid body wastes. While the garment of the present invention, in the preferred embodiments to be worn by male and female cats alike, comprises a wearer-contacting garment constituted by distinctive portions which are placed over selected anatomical regions of the wearer provided with one pouch having an absorbent pad positioned therein, to receive and retain solid and fluid body wastes. The garment in all its preferred embodiments is provided with adjustable straps which might be plain, elasticized or of an elastic fabric, in several preferred embodiments, to fasten the garment tightly, yet comfortably and securely around the groins, the abdomen and the upper arms of the wearer, in several preferred embodiments, with several preferred fastening means. The garment of the present invention in all its preferred embodiments has several preferred uses, i.e. 1) as an integral disposable garment, 2) as an integral reusable-washable garment, both uses 1) and 2) having pouches permanently affixed to the wearer-contacting garment, 3) as an attachable reusable-disposable garment, and 4) as an attachable reusable-washable garment, both uses 3) and 4) having attachable disposable or attachable reusable-washable pouches respectively, attached with fastening means to the reusable wearer-contacting garment when in use, and detached after use to be disposed of, or to be washed and reused respectively.
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