Animal husbandry – Body worn protective shield or apparel
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-03
2001-05-01
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Animal husbandry
Body worn protective shield or apparel
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223696
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to clothes to be worn on pets such as cats or dogs (hereinafter called a dog).
PRIOR ARTS
A pet dog is made to wear clothes in order to prevent it from being stained or soiled during exercise or due to rain or snow. The clothes are devised so as to cover the chest part, belly, and four legs which are mainly stained or soiled during walking exercise. However, since little support was provided in view of movements of frame muscle, countermeasures for exercise were insufficient.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention was developed to solve the above shortcomings or problems, and it is therefore an object of the invention to provide dog's clothes which are very familiar with motions of the shoulder and waist accompanying a dog's walk, is adhered closely to the lower belly and does not hinder movements of the four legs.
In order to achieve the abovementioned object, a dog's clothes according to the invention are featured in that a front edge which is made arc-shaped to the curvature around the neck and a rear edge which is also made arc-shaped to the curvature around the body from the waist part to the lower belly are provided at the front (chest part) to such a degree that these cover an area from the neck part to the lower belly of a dog, wherein parts in the vicinity of both side edges of the front (chest part) and said front and rear edges are made into a tongue-shaped shoulder suspension part and a tongue-shaped waist suspension part; respective tip ends of said shoulder suspension part and waist suspension part are made so as to be connected to or separated from each other at a degree of overlapping freedom; and front and rear leg parts into which four legs are inserted are made through at said front (chest part), and wherein the respective lower parts of the front and rear leg parts are provided with a straight-up ribbed band.
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Calvert John J.
Conlin David G.
Dike Bronstein, Roberts & Cushman LLP
Hoey Alissa L.
Oku Kim Yon
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