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US 5,515,033 AGranted
Lost pet locator
OwnerRalph Matarazzoinventor
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Abstract
A lost pet retrieval collar receives a coded radio signal and activates a puncturing device to release gas from a pressurized canister to inflate a balloon creating a visual alarm that the pet is lost. The pet collar also contains information necessary to enable a passerby to contact the pet owner. In one embodiment, the puncturing device utilizes a spring loaded pin; in a second embodiment, the puncturing device utilizes a solenoid valve; in a third embodiment, a laser is employed.
Claims11
An apparatus for aiding a user in recovering missing property comprising
- means for generating an initiation signal;
- receiver means mechanically attached to the missing property for receiving said initiation signal remotely;
- indicator means responsive to said receiver means for creating an alarm on the missing property where said alarm is a balloon normally held in an uninflated state;
- and
- inflation means responsive to said receiver means for releasing stored gas into the balloon causing inflation of the balloon.
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A lost pet locator attached to a pet collar to aid in recovering a missing pet comprising
- receiver means set to a specific radio frequency for receiving an initiation signal at the same radio frequency and for processing said initiation signal to ensure that the initiation signal is at the same radio frequency and corresponds to the missing pet;
- inflation means responsive to said receiver means for releasing pressurized gas;
- balloon means inflated by the release of the pressurized gas for creating a visual alarm;
- and
- transmitter means for sending the initiation signal to be received by the receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.