US 2024/0299780 A1Published application

Respirator systems for a canine

OwnerGeoffrey Alexander Kibble, Delbert Anthony Harnish +6inventors

InventorsGeoffrey Alexander Kibble, Delbert Anthony Harnish, Courtney Sue Cooper Cumberland, Sebastian MacNamara, Christopher Scott Church, Graham Wilson, Simon Matthew Pougher, William Nicholas Brown

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Abstract

A canine respirator comprising a hood comprising: a viewing window, an air entry port for receiving fresh air; and an intake air manifold for distributing the fresh air into one or more channels, an air supply unit comprising: a controller, at least one filter for drawing in and filtering air from an environment, an air tube for delivering fresh air to the hood; and a mounting assembly, wherein the air supply unit is attached to a portion of a canine away from a body of the canine via the mounting assembly.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A respirator for donning on a canine having a body region and a head region, where the head region of the canine is at an anterior position on the canine, the respirator comprising:

a hood having a distal end positioned generally anterior to the canine, the hood comprising:
a head enclosure forming a breathable zone for receipt and encapsulation of filtered air when the respirator is donned on the canine;
a viewing window comprising a visually transparent material arranged at a location on the hood for allowing the canine to visually see through the viewing window when the respirator is donned on the canine;
an air entry port positioned proximate the distal end of the hood for receiving the filtered air;
and
an intake air manifold fluidly coupled with the air entry port for receipt of the filtered air,
wherein the intake air manifold comprises at least one channel forming a pathway for the filtered air for delivery to a snout of the canine when the snout is positioned within the breathable zone;
and
an air supply unit comprising:
at least one filter;
an air tube in fluid communication with the air entry port for delivering the filtered air to the hood;
and
a mounting assembly,
wherein the air supply unit is attachable to a portion of the canine away from the body region of the canine via the mounting assembly.

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A method of providing filtered air to a canine, the method comprising steps of:

providing a canine respirator for use with a canine, the canine respirator comprising:
a hood comprising:
a viewing window;
an air entry port for receiving the filtered air;
an intake air manifold for distributing the filtered air into one or more channels;
and
at least one hood fastener;
and
an air supply unit comprising:
at least one filter for drawing in and filtering air from an environment;
an air tube for connecting to the air entry port for delivering the filtered air to the hood;
and
a mounting assembly,
wherein the air supply unit is attached to a portion of the canine away from a body of the canine via the mounting assembly;
providing a harness for placement around the body of the canine, the harness comprising at least one harness fastener;
wherein the at least one hood fastener connects to the at least one harness fastener for connecting the hood to the harness,
wherein connecting of the hood to the harness prevents the canine from removing the air supply unit;
placing the hood on a head portion of the canine;
mounting the air supply unit on the canine at a position away from the body of the canine;
securing the harness on the body of the canine;
connecting a portion of the hood to a portion of the harness;
causing the air supply unit to draw in and filter the air from the environment;
and
causing the air supply unit to deliver the air from the air supply unit to the hood.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.