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US 7,717,068 B2Granted
Apparatus for enabling a trained dog to open a door
OwnerLaura Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A paw-supporting element, mountable to a hinged door at a suitable location, enables a dog easily to either pull or push the door open depending on which way the door is operable. A pivotable plate mounted above the paw-supporting element, linked to a liftable latch of the door if one is provided, enables the dog to also unlatch the door to open the same.
Claims5
An apparatus for enabling a dog to open a door, by selectively either pulling the door toward itself or by pushing the door away depending on which way the door is operable, comprising:
- a paw-supporting element formed to be affixable directly to the door at a selected location thereon;
- and
- means for affixing the paw-supporting element directly to the door,
- wherein
- the paw-supporting element is provided with an upper surface formed to resist slippage relative to a dog's paw forcibly applied thereto to exert a horizontal pulling force to open the door, and
- the upper surface is provided the topography of a paw impression.
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