Method for manufacturing a pet mannequin for training pet trimming technicians

Abstract

The invention provides a method for manufacturing a pet model, commonly referred to as a pet mannequin, here a dog mannequin, is implanted on a soft walled hollow molded dog body formed of a polyvinyl chloride molding solution, the soft walled hollow molded dog body including a torso, trunk and leg portions, the molded body and a head portion and a pair of ears are molded separately. The molded body and head portions are filled with a chaff packing. Precut lengths of hair-simulating wool yarn are implanted into the wall of the molded body using a crochet needle. Thereafter, the chaff packing is removed from the implanted body and head portions. Next, a hot charge of pre-mixed self-expansible liquid polyvinyl chloride resin and polymeric isocyanate foaming bubble solution is introduced into the implanted body and head portions and permitted to cool, fixing the implanted lengths of hair-simulating wool permanently from the inside the body and head portions, thereby hardening the body and head portions, leaving exterior portions of said lengths. The body and head portions are coupled together. The exterior wool yarn lengths are brushed to form a mass of soft longitudinal filaments constituting the dog mannequin as a practice vehicle for use by pet grooming trimmers shaping the dog form by shearing.

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