# US 7,607,407 B1 · Animal chastity device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,407 B1 - Document ID: US7607407B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 12/006,458 - Filed: 2007-12-31 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2007-01-18 - Inventors: Dexter L. Blanch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607407B1 ## CPC - A01K 21/00: Devices for assisting or preventing mating - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract An animal chastity device. One illustrative embodiment of the animal chastity device includes a fastening device and a barrier harness detachably fastened to the fastening device. The barrier harness includes a rear fastening strap detachably fastened to the fastening device, a barrier panel carried by the rear fastening strap and a center fastening strap extending from the barrier panel and detachably fastened to the fastening device. A bite-repelling mechanism may be provided in at least one of the fastening device and the barrier harness. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An animal chastity device, comprising: a fastening device; a barrier harness detachably fastened to said fastening device and comprising: a rear fastening strap detachably fastened to said fastening device; a barrier panel carried by said rear fastening strap; a center fastening strap carried by said barrier panel and detachably fastened to said fastening device; and a bite-repelling mechanism provided in at least one of said fastening device and said barrier harness. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The animal chastity device of claim 1 wherein said barrier panel comprises a barrier panel frame carried by said rear fastening strap and a barrier panel mesh carried by said barrier panel frame. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The animal chastity device of claim 2 wherein said barrier panel frame comprises an attachment frame edge carried by said rear fastening strap; a pair of generally spaced-apart, parallel side frame edges extending from said attachment frame edge; a pair of angled frame edges extending toward each other from said side frame edges, respectively; and a strap frame edge extending between said angled frame edges, and wherein said center fastening strap extends from said strap frame edge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The animal chastity device of claim 2 further comprising a pocket provided on said barrier panel mesh of said barrier panel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The animal chastity device of claim 1 wherein said fastening device comprises an elongated, flexible main fastening strap having a first main fastening strap end and a second main fastening strap end and a fastening mechanism provided on said second main fastening strap end and detachably receiving said first main fastening strap end. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The animal chastity device of claim 5 wherein said fastening mechanism comprises a main fastening strap buckle provided on said second main fastening strap end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The animal chastity device of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of buckles carried by said main fastening strap and wherein said rear fastening strap and said center fastening strap of said barrier harness are detachably fastened to said plurality of buckles, respectively. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The animal chastity device of claim 7 further comprising a plurality of buckle straps carried by said main fastening strap of said fastening device and wherein said plurality of buckles is carried by said plurality of buckle straps, respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The animal chastity device of claim 1 wherein said rear fastening strap of said barrier harness comprises a first strap edge and a second strap edge and said barrier panel extends from said second strap edge, and further comprising intersecting first and second cross straps carried by said first strap edge in spaced-apart relationship with respect to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The animal chastity device of claim 9 further comprising a strap notch provided in said first strap edge of said rear fastening strap generally between said first and second cross straps. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The animal chastity device of claim 9 wherein said barrier panel comprises a barrier panel frame carried by said first strap edge of said rear fastening strap and a barrier panel mesh carried by said barrier panel frame and said barrier panel frame comprises an attachment frame edge carried by said rear fastening strap; a pair of generally spaced-apart, parallel side frame edges extending from said attachment frame edge; a pair of angled frame edges extending toward each other from said side frame edges, respectively; and a strap frame edge extending between said angled frame edges, and wherein said center fastening strap extends from said strap frame edge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The animal chastity device of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of buckle straps extending from said main fastening strap of said fastening device and oriented in generally perpendicular relationship with respect to a longitudinal axis of said main fastening strap and a plurality of buckles carried by said plurality of buckle straps, respectively. ### Claim 13 An animal chastity device, comprising: a fastening device; a barrier harness detachably fastened to said fastening device and comprising: a barrier panel; a pair of upper side fastening straps and a pair of lower side fastening straps carried by said barrier panel and detachably fastened to said fastening device; a center fastening strap carried by said barrier panel and detachably fastened to said fastening device; and a bite-repelling mechanism provided in at least one of said fastening device and said barrier harness. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The animal chastity device of claim 13 wherein said barrier panel comprises a barrier panel frame having a generally elongated, elliptical, U-shaped configuration and a barrier panel mesh spanning said barrier panel frame. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The animal chastity device of claim 14 further comprising a pocket provided on said barrier panel mesh. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The animal chastity device of claim 14 wherein said fastening device comprises: an elongated, flexible main fastening strap having a first main fastening strap end and a second main fastening strap end; a plurality of buckle straps extending from said main fastening strap between said first main fastening strap end and said second main fastening strap end, each of said plurality of buckle straps oriented in generally perpendicular relationship with respect to a longitudinal axis of said main fastening strap; a plurality of buckles carried by said plurality of buckle straps, respectively; and detachably fastened to said pair of upper side fastening straps, said pair of lower side fastening straps and said center fastening strap, respectively. ### Claim 17 An animal chastity device, comprising: a generally elongated body harness comprising: a pair of spaced-apart longitudinal harness straps; a pair of spaced-apart front and rear transverse harness straps extending between said longitudinal harness straps; and a pair of body fastening straps carried by said longitudinal harness straps; a front fastening strap carried by said front transverse harness strap of said body harness; a barrier panel carried by said rear transverse harness strap of said body harness; and a center fastening strap carried by said barrier panel and detachably fastened to said front fastening strap; and a bite-repelling mechanism provided in at least one of said body harness, said front fastening strap, said barrier panel and said center fastening strap. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The animal chastity device of claim 17 wherein said barrier panel comprises a barrier panel frame having a generally elongated, elliptical, U-shaped configuration carried by said rear transverse harness strap of said body harness and a barrier panel mesh spanning said barrier panel frame. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The animal chastity device of claim 17 further comprising a pair of neck straps extending from said body harness and wherein said front fastening strap extends from said pair of neck straps. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The animal chastity device of claim 17 wherein each of said pair of body fastening straps comprises a spanning strap segment extending between and intersecting said longitudinal harness straps of said body harness, a buckle strap segment extending from a first end of said spanning strap segment, a fastening segment extending from a second end of said spanning strap segment and a buckle provided on said buckle strap segment and adapted for detachable fastening to said fastening segment.