Wearable feline waste collector and method of making same

A wearable feline waste collector for a feline having a back, a chin, rear legs, front legs, an anus, a urinary outlet, a belly, and a tail, the waste collector comprising:

• a feline diaper pouch comprising an entry aperture and an interior pocket having a pouch bottom;
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• a feline diaper assembly comprising:
• a U-shaped collar strap shaped and sized to wrap under and around the chin of the feline from the back of the feline when worn and defining right and left lateral portions;
• a flexible, rectangular, planar body portion comprising:
• a front connected to the right and left lateral portions;
• a rear;
• a length;
• a width substantially constant from the front to the rear along the length;
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• a middle defining a single opening:
• at a position between the rear legs of the feline to surround the tail, the anus, and the urinary outlet when worn;
• configured to removably attach to the feline diaper pouch beneath the tail;
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• having a nadir;
• right and left girth straps projecting from the rear of the planar body portion in a T-shape, the right and left girth straps sized to wrap around a respective one of the rear legs of the feline and removably secure to the planar body portion at respective securing sites of the planar body portion in a secured state and, in the secured state:
• the length extends longitudinally from the rear at the belly of the feline to the front at the back of the feline;
• and
• the width extends:
• at the front of the planar body portion, laterally at a longitudinal point at the back of the feline between the rear legs and the front legs;
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• at the rear of the planar body portion, laterally across the belly of the feline between the rear legs and the front legs to fill and cover an area defined longitudinally from between the right and left girth straps on the planar body portion to a line between the securing sites except for the single opening;
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• the feline diaper pouch attached at the opening such that, responsive to the feline diaper pouch being attached to the opening and the assembly being worn by the feline, the pouch bottom is lower to ground than the nadir.

A wearable feline waste collector for a feline having a chin, a back, rear legs, front legs, a tail, an anus, a belly, and a urinary outlet, the waste collector comprising:

• a pouch having left and right lateral pouch portions;
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• a feline diaper harness comprising:
• a flexible, rectangular, planar body portion comprising:
• a front;
• a rear;
• a length;
• a width substantially constant from the front to the rear along the length;
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• a middle defining a single opening sized to at least accommodate the tail, the anus, and the urinary outlet of the feline, the single opening defining a left side, a right side, an underside, and a nadir;
• a U-shaped collar strap shaped to wrap under and around the chin of the feline from the back of the feline and defining right and left lateral portions;
• right and left lower girth straps projecting away from the rear in a T-shape, the right and left lower girth straps having respective right and left lower girth strap fasteners;
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• right and left upper girth straps projecting away from the front of the planar body portion in a T-shape, the right and left upper girth straps having respective right and left upper girth strap fasteners, the right lower girth strap fastener being configured to attach removably at least to the right upper girth strap fastener and the left lower girth strap fastener being configured to attach removably at least to the left upper girth strap fastener to removably secure the girth straps respectively around the right and left rear legs of the feline,
• wherein, when worn:
• the length extends longitudinally from the rear at the belly of the feline to the front at the back of the feline;
• and
• the width extends:
• at the front of the planar body portion, laterally at a longitudinal point at the back of the feline between the rear legs and the front legs;
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• at the rear of the planar body portion, laterally across the belly of the feline between the rear legs and the front legs to fill and cover a space between the rear legs of the feline from the back of the feline to the belly of the feline and completely surround the tail, the anus, and the urinary outlet of the feline such that an area defined longitudinally from between the right and left upper girth straps all the way to between the right and left lower girth straps is filled by the planar body portion having the single diaper opening;
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• the left and right lateral pouch portions are removably secured to the left side, the right side, and the underside of the single opening beneath the tail of the feline;
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• the pouch has an interior bottom that, responsive to the diaper being attached to the single opening, the interior bottom is lower to ground than the nadir.