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US 12,484,550 B1Granted
Pet apparatus and method
OwnerJoseph Rufolo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including a first turf section and one or more bells connected to the first turf section; wherein contacting the apparatus causes the one or more bells to ring. The apparatus may further include a second turf section; wherein the one or more bells are between the first turf section and the second turf section. The one or more bells may include a plurality of bells; and each of the plurality of bells may be in a first plane. The plurality of bells may substantially define a closed geometric shape. A method is also provided which may include teaching a pet to contact the apparatus so that the apparatus will ring, when the pet needs to urinate or defecate; and in response to the pet contacting the apparatus, opening a door to let a pet go outside of a building to allow the pet to urinate or defecate.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first turf section;
- a first disc having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface opposite the top surface, wherein the first turf section is fixed to the top surface of the first disc;
- and
- a plurality of bells are directly connected to the bottom surface of the first disc, wherein each of the plurality of bells has a top and a bottom;
- wherein contacting the first turf section causes one or more of the plurality of bells to ring;
- and
- wherein the apparatus is configured to be set on a floor surface, so that the bottoms of the plurality of bells contact the floor surface while the tops of the plurality of bells are fixed to the bottom surface of the first disc.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first turf section;
- a first disc having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface opposite the top surface, wherein the first turf section is fixed to the top surface of the first disc;
- a plurality of bells directly connected to the bottom surface of the first disc, wherein each of the plurality of bells has a top and a bottom;
- a second disc having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, wherein the bottoms of the plurality of bells are directly fixed to the top surface of the second disc;
- and
- a second turf section, wherein the second turf section is fixed to the bottom surface of the second disc
- wherein contacting the first turf section or the second turf section causes one or more of the plurality of bells to ring;
- and wherein the apparatus is configured to be set on a floor surface, so that a bottom of the second turf section contacts the floor surface while a top of the second turf section is fixed to a bottom surface of the second disc, and while the bottoms of the plurality of bells are fixed to the top surface of the second disc, and the tops of the plurality of bells are fixed to the bottom surface of the first disc, and the first turf section is fixed to the top surface of the first disc.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- teaching a pet to contact an apparatus so that the apparatus will ring, when the pet needs to urinate or defecate;
- and
- in response to the pet contacting the apparatus to cause the apparatus to ring, opening a door to let a pet go outside of a building to allow the pet to urinate or defecate;
- and
- wherein the apparatus includes:
- a first turf section;
- a first disc having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface opposite the top surface, wherein the first turf section is fixed to the top surface of the first disc;
- and
- a plurality of bells directly connected to the bottom surface of the first disc, wherein each of the plurality of bells has a top and a bottom;
- wherein contacting the first turf section causes one or more of the plurality of bells to ring;
- and wherein the apparatus is configured to be set on a floor surface, so that the bottoms of the plurality of bells contact the floor surface while the tops of the plurality of bells are fixed to the bottom surface of the first disc.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- teaching a pet to contact an apparatus so that the apparatus will ring, when the pet needs to urinate or defecate;
- and
- in response to the pet contacting the apparatus to cause the apparatus to ring, opening a door to let a pet go outside of a building to allow the pet to urinate or defecate;
- and
- wherein the apparatus includes:
- a first turf section;
- a first disc having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface opposite the top surface, wherein the first turf section is fixed to the top surface of the first disc;
- a plurality of bells directly connected to the bottom surface of the first disc, wherein each of the plurality of bells has a top and a bottom;
- a second disc having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, wherein the bottoms of the plurality of bells are directly fixed to the top surface of the second disc;
- and
- a second turf section, wherein the second turf section is fixed to the bottom surface of the second disc
- wherein contacting the first turf section or the second turf section causes one or more of the plurality of bells to ring;
- and wherein the apparatus is configured to be set on a floor surface, so that a bottom of the second turf section contacts the floor surface while a top of the second turf section is fixed to a bottom surface of the second disc, and while the bottoms of the plurality of bells are fixed to the top surface of the second disc, and the tops of the plurality of bells are fixed to the bottom surface of the first disc, and the first turf section is fixed to the top surface of the first disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.