# US 11,991,985 B2 · Touchless paw care device

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- Number: US 11,991,985 B2
- Document ID: US11991985B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/452,189
- Filed: 2021-10-25
- Published: 2023-02-16
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-14
- Assignees: Jusmik Enterprises LLC
- Applicants: Kirk Mensah
- Inventors: Kirk Mensah
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11991985B2

## CPC

- A01K 13/001: {Washing, cleaning, or drying devices (for veterinary purposes A61D7/00, A61D11/00)}
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A quiet and compact device for touchless cleaning and drying of a pet animal's paws by positioning the pet animal in the device and causing the device to either force air over or suck air away from a pet animal's paws. A device with a form factor convenient for using to clean the paws of pet animals, e.g. domesticated quadruped animals.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A touchless paw care device comprising:
a base having a top enclosure and a bottom enclosure, the bottom enclosure adapted to have a partial opening for exhaust, the bottom enclosure adapted to be mechanically coupled to the top enclosure, the bottom enclosure adapted to have a first, a second, a third, and a fourth foot protrusion;
a touchless paw care module having a first and a second paw cup insert, a first and a second paw cup, the first and the second paw cup insert removably coupled to the first and second paw cup, a vacuum hose, a three-way connector, the vacuum hose adapted to be mechanically coupled to the first paw cup and the second paw cup by the three way connector, a reversible electric motor, the reversible electric motor mechanically coupled to the vacuum hose, a muffler, the muffler mechanically coupled to the motor;
wherein the touchless paw care module mechanically coupled to the base;
a controller, the controller electrically coupled to the touchless paw care module via the motor and mechanically coupled to the base;
a switch, the switch electrically coupled to the controller and mechanically coupled to the base; and
a power source electrically coupled to the switch and mechanically coupled to the base.

### Claim 2

A method for cleaning a pet animal's paws comprising:
positioning a pet animal in a touchless paw care device, the touchless paw care device having a base having a top enclosure and a bottom enclosure, the bottom enclosure adapted to have a partial opening for exhaust, the bottom enclosure adapted to be mechanically coupled to the top enclosure, the bottom enclosure adapted to have a first, a second, a third, and a fourth foot protrusion; a touchless paw care module having a first and a second paw cup insert, a first and a second paw cup, the first and the second paw cup insert removably coupled to the first and second paw cup, a vacuum hose, a three-way connector, the vacuum hose adapted to be mechanically coupled to the first paw cup and the second paw cup by the three way connector, a reversible electric motor, the reversible electric motor mechanically coupled to the vacuum hose, a muffler, the muffler mechanically coupled to the motor; wherein the touchless paw care module mechanically coupled to the base; a controller, the controller electrically coupled to the touchless paw care module via the motor and mechanically coupled to the base; a switch, the switch electrically coupled to the controller and mechanically coupled to the base; and a power source electrically coupled to the switch and mechanically coupled to the base; and
toggling the touchless paw care device between either a first state wherein the touchless paw care device blows air on the pet animal's paws or a second state wherein the touchless paw care device sucks air away from the pet animal's paws.