Groom pouch apparatus and method of making and using the same
AssigneeSporn Pet Products, Inc.
InventorJoseph SPORN
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Abstract
A groom pouch device may be used to groom a dog and to store and carry items during a dog walk. The groom pouch device may also store and dispense plastic bags. The groom pouch device may have a case with a plurality of attached bristles, an interior area having a pocket configured to hold a plurality of plastic bags, a bottom surface, a zipper configured to open and close the interior area and a port through the case configured to allow a plastic bag in the plurality of bags in the interior area to be manually pulled out of the interior area of the pouch. The groom pouch device may also have an elastic band that may be attached across the bottom surface of the pouch and configured to hold a hand of a user using the groom pouch device is used to groom a dog.
Claims20
A device for grooming a dog, the device comprising:
- a case having top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear sides, and having a size that fits in a hand of a user grooming the dog;
- a grooming device supported by the case, the grooming device comprising:
- a brush retained at and extending from the top side of the case;
- and
- an elastic band attached across the bottom side of the case, the elastic band configured to hold the hand of the user;
- a pouch defining an interior area of the case, the pouch being accessible through an opening in at least one of the left, right, front, and rear sides of the case;
- and
- a closure mechanism attached to the case and actuated to open and close the opening.
A device for grooming a dog, the device comprising:
- a case having a size that fits in a hand of a user grooming the dog;
- a grooming device supported by the case and disposed at a first side of the case;
- and
- a pouch defining an interior area of the case, the pouch being accessible through a sealable opening in the case.
A method of managing a dog during a dog walk, the method comprising:
- storing one or more items in a grooming device comprising:
- a case having a size that fits in a hand of a user walking the dog;
- a plurality of bristles supported by the case and extending from a first side of the case;
- and
- a pouch defining an interior area of the case, the pouch being accessible through a sealable opening in the case, the storing comprising inserting the one or more items into the pouch through the opening;
- securing the grooming device to one of the user and the dog;
- and
- during the dog walk:
- detaching the grooming device;
- securing the grooming device to the hand;
- brushing the dog with the plurality of bristles;
- and
- reattaching the grooming device to one of the user and the dog.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.