US 12,178,190 B2Granted

Animal training method, apparatus, and system for achieving heeling behavior

AssigneeHundhaus Designs LLC

InventorsRebecca Longueira DeLuccia, Shawn Robert Stewart

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Abstract

An animal training system used to train an animal includes a movement controlling device and a wearable device. The movement controlling device includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is coupled to a first connecting member. The second segment is coupled to a second connecting member. The wearable device includes a first attachment point and a second attachment point. The first attachment point is located at a midline position of the wearable device. The first segment is configured to detachably couple to the first attachment point via the first connecting member. The second segment is configured to detachably couple to the second attachment point via the second connecting member.

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Dependent claims

A movement controlling device comprising a rear left segment, a rear center segment, and a rear right segment, wherein the rear left segment is configured to couple to a first attachment point located at a wearable device via a first connecting member, wherein the rear center segment is configured to couple the movement controlling device to an animal via a second connecting member, wherein the rear left segment is connected to the rear center segment by a handle, wherein the rear left segment and the rear center segment are connected to the rear right segment by the handle, wherein the rear right segment is configured to couple to a second attachment point located at the wearable device via a third connecting member, wherein the rear left segment further comprises a floating connecting member configured to move towards or away from the rear center segment, and wherein the movement controlling device is configured to:

convert from a single plane, linear device to a multi-plane, non-linear device, and
convert from the multi-plane, non-linear device to the single plane, linear device in response to the rear right segment and the rear left segment sliding down a base of the handle, wherein the rear left segment is configured to slide down the base of the handle via the floating connecting member, and wherein the single plane, linear device is configured to couple to the animal.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/244,804Filed 11 Sep 2023 · continuation
Priority: 31 Aug 2017
Published: US 2023/0413783 A128 Dec 2023
Granted: 31 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A01K 15/021
Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals ; Electric shock devices; Toys specially adapted for animals: electronic…
A01K 27/003
Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs: leads, leashes
A01K 27/001
Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs: collars
A01K
Animal husbandry

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Application62/552,442Us provisional application · filed 31 Aug 2017
Application16/108,821Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Aug 2018
Application17/529,873Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Nov 2021
US 11,185,051 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Nov 2021
US 2023/0413783 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Dec 2023
US 11,793,166 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0059325 A1Published application
US 2022/0071172 A1Published application
US 12,178,190 B2This patent

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