US 4,537,153 AGranted

Device with pouches for receiving animal waste

OwnerStella M. Vidalinventor

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Abstract

A new garment of flexible, light weight, soft and strong material, to be worn in the body by dogs, cats, mammals or the like, provided with pouches for receiving and retaining, when in use, the discharge of their solid and fluid body wastes respectively. The garment is primarily directed, in the preferred embodiments, to be worn by male and female dogs, and in one aspect of the invention, to be worn by male or female dogs alike, comprises a wearer-contacting garment constituted by distinctive portions which are placed over selected anatomical regions of the wearer provided with one pouch located around the root of the tail and the anal region of the wearer, said pouch having an aperture to receive and retain solid body wastes and having in all its preferred embodiments a bottom configured to define an apex so that solid body wastes remain confined within the apex, and the garment in another aspect of the invention, to be worn in some preferred embodiments by male dogs and in other preferred embodiments by female dogs, comprises a wearer-contacting garment constituted by distinctive portions which are placed over selected anatomical regions of the wearer provided with two pouches, one pouch to receive and retain solid body wastes as mentioned above, and one pouch located over and around the genitalia of the wearer, having an absorbent pad positioned therein to receive and retain fluid body wastes.

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Dependent claims

A device to be worn on the body by an animal such as a dog, cat or the like, for receiving and retaining the discharge of body waste, said animal being a wearer of the device, and having a top line, a rear, an anal region at the rear, a tail with a root at the rear above the anal region, a genital region, a belly, hind legs, and forelegs, said root having a top and said tail projecting rearwardly from said root, said device comprising:

a wearer-contacting garment having margins, an upper portion which extends over the top line of the wearer, and a back portion which extends over the rear of the wearer, and said back portion having one opening defined therein of a size to encompass both the root of the tail and the anal region of the wearer, said opening having a continuous periphery extending entirely around an area of the rear of the wearer including the root of the tail and the anal region of the wearer;
container means having at least one entrances opening defined therein to receive the discharge of body waste, said one entrance opening being of a size to encompass both the root of the tail and the anal region of the wearer and being coextensive with said one opening of said back portion, said entrance opening having a continuous periphery secured to the periphery of said one opening of said back portion entirely around said one opening of said back portion and said entrance opening for connecting said container means to said back portion, said container means being shaped and dimensioned to completely laterally surround said one opening of said back portion and at least a substantial portion of the wearer's tail rearwardly of the root thereof;
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means connected to the margins of the said wearer-contacting garment at selected regions, to fasten the garment tightly yet comfortably and securely around the body of the wearer.

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