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US 12,108,894 B2Granted
Device for putting elastic boots on a dog
AssigneeDaniel A. O'Connor
InventorDaniel A O'Connor
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Abstract
A device that assists with putting elastic or rubber dog boots on a dog's paws. The has two arms and a compression spring therebetween that assist in stretching the opening or aperture of an elastic boot and holding the boot opening in this expanded shape such that the boot can be easily put on the pet paw. The device can then easily be removed, leaving the elastic shoe on the dog.
Claims14
A dog boot application device comprising:
- a first arm and a second arm each having a hinge end and a flange end, the flange end having an arm head with a flange having an arcuate cross section, the arcuate cross section of the flange ends on the first arm and second arm each having an inside surface forming an aperture to receive an elastic dog boot, each of the flange ends having an outside surface comprising gripping features spaced from a perimeter edge of each of the flange ends for gripping an outside surface of the elastic dog boot;
- a hinge securing the first arm and second arm together at each hinge end;
- a compression spring secured at an intermediate position between the hinge end and the flange end of each of the first arm and second arm, the spring applying a bias force to push the arm heads of the first arm and second arm away from one another;
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- a collar movable along the length of the first arm and second arm to compress the spring and hold the arms heads together when positioned adjacent the arm heads, and allow the arm heads to move apart when moved closer to the hinge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.