Animal husbandry – Animal controlling or handling – Hitching or tethering
Reexamination Certificate
2001-02-02
2002-06-25
Abbott, Yvonne R. (Department: 3644)
Animal husbandry
Animal controlling or handling
Hitching or tethering
C119S788000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06408798
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to pet tie devices and more particularly pertains to a new tangle resistance pet tie device for tying a pet to a vertical implement such that the tether holding the pet moves freely about the vertical implement.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of pet tie devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, pet tie devices heretofore devised and utilized 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.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,003,929; 5,031,577; 5,462,019; 4,998,507; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 341,232; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,038.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new tangle resistance pet tie device. The inventive device includes an annular member having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top surface and a bottom surface. The annular member has a pair of oppositely positioned breaks therein. The first and second portions are removably couplable to each other. A clamp for positioning on the annular member comprises a ring having a break therein. The clamp is movable about the annular member. A band is securely attached to an outer surface of the clamp and extends in an opposite direction of the break in the clamp. Each of a plurality of protruding members is securely coupled to an inner surface of the annular member such that a free end of each of the protruding members radially extends toward an axis of the annular member. Each of the free ends has a bore extending therein. Each of the protruding members is movable through the break in the clamp. Each of a plurality of elongated rods has a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends of the rods is movably extendable in one of the bores. The annular member is positioned around the vertical implement and the elongated rods extended to abut the vertical implement.
In these respects, the tangle resistance pet tie device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of tying a pet to a vertical implement such that the tether holding the pet moves freely about the vertical implement.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of pet tie devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new tangle resistance pet tie device construction wherein the same can be utilized for tying a pet to a vertical implement such that the tether holding the pet moves freely about the vertical implement.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the pet tie devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tangle resistance pet tie device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art pet tie devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an annular member having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top surface and a bottom surface. The annular member has a pair of oppositely positioned breaks therein. The first and second portions are removably couplable to each other. A clamp for positioning on the annular member comprises a ring having a break therein. The clamp is movable about the annular member. A band is securely attached to an outer surface of the clamp and extends in an opposite direction of the break in the clamp. Each of a plurality of protruding members is securely coupled to an inner surface of the annular member such that a free end of each of the protruding members radially extends toward an axis of the annular member. Each of the free ends has a bore extending therein. Each of the protruding members is movable through the break in the clamp. Each of a plurality of elongated rods has a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends of the rods is movably extendable in one of the bores. The annular member is positioned around the vertical implement and the elongated rods extended to abut the vertical implement.
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 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.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the pet tie devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tangle resistance pet tie device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art pet tie devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie 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 tangle resistance pet tie device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new tangle resistance pet tie device for tying a pet to a vertical implement such that the tether holding the pet mov
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