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Pet restraint

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-08-17
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Granted: 1990-03-13
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Expires: 2008-08-17
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Abstract

Abstract An easily transportable pet restraint which is adapted to keep a pet within certain bounds in a vehicle and which will serve to prevent injury to the pet in the event of a vehicle accident. The restraint is a harness having an adjustable flexible belly band, a flexible chest band joined to the belly band, a flexible collar joined to the chest band, a member connecting the belly band and the collar at a clasp secured to the member to join with the existing seat belts in a vehicle.

Inventors

  • 👤 Paul L. Thompson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 11:24
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K1/00; A01K1/02; A01K1/0236; A01K1/0263; A01K1/0272; A01K27/00; A01K27/002

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 119 words
An improvement in a pet restraint for use in a vehicle having passenger seat belts consisting of anchor straps that terminate in a fastening device to hold the passengers within the vehicle, the improvement comprises a harness formed of a flexible belly band extending around the underside of a pet, a flexible chest band secured to said belly band at right angles thereto, a collar band bridging said chest band and extending across said pet, said collar band in spaced angular relation to said belly band, a clasp joining member interconnecting said belly band and said collar band to a seat belt blade on said clasp joining member, means for adjusting said belly band in relation to said pet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 119 words
An improvement in a pet restraint for use in a vehicle having passenger seat belts consisting of anchor straps that terminate in a fastening device to hold the passengers within the vehicle, the improvement comprises a harness formed of a flexible belly band extending around the underside of a pet, a flexible chest band secured to said belly band at right angles thereto, a collar band bridging said chest band and extending across said pet, said collar band in spaced angular relation to said belly band, a clasp joining member interconnecting said belly band and said collar band to a seat belt blade on said clasp joining member, means for adjusting said belly band in relation to said pet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
The improvement to a pet restraint of claim 1 wherein said seat belt blade and said anchor straps are of a male and femal type used on vehicle seat belts and are correspondingly registrable therewith and each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
The improvement to a pet restraint of claim 1 wherein said clasping member has an attachment point for a lead adjacent said seat belt blade.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1993-03-12 1993-09-11 1994-03-13 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1997-03-12 1997-09-11 1998-03-13 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2001-03-12 2001-09-11 2002-03-13 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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