Small animal recovery collar
OwnerDeirdre L. Moy, Kelly A. Moyinventors
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Abstract
A sheet of flexible material is fastened around the neck of a household pet or other animal to inhibit the animal from bending its neck and thereby biting or licking wounds or other sensitive areas on its body. When fitted to the animal, the sheet extends between the animal's mandible and the animal's scapula in the region of the shoulder joint.
Claims7
A protective collar worn by a household pet or other animal, said collar comprising a sheet of hard, flexible material, said sheet being formed into a tubular shape around the neck of said animal, said collar having a width such that the collar extends between the animal's mandible and the animal's scapula in the region of the shoulder joint.
A method of preventing a household pet or other animal from bending its neck so as to lick or bite an affected part of its body, said method comprising:
- providing a sheet of hard, flexible material;
- bending said sheet into a tubular shape so as to enclose said animal's neck;
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- fastening said sheet around said animal's neck, said sheet extending substantially between said animal's mandible and said animal's scapula in the region of the shoulder joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.