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US 7,559,817 B2Granted
Canine swim safe vest and collar
OwnerErnest A. Von Zellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a dog “swim safe” floatation system, including flanking water wings sewn directly to a suspension-type harness for the dog. The harness can be adjusted by a system of Velcro and latches and thus the entire apparatus can be conveniently modified to promote stability. A canine floatation collar is also disclosed.
Claims1
Canine Floatation Device, comprising:
- a harness for suspending a dog from underneath, and attachable in front of said dog, behind, and overtop said harness further comprising two opposing elongate sleeves attached together along their width by a rectangular section of mesh webbing for under-torso support of said dog, two rectangular sections of mesh webbing each attached above a corresponding sleeve and attachable together above said dog to provide over-torso support, a frontal collar attachable end-to-end between said two opposing elongate sleeves in front of said dog, and an adjustable strap attachable end-to-end between said two opposing elongate sleeves to fasten around behind said dog;
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- a closed cell foam insert in said frontal collar to provide buoyancy at the chest of said dog;
- a pair of opposing elongate closed cell foam inserts each inserted into a corresponding sleeve and maintained by said harness to extend laterally on opposing sides of said dog at substantially shoulder height for promoting sidelong buoyancy.
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