Animal husbandry inventions 08/07

20070199511 - Device for keeping pets' ears clean or substantially clean: An ear prop prevents a pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting food or water in a bowl or dish. The ear prop has members for elevating, supporting or displacing the pet's ears, and the ear prop may comprise a shield. A dish for holding food or water for a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070199512 - Pet drinking bowl: A drinking bowl for a pet and adapted for use in a moving vehicle has a base section which defines a liquid reservoir having a cylindrical side wall and a removable in-turned rim at the upper end thereof. An inner section has sufficient buoyancy to float on liquid in the... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070199513 - Diagnostic litter for animals: Use of an animal litter having a whiteness value greater than 90 %, for observing the colour of the animal's urine by observing the modification of the coulour of the litter after its contact with the urine.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070199515 - Electromagnetic apparatus and methods for affecting behavior in elasmobranch fish: The present invention provides an apparatus for selectively affecting the behavior of elasmobranch fish such as rays, skates and sharks, with electromagnetic waves. The apparatus comprises a power source, an electrical circuit capable of generating a selected voltage, current, and alternating frequency, an antenna capable of receiving the converted power... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070199514 - Electromagnetic apparatus and methods for affecting behavior in elasmobranch fish: The present invention provides an apparatus for selectively affecting the behavior of elasmobranch fish such as rays, skates and sharks, with electromagnetic waves. The apparatus comprises a power source, an electrical circuit capable of generating a selected voltage and current in a selected frequency, an antenna to transmit the generated... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070199516 - Game surrogate device: A game surrogate device for game chicks comprising a brooding chamber, free-range chamber, and a movable partition.... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070199517 - Nesting box for birds: A nesting box for birds including a front wall with an entrance aperture, a rear wall, a bottom, a roof and mounting means for mounting the nesting box on a support construction. The front wall has an opening with which one of a group of plate-like elements can selectively co-act,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070199518 - Apparatus for tented and protective relief station and method for use: An apparatus and method is provided to protect a dog from inclement weather and birds of prey or other animals while the dog relieves itself. The apparatus comprises a tent structure enclosed on integrated top and sides and front and rear, no floor structure providing the animal direct access to... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20070199519 - Teat foam ring: A teat foam ring connected to a supply of pressurized cleaning solution and a supply of pressurized air. The teat foam ring includes a cleaning solution inlet and defines a cleaning solution channel and an extrusion slot. Cleaning solution and compressed air flow into the ring through the cleaning solution... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070199520 - Rodeo release chute apparatus: An animal release chute for use in steer or calf roping competitions is described. The chute has a fixed section and a moveable section that telescopes forwardly relative to the fixed section. A release gate at the forward end of the moveable section is moveable between a closed position for... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Financial Center

20070199521 - Pet collar with ear guards: This invention relates to a collar device that limits the head movement for a canine or feline pet while the pet is recuperating from surgery or injury. The collar may be fitted with removable ear guards. The collar is capable of being coupled to a leash so the animal can... Agent: Cherskov & Flaynik

20070199522 - Device comprising a disposable bag for the collection of animal excrement: A tuck is performed at the opening of a bag, in association with a rigid annular element coplanar to said opening. A cord is placed sliding within said tuck performing the closing of said bag with the ends of said cord are pulled, performing at the same time the detachment... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070199523 - Special strap assembly which is intended to prevent dog excrement from being deposited in public areas: The invention relates to a special strap assembly which is intended to prevent dog excrement from being deposited in public areas. The inventive assembly comprises an elastic strap which is fitted to the dog's hindquarters and which supports a singular piece (4) having characteristics which enable an excrement-collection bag to... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070193521 - Controlled collar vacuum: The present invention relates to a milking machine and a method for milking animal using a milking machine, wherein the milking machine comprises at least a first teat cup, the first teat cup is provided with a teat cup liner to be positioned around a teat of the milking animal,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070193522 - Collapsible pet bed with attachable storage: A pet bed is formed of sides having a frame and a flexible material within the frame. The bed can be folded for transport. The bed includes a bag attachable to the side for holding toys and supplies. The bag can be removed when the bed is folded and/or for... Agent: Law Office Of Brett N. Dorny

20070193524 - Animal feeding device and method: An automated feeding system for pets with special diets includes a feeder dish which is made accessible to a pet only when an ID tag on the pet is recognized as authorized by a receiver on the device and only for a certain time period. The appropriate amount of food... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070193523 - Livestock management system and method for split-weight feeding based on median weight of herd: A livestock management system is provided that sorts animals for split-weight feeding based on a calculated median weight of a herd. The system includes a pen area partitioned into a first feeding area containing at least a first feeder, a second feeding area containing at least a second feeder, and... Agent: Thompson & Thompson, P.A.

20070193525 - Food dispensing device, in particular for aquariums: A device for dispensing and distributing food for aquatic fauna, which can be fitted in aquariums or containers for holding live fish, but also in tanks for turtles and terrariums in general or similar, this device comprising a tank and means for pushing the food towards an outlet, in which... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070193526 - Pearl culture method and product: A method of culturing a pearl using a mollusk having mantle tissue that includes placing a first portion of a nucleus adjacent to the mantle tissue and allowing the mollusk to deposit nacre on this first portion of the nucleus; and repositioning the nucleus so a second portion of the... Agent: William B. Batzer Apt. 3305

20070193527 - Ventilated animal cage assembly: A ventilated rack system includes a frame having a plurality of cage bays, each for supporting an animal cage. At least two first and second vertical ventilation input ducts are disposed, one on either side of the frame. At least one air input cross-frame channel connects the first vertical ventilation... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070193528 - Disposable pet carrier: Carriers for carrying pets are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to disposable pet carriers made from multi-layer sheets having absorbent and shielding properties. The carriers may be carried like a tote pack or worn around the shoulder like a pouch pack. The absorbent property is configured to soak... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070193529 - Device for grooming the coats of animals: An apparatus and blade assembly includes a first array of single-edged parallel metal blades, each blade in the first array having rounded ends with a sharpened interior curve, and a second array of parallel double-edged blades with a sharpened interior curve, both arrays being fixably attached such that the first... Agent: Anderson Law Group, PLLC

20070193530 - Pet hair removal device: A device for the removal of pet and human hairs from hard to reach places such as crevices, narrow openings and folds in upholstery, as well as from confined clothing areas such as pockets is disclosed. The pet hair removal device comprises a flexible elongated handle body having a hand... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070193531 - Braided pet chew: A highly palatable and long lasting chew for dogs has been developed by braiding a combination of rawhide and bull, or steer, penis, known in the trade as pizzles. The pizzle is sourced directly from slaughter and the foreskin may be removed. Bleached rawhide splits are cut into rectangular pieces... Agent: Paul M. Denk S. 170

20070193532 - Canine apparel: The present invention is an article of apparel that can relatively easily enclose the body of a dog to retain undesirable debris located on or about the body of the animal. Thereby, dander, mud, dirt, water and other materials commonly found on and around a dog's body may be retained... Agent: Law Office Of Steven B. Leavitt, L.L.P.

20070186859 - Exit gate with cow push bar for milking parlor: A push bar serves to nudge or urge cows to leave a milking parlor and move to an exit alley. The push bar is mounted on extendible support members, which may have an inner tube and an outer tube, and which is mounted by a journal onto an overhead pivot.... Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr.

20070186860 - Milking device provided with cleansing means: Device for pneumatically milking a cow, comprising a number of milk extractors, each comprising a teat cup as well as milk line connected to the lower end of the teat cup, which line leads from the teat cup to a collection chamber for the milk from the teat cup, each... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070186861 - Pan breeder feeder: A feeder assembly is used in a feed distribution system having a feed supply conduit. The feeder assembly includes an elongated pan member. The feeder assembly includes first and second fill ports for receiving feed from the feed supply conduit and for providing feed onto a base portion of the... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070186862 - Pan breeder feeder: A feeder assembly is used in a feed distribution system having a feed supply conduit. The feeder assembly includes a pan member, which is preferably elongated in configuration, in a shape of two intersecting circles. The feeder assembly also includes at least one fill port for receiving feed from the... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070186863 - Pan breeder feeder: A feeder assembly includes a pan and an outer grill which is operatively associated with the pan. The outer grill defines a plurality of apertures therethrough through which birds can eat the feed presented on the pan. First and second inner grills can be rotated to partially mask the apertures... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070186864 - Hatching apparatus for learners: Disclosed is a hatching apparatus for learners enabling observation of a hatching process of a hatching egg. The hatching apparatus for learners is provided with a hatching chamber that defines a hatching space suitable for accommodation of a hatching egg and has a viewing window. As for a hatching condition... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070186865 - Breeding device for laboratory animal: A laboratory animal breeding device comprises breeding cages, each including a cage body with a part of the cage body being opened and a removable cover for hermetically sealing the opening in the cage body. An air supply device for ventilation inside the breeding cage is attached to the cover... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070186866 - Pet portal with patio: Disclosed is a pet patio which is easily mountable in a window of a dwelling or other enclosed area. Access in and out of the patio is gained by the pet by traveling through a series of flaps. The enclosure area of the patio is substantially apertured and transparent on... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070186867 - Portable handheld animal groomer: The present invention is a handheld portable battery operated groomer used in the safe removal of the nails on dogs and cats. The present invention will use a grinding method in which to accomplish this. The present unit will have a small, one or two-speed motor, which will drive a... Agent: Michael Ries

20070186868 - Inhalation therapy enclosure for small animals: An inhalation therapy enclosure includes a base with end walls joined by a rear wall. A cover having two panels joined perpendicularly is hinged to the top of the rear wall. When lowered, the cover forms an enclosure with the end wall, rear wall and base. Latches secure the cover... Agent: Allan L Harms

20070186869 - Handheld examination holder for avian hatchlings, and gender examination process: A handheld, hatchling holder not simplifies manual examinations but also better protects the hatchling's welfare. The welfare concerns include not only bruising but also yolk-sac rupture. The handheld, hatchling holder has a cupped seat portion for cupping the ventral-end of a hatchling. The cupped seat portion is apertured, as with... Agent: Jonathan A. Bay Attorney At Law

20070186870 - Wireless confinement and training system for an animal: A confinement system including a plurality of receiver/transmitters spaced along a border and a behavior modification device. The behavior modification device includes a receiver and a stimulus device. The receiver receives a signal from at least one of the plurality of receiver/transmitters. The stimulus device delivers a stimulus if the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070186871 - Adjustable electrodes for pet collar: An electrode useful in an animal containment or training device. The electrode is mounted in a housing adapted to be affixed to an animal such that the distal end of the electrode is proximate the skin of the animal. When a control signal is transmitted to the animal via the... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070181069 - Automatic livestock feeder: This invention is for the purpose of feeding hay to livestock in a controlled and timed manner. It's comprised of a base, four sides, roof, and floor and is able to contain one large round bale, or the equivalent in loose hay or square bales. Three gate assemblies are used,... Agent: Douglas Lowell Jack

20070181067 - Milk conveyer device: The invention relates to a milk conveyer device (100) for an animal. The milk conveyer device is to be implemented in a milking arrangement which comprises a milk storage reservoir (101) coupled to a milking attachment for attaching to an animal to be milked through a main milk conduit (103,... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070181068 - Method and system for automatically feeding animals: A method and system for automatically feeding animals uses identifiers on the animals and controls access to one or more food sources to control the amount consumed by each animal. The system is controlled by a programmable processor and can provide or prevent access and cut off access once provided... Agent: Daryl W Schnurr Miller Thomson LLP

20070181070 - 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: Grant Anderson LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070181071 - Breakable active odor control additive for animal litter: A breakable odor control additive provides release of fragrance or odor masking scent when present in a litter formulation that is used by a cat or other animal within a litter box. The odor control additive comprises a plurality of fragrant-scented balls. Each of the balls has a central, compressible,... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070181072 - Integrated system of shellfish production and utilization #2: The most fundamental measure of production constraint faced by the shellfish and coastal restoration industry is shellfish reproduction success as measured by the quantity of spawn surviving to maturity. SOLUTION: This is addressed with a novel device (FIG.2) and processes that economically increase the quantity of spawn tendered and the... Agent: Russell P. Davis

20070181073 - Aquarium water changing and water stabilization system: An aquarium water changing and stabilization system consists of an initial tank designed to stabilize and condition water before it is entered into a subsequent tank that contains live aquatic animals such as fish. This system has a cabinet that is designed to aesthetically enclose, protect and support the components... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070181074 - 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: Grant Anderson LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070181075 - 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: Grant Anderson LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070181076 - Magnetically attachable bedding for an animal house: An animal housing and a method for providing bedding thereto are disclosed. In an embodiment, the animal housing comprises a top and a plurality of sides. The plurality of sides provide support to the top. The animal housing further includes a bedding. The bedding includes a cushion, a pillow, a... Agent: Tumey, L.L.P.

20070181077 - Grooming aid and related methods: An equine grooming aid comprising a body portion around which, in use, hair is arranged to be wound, and one or more attachment portions arranged, in use, to be moved between an open position in which hair can be wound around the body portion and a closed position in which... Agent: Andrew B. Ulmer Frost Brown Todd LLC

20070181078 - Signal and protocol for remote dog trainer signaling with forward error correction: A transmitter for a dog training system, the transmitter having a command input device for inputting a training command input into the transmitter, and a transmitter controller connected to the command input device. The transmitter controller translates the training command input into identification data and command data. The transmitter controller... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070181079 - Portable anchoring tether device and method of use: A tether device is disclosed. The tether device includes tether member and an anchor shaft, wherein the tether member includes a lead, a housing member, a clamp, and a central cavity.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

20070181080 - Animal protective collar: An animal protective collar which utilizes a flexible walled ring that is inflatable. The ring is split defining a gap which is expandable to facilitate installation on the neck of the animal. Once installed on the neck of the animal, a fastener assembly extends across the gap to secure the... Agent: Robert W. Smtih

20070175398 - Water treatment system for egg processing facility: A system for treating water for subsequent consumption by animals. Illustratively, the system includes a wastewater treatment facility configured to treat wastewater effluent from an egg washer for subsequent consumption by egg producing birds. Further illustratively, stormwater run off collected from the facility is treated for subsequent consumption by the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070175399 - 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: Grant Anderson LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070175400 - Circular animal toilet enclosure: The circular animal toilet enclosure of this invention has a bottom section removably coupled to a rotatable flywheel floorboard, a cover cylinder removably coupled to the bottom section, a top section removably coupled to the cover cylinder, and a means for controlling the enclosure. The rotatable flywheel floorboard has pivoting... Agent: Wilson Enterprises

20070175401 - Economic easy clean cat toilet: Two tub containers are piled together, inside upper top one storing litter of either very tiny stones or other tiny solid material, where cats can bury feces; in bottom of upper tub container making tiny seams and slits to let cats' urine pass downward to hygiene water in lower tub... Agent: Hai Tee Young

20070175402 - Animal litter and floor coverings for human shelters made from citrus peels and produced by method resulting in curled, rounded edges: This invention relates to a superior animal litter and floor coverings for human shelters, made solely from limed citrus peels. Because the litter uses one natural and recyclable product, it avoids the problems associated with other products made by processes which use non-recyclable products, require more than one substance to... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20070175403 - Magnetically-attractable non-clumping animal litter: A particulate non-clumping animal litter composition is disclosed. The composition comprises non-clumping absorbent particles bound to magnetically-attractable metal particles such that substantially all particles of the animal litter composition are attracted to a magnetic surface. The animal litter composition exhibits favorable properties such as absorbency, resiliency, homogeneity, and particle size.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070175404 - 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: Grant Anderson LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070175405 - Device for teat washing in milkers: A device for milker teat washing includes a box-shaped body (1) containing two pairs of counter-rotating and partially overlapping brushes (2, 3, 4, 5). The box-shaped internal components, except the rotating ones, are products integral with a base stuck to the box-shaped body (1). Preferably, within the box-shaped body there... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070175406 - Unified system and method for animal behavior characterization in home cages using video analysis: Systems and methods for finding the position and shape of an animal using video are disclosed. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide animal segmentation and identification, animal motion tracking (for moving animals), animal posture... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070175407 - Animal harness: A harness apparatus that facilitates proximity control over two or more animals by the animal handler via a single leash. The single leash couples to the harness via a first swiveling connection. Two or more animals may then be attached to the harness via two or more swiveling connections. The... Agent: Wallace, LLC

20070175408 - Multi-functional fabric covered elastic tether and associated method: An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a multi-functional fabric covered elastic tether. The fabric covered elastic tether comprises a tubular fabric member having an inner elastic member disposed within the tubular fabric member, at least one sliding loop connector connected at a selected location to the tubular fabric... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20070175409 - Disposable bootie for pets: A pet bootie is formed by a sleeve of pliable, disposable and liquid impervious material having a closed end for receiving an animal's paw and an open end. A loop of elastic material has an inner end secured to the sleeve at a predetermined distance from the open end of... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070175410 - Disposable bootie for pets: A pet bootie is formed by a sleeve of pliable, disposable and liquid impervious material having a closed end for receiving an animal's paw and an open end. A loop of elastic material has an inner end secured to the sleeve at a predetermined distance from the open end of... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP