Pet deodorizer device

Claim 1

A pet deodorizing device comprising, in combination, a pet collar, and an elongate cylindrical canister including a first diameter surface for receiving a cup-shaped lid thereto wherein said lid is hingedly mounted to said canister first diameter surface, and a solid chemical member replaceably positioned within said canister, and a securement means for securing said canister to said collar, and wherein said canister includes an annular rim of a second diameter less than said first diameter formed to said canister for receiving the lid, said lid is formed of a diameter equal to said first diameter and is of a cup-shaped configuration to receive said rim therewithin, said rim being of a height substantially equal to a downwardly extending skirt of said lid, and wherein said lid includes a downwardly extending leg with an inwardly directed tab securable to an outwardly extending flange integrally formed to the canister to selectively latch said lid to said canister, and wherein said lid is hingedly mounted to said canister including an elongate flexible hinge secured to said canister at the first diameter surface at one end and to the skirt of the lid at its other end, and wherein the leg is secured to said lid diametrically opposed to the hinge, and the flange secured to the first diameter surface diametrically opposed to the hinge, and wherein the canister is formed with a matrix of through-extending apertures formed through the first diameter surface to enable distribution of a vapor provided by the chemical member onto an associated animal, and wherein the chemical member comprises a deodorizing agent, and the chemical member is secured within a hermetically sealed flexible covering, the flexible covering formed with a removable tear strip to enable the vapor to be directed through the covering and through the apertures of the canister, and wherein securement means includes an annular spring ring slidably mounted onto said elongate flexible hinge securing the lid to the canister and defined by a further diameter less than said first diameter to capture the ring means on the hinge, and further comprising a collar ring mounted on the collar and the ring means mounted on the collar ring to suspend the canister from the collar, and wherein said securement means includes an elongate flexible strap orthogonally directed across a rear surface of the canister, and the strap being connected to the canister in alignment with said elongate flexible hinge securing the lid to the canister.