Animal husbandry inventions 12/06

20060288942 - Modular apparatus for harvesting cultured nematodes and uses thereof: The present invention provides a harvesting system for obtaining large quantities of nematodes that are minimally contaminated with growth medium, as well as methods for using this system. One feature of the present invention provides a harvesting system for nematodes in which culture medium contamination of the harvested nematodes is... Agent: David G. Rosenbaum, Esq. Rosenbaum & Associates, P.C.

20060288943 - Inflatable pet bed: An inflatable pet bed, in one embodiment, comprises a cup-shaped member including a circular, inflatable first air cushion as side walls, the first air cushion including an air inflation valve, and a circular cover put on the first air cushion; and a pad including a disc-shaped second air cushion including... Agent: Law Office Of Liauh & Assoc.

20060288944 - Pest-proof bird feeder: A pest-proof bird feeder for supplying bird feed to song birds includes a storage container for bird food which is both cylindrical and transparent and has a lower end and an upper end. A cap is removably mounted on the upper end of the storage container. The cap includes a... Agent: John Maier, Iii

20060288945 - Shippable polymeric bale feeder: This invention provides an improved bale feeder construction that employs polymeric tubular structural members that are assembled in a rigid and stable manner utilizing common assembly hardware, the bale feeder including three or more generally horizontal rings, a plurality of polymeric tubular legs overlying and supporting the rings, and stabilizers... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060288946 - Food lifter: A lifter for pet food or water bowls. consists in a channel through which slides a riser lifting a hook onto which is hooked either a platform or a bowl or any such container. A handle allows the user to raise the hook to any desired height at which point... Agent: Inventarium Suite 1607

20060288947 - Animal actuated drinking fountain and method: An animal actuated drinking fountain has an electronic circuit for operating a pump to supply water to an animal. The fountain has a housing with a container for holding the water. A pump receives water from the container and has an upward directed discharge port for creating a fountain of... Agent: Timothy T. Tyson Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20060288948 - Pet litter box: A pet litter box includes a litter container for storing liquid-passing litter and a liquid-absorbing sheet tray for holding a liquid-absorbing sheet. The front-back direction of the liquid-absorbing sheet can be changed without removing the liquid-absorbing sheet from the tray. A pet litter box comprises a litter box main body... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060288949 - Portable heated padding for pets: In accordance with principles described herein, portable heated pads for pets, and methods and systems for using the same, are provided that overcome some (or all) of the problems commonly associated with existing pet pads. These portable heated pads are easily transportable, and are preferably provided with cushion material. One... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20060288950 - Finfish containment pens and polyhedral structures: A finfish aquaculture containment pen having a plurality of panels that when joined together form the majority of the exterior surface of the containment pen. The panels each comprise tension-bearing mesh material forming the exterior surface of the containment pen, a plurality of compression-bearing struts extending along the boundaries between... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060288951 - A glass fish bowl which becomes curved surface: The present invention relates to a table with a transparent aquarium, wherein the aquarium is constructed by engaging each component panel with connecting members without an outer frame or other supporting members; the material of the aquarium is transparent; the shape of aquarium is curved; a plurality of aquariums are... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060288952 - Bird cage: A bird cage having a wire grille upper portion and a base assembly. A portion of the base assembly may be made of a light impervious material such as a transparent or translucent material. A plurality of connectors may be used to secure the wire grille panels together. In one... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060288953 - Portable pet hotel: Our product is a soft-shelled, “suitcase-type” object, designed with nylon-type fabric, which is treated with a heavy urethane backcoating and a durable water repellent topical/surface. This fabric is durable, washable, and lightweight and is especially designed to enhance the pet owner's décor, available in many colors. The outside pouch is... Agent: Cheryl Lynn Bottorff

20060288954 - Dispensing wash mitt with refillable shampoo cartridges: A dispensing wash mitt for pets or humans includes a hand receiving mitt having a top side and a mitt palm side providing a finger receiving cavity. A mitt scrubbing member is attached to the mitt palm side, said mitt scrubbing member having a plurality of holes disposed from one... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20060288955 - Device and method for controlling insects: The present invention provides novel insecticidal animal ear tags, neck collars or pendants, and a method for controlling insects in a homeothermic animal.... Agent: Wyeth Patent Law Group

20060288956 - Pet repellent cord cover: A pet repellent plastic cover is placed over cords to prevent pets from chewing the cords. This cover prevents injury to the pet and damage to the cord.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20060288957 - Children's walking harness: A walking harness for children includes a band or strip with first and second free opposing ends. The band engages the torso at the first end and trails off at the second end. Shoulder straps extend from the portion that engages the torso. These have remote ends fitted to extend... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel LLP

20060288958 - Animal harness: An animal harness includes a chest and girth panel with a front side, a rear-end or tail side, an abdominal or girth strap section connecting the sides to form left and right side leg openings. Lateral side straps extend from the front of the chest panel to the tail of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20060288959 - Animal harness: An animal harness includes a chest and girth panel with a front side, a rear-end or tail side, an abdominal or girth strap section connecting the sides to form left and right side leg openings. Lateral side straps extend from the front of the chest panel to the tail of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20060288960 - Pet collar with integral leash: A pet collar with an integral, retractable leash mechanism includes a flexible collar portion with a releasable buckle and means for length adjustment. A retractable cable is contained in a housing mounted on the collar. The retractable cable is normally biased to retract into the housing, but can be prevented... Agent: Larry D. Johnson Registered Patent Attorney

20060288961 - Animal control arrangement: An animal control arrangement in which there is provided a plurality of leashes which may be attached to the collars of animals to be controlled while walking, exercising, training or the like and which reduces the likelihood of the leashes becoming tangled.... Agent: Cislo & Thomas, LLP

20060283392 - Milk liner: A milk liner assembly (1) comprises a milk liner (5) seal ably located in an outer shell (3) and defining with the outer shell (3) a pulsating vacuum chamber (23). The milk liner (5) comprises a sleeve (8) and a teat engaging flange (25) which together define a teat receiving... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060283393 - Computer system for determining a customized animal feed: A method and system for creating a customized animal feed is disclosed. The method and system include having ingredient data from more than one location, animal data, evaluation data, and optimization weighting data. The specifications for a customized feed are generated using ingredient data representative of the mix of ingredients... Agent: Cargill, Incorporated

20060283394 - Feeder for small animals: The present invention concerns a squirrel feeder with multiple arms that protrude outward from a central hub. The arms are fastened or affixed to the central hub and the arms are positioned to extend radially out from the central hub. Some of the arms preferably have attachment means for holding... Agent: John J. Yim, Esq.

20060283395 - Motion generating squirrel feeder: A metastable, motion generating squirrel feeder with a pair of coupled, generally V-shaped ribs attracts squirrels with corncobs secured at each rib end. Each rib has a pair of projecting wings symmetrically diverging away from a central vertex. The wings terminate in ends occupying the vertices of a virtual tetrahedron.... Agent: Stephen D. Carver

20060283396 - Feed dispenser unit: The feed dispenser unit is designed for attachment to a vertical rotating shaft of a control unit of an animal feeder and has a base plate, a plurality of upright walls, and a shaft attachment member. The base plate is for receiving and holding feed that has been released from... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20060283397 - Pet-food dish with a handle: Disclosed is a pet-food dish with a vertical handle. Any of a number of well known handle-attachment mechanisms are contemplated. While many of these mechanisms permanently fix the handle to the dish, some allow for detachment. The handle may be detached, for example, to allow the dish to easily fit... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060283398 - Litter box liner: A litter box liner is provided. The litter box liner includes a bag with an open mouth portion and a resiliently deformable member is attached to the bag adjacent the open mouth with the resiliently deformable member circumscribing at least the majority of the fully extended perimeter length of the... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20060283399 - Continuously height-adjustable jump cup attachment bracket and safety feature mechanism: A continuously height-adjustable jump cup attachment bracket for a sporting fence to support a rail includes a jump cup carried on a bearing plate that frictionally engages a support post provided with a channel and a clamping means associated with the bearing plate. The clamping means may be selectively engaged... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20060283400 - Domestic pet collar and leash: A dog collar or leash has a first elongate section defining a cavity for receiving bags therein and a second elongate section. At least a portion of the second elongate section is releasably engageable with the first elongate section for enclosing the cavity when engaged and for opening the cavity... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20060283401 - Flexible animal training electrode assembly: A flexible electrode assembly for use with an electronic animal training device. The flexible electrode assembly provides pressure relief in the event that the collar is over-tightened. Pressure relief is obtained through the use of resilient materials or mechanical pre-loads that allow movement in response to applied pressure. Because the... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20060283403 - Adjustable quick release pet collar: A pet collar which incorporates into a collar strap a buckle with its usual length adjustability features, and a quick release incorporated into the collar strap in intimate and operative association with the buckle. Once the length of the collar strap is initially adjusted, using the buckle, to the neck... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20060283402 - Reversible animal collar and leash with decorative inserts: An animal collar with removable and replaceable inserts for custom ornamentation. An animal leash with removable and replaceable inserts for custom ornamentation, allowing for coordination of the leash and collar in some instances. An animal collar with a leash attach point located to allow for display of the collar ornamentation... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20060278168 - Pet dish and disposable liner: inadvertently be forced out by the eating pet, nor will the liner be allowed to spin within the dish. The dish and liner are also configured so that a stack of liners can be held conveniently within a single dish.”... Agent: Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates

20060278169 - Pet travel tubes: An apparatus for assisting in one of traveling and taking extended walks with a pet. The apparatus comprises a pair of elongated members having each of a predetermined cross section and a predetermined length. Each of the pair of elongated members being substantially hollow for storing at least one preselected... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20060278170 - Method for removing unwanted animals and their attractants: A method for removing animals and the attractants left by those animals that may attract others animals to the same area is disclosed. The method includes removing the animals and cleaning up all of the organic material left by the animals so that other animals are not attracted to the... Agent: Michael L. Leetzow, Esq. Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.

20060278171 - Containment systems and components for animal husbandry: Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems.... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20060278172 - Interactive bird perches: A bird perch unit is configured with a body coupleable to a bird cage and having an outer surface which is grippeable by a bird, and an interactive toy coupled to the body and alterable by the bird.... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20060278173 - Pet storage box fixing structure, pet storage box, and connect device: A pet storage box fixing structure configured to fix the pet storage box (10) in which a pet is stored, to a vehicle body (1) in a vehicle interior, wherein the pet storage box is placed on a seat cushion (2a), and a seat belt (3) of a seat belt... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20060278174 - Hanging bird toys: A hanging bird toy attractive to birds includes a number of links that are selectively assemblable to form varied designs. Each of the links is removably coupled to at least one other link and is independently movable with respect to the other link when coupled to the other links. The... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20060278175 - Winged dog training device: A pet training device including a generally cylindrical body and a pair of wings extending therefrom. Each wing includes a resilient stiffener element which tends to return a deflected wing back into a predeflected configuration. The body may define a head portion having a aperture through which a rope is... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20060278176 - Baby walking assisting device: A baby walking assisting device has a support part for supporting a body of a baby and having opening means for passing baby's leg through it so that a baby can walk, and a handle connected with the support part, the handle being substantially loop shaped so as to surround... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20060278177 - Apparatus for blind pets: An apparatus for blind pets comprising a hood region and a harness region; the hood region being convex-shaped and comprising a foam material and a rigid plate, foam material being affixed to the rigid plate with affixing means; the foam material and the rigid plate being covered with a fabric... Agent: Andrew Y. Schroeder

20060278178 - Bone tie: A neckwear item containing a main body and bone tie structure with the flexibility of being worn together or separately. The main body portion may be worn about the neck, as decorative neckwear, or the main body portion may be slipped over a pet's collar, crating a decorative collar cover.... Agent: Kelly M. Morrison-gale

20060278179 - Animal restraint: An animal restraint (10), typically as an animal collar, that encloses a girth of an animal including:—a belt (9) having a first (1) and second (2) belt ends and an elongate linker (3),—the first belt end (1) having an aperture (4),—the elongate linker (3) engaging the second belt end (2)... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20060272580 - Sensor apparatus for extraction machinery for milking mammals: A sensor apparatus to be used with extraction machinery (2), said extraction machinery (2) including a plurality extraction elements which when activated are adapted to deliver an exravted fluid from two or more extraction elements into a common collection line (3). The sensor apparatus including at least one sensor (4a/4b)... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20060272582 - Blanket assembly for pet bed: An improved pet bed assembly includes a water resistant outer cover defining an enclosed space and a removable blanket that is removably attached to the exterior of the outer cover. The removable blanket is preferably constructed so as to be completely removable from the outer cover for washing and replacement... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20060272581 - Modular pet bed assembly: An improved pet bed assembly includes a water resistant outer cover defining an enclosed space and a removable blanket that is removably attached to the exterior of the outer cover. The removable blanket is preferably constructed so as to be completely removable from the outer cover for washing and replacement... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20060272583 - One-piece contoured pet bed of molded memory foam: A pet bed comprising a one-piece body including a base having a top surface, a wall structure, and a recessed space. The one-piece body is molded from a polyurethane visco-elastic foam material having a thermal response characteristic. The top surface is provided with a complex, three-dimensional surface contour having a... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20060272584 - Restricted access pet feeding device: An improved pet feeding device comprising a substantially box-like structure with restricted access to food and/or water placed therein, access being controlled by one or more apertures in the deice suitable for allowing smaller sized pets to pass through while denying larger sized pets access, thereby improving control over the... Agent: Anthony D. Pellegrini Rudman & Winchell, LLC

20060272585 - Locking finial and receptacle incorporating the same: A receptacle that is adapted to be suspended from a support member includes a housing and a lid to enclose the interior thereof. A flexible cable is secured to the housing and extends though a passageway in a mounting member on the lid so that the lid can move between... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060272586 - Receptacle for use in the care and maintenance of living things with swivel mount and method therefor: A receptacle for the care and maintenance of living things, such as a birdfeeder, is provided that includes a housing having an interior and a lid that is securable thereto by rotation in a first direction and detachable therefrom by rotation in a second direction. A swivel member associated with... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060272587 - Rotating feed bunk: The present invention is a feed bunk having a cover portion and a bunk portion. The feed bunk supported by at least one support leg. The feed bunk configured for rotation from a feeding position to a filling/loading position.... Agent: Stephen M. Nipper Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20060272588 - Pet bowl and box for nutritional ice: A container assembly for bone-shaped pet products has a bone-shaped a container, a bone-shaped lid for closing the container, and a bone-shaped bowl sized and shaped for being received in the container, the bowl having a bone-shaped recess adapted for containing one bone-shaped pet product to be served to a... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20060272589 - Device and assembly for removably securing a dish to a tray: A dish that can be releasably secured to a base, such as a table or tray. The dish includes compressible tabs that extend from the bottom of the dish. The tabs are to be compressed and inserted into a hole in the base. Once the tabs extend beyond the hole,... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20060272590 - Cat litter box cabinet system: A cat litter containment enclosure system with four walls that locates a litter container at an elevated level preferably on a shelf where a cat enters the enclosure from a port in a front panel and hops or jumps to a second level for access to a litter container. The... Agent: Clifford Kraft

20060272591 - Mirror bird toy: An improved mirrored bird toy is provided that includes an interior multiple reflecting capacity that can reflect multiple reflections of a pet bird in multiple directions. Exterior exposed edges of the various mirrors may be plastic coated for safety. The lower or bottom mirror may include a cut-out whereby the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20060272592 - Squirrel house with predator protection: A squirrel house that can be used for shelter from predators, from cold weather and for providing a den for a breeding pair of squirrels to build a nest for raising a family of young squirrels, having a front wall including a side access hole, a floor having a bottom... Agent: Thomas A. Kahrl, Esq.

20060272593 - Contour grooming rakes and methods thereof: A grooming rake for animals includes a handle and a brush head with an arc shaped, side profile which is connected to the handle. The grooming rake provides an easier, faster, and more efficient grooming tool for animals.... Agent: Todd A. Sullivan Hayes Soloway PC

20060272594 - Therapeutic apparatus and method for animal: A therapeutic apparatus and method are provided for an animal. The method and apparatus appeal simultaneously to multiple ones of an animal's sense of touch, sense of smell, sense of sight, sense of taste, and sense of hearing to soothe, groom, and relax the animal and to improve the animal's... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20060272595 - Handle with bag roll attachable to leash: A leash handle includes a generally hollow grip having an aperture permitting access to an interior cavity thereof. A retaining structure extends forwardly of the grip for securing a leash to the leash handle. A plurality of bags are disposed within the interior cavity of the grip.... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP