Animal husbandry inventions 09/07

20070221133 - Illuminated hummingbird feeder: A hummingbird feeder includes a solar panel power source for illuminating a reservoir of liquid hummingbird food so that the hummingbird can find it at night. The solar panel itself preferably hangs below the feeder in a flexible manner so that it can collect the maximum amount of sunlight and... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070221134 - Automatic filtration apparatus: An automatic filtration apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a tank, a filtration body, a motor, a spray device and a control unit. The filtration body is disposed upon the tank to accommodate chemical solution(s) and aquatic organism(s) or aquatic organism with undesirable debris. The surface of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070221135 - Protective cover: A cargo protector disclosed herein provides a flexible panel having at least one channel located on the flexible panel to hold a tensile strip, wherein the tensile strip is adapted to be folded into at least three loops in such a manner. The arrangement of the tensile strip inside the... Agent: Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

20070221136 - Handbag and pet carrier coverlet accessory: A “coverlet” accessory enables a pet owner to temporarily alter the aesthetic appearance of a pet carrier and associated handbag. The accessory is typically constructed from a unitary, or one-piece, fabric or other flexible panel having an inner-facing surface adapted for releasable attachment to an exterior surface of the pet... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20070221137 - Farrowing pens: A device and method for use in a farrowing pen, the device comprising a housing, first and second mounting members for mounting the housing member on a farrowing pen, a blower mounted in the housing, an air inlet and air outlet formed in the housing to make air flow to... Agent: Eric Fincham

20070221139 - Method and apparatus for adjusting the correction level of an animal training receiver: A receiver for an animal training collar which includes a receiver housing with a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal each accessible from an outside of the receiver housing. A pair of electrodes is connected to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode. A circuit board is... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070221138 - Variable voltage electronic pet training apparatus: A variable voltage electronic pet training apparatus. The variable voltage electronic pet training apparatus controls the intensity of the stimulation by the controlling the voltage level present at the primary side of the transformer while maintaining a fixed signal to the correction pulse switch. A trigger signal contains information about... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070221141 - Method and apparatus for adjusting the correction level of an animal training receiver: An animal behavior modification kit including a collar mountable receiver and a plurality of circuit boards. The collar mountable receiver has a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal. Each of the plurality of circuit boards are selectively mechanically connectable to both the first electrode terminal and the second... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070221140 - Pet collar having a digital pet information storage and retrieval device: A pet collar having a digital pet information storage and retrieval device for the identification of a pet is provided. The pet collar carries a modular ID device which is connectable to a computer via a conventional connection device. The ID device is provided for storing information data relative to... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070215052 - Time of flight teat location system: A teat location system for automated milking systems comprises a light projection source and a camera having a two dimensional array of pixels, each of which is capable of returning time of flight information as well as intensity. Depth of field limitations and the problem of overlapping teat images are... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070215054 - Pet platform assembly: A pet platform assembly configured to securely mount to a window sill may include a base configured to support the weight of a pet, at least one clamp secured to the base, and a support bracket secured to an underside of the base. The clamp is configured to securely mount... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070215056 - Watering system for turkeys: A watering system for turkeys includes a channel assembly and a pipe assembly covered and supported by the channel assembly. A hangar is wrapped around the channel assembly and the pipe assembly and is secured to itself above the channel assembly. The hangar is secured to an assembly for raising... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070215050 - Systems and methods for sanitizing egg processing equipment: Systems and methods for processing sets of eggs with improved sanitation treatment are provided. A method includes obtaining information about a set of eggs to be processed in ovo, and/or determining the number of non-live eggs in the set, selecting a sanitizing treatment for in ovo processing equipment to be... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070215051 - Method and milking station for milking animals: A method for milking animals in a milking station (9) including a milking machine (14) for milking said animals, and a first feeding device (21) for feeding said animals intermittently or continuously with feed, is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of allowing a milking animal to enter the milking... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070215053 - Milking equipment: In a milking cluster of teat cups, each teat cup has a port in the form of a nozzle disposed in the head portion of the flexible liner (3) of the teat cup. The milking cluster includes a distributor having a fluid inlet aid outlets connected to the nozzles of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070215055 - Appetence measurement system: In particular, the invention proposes an automated system for measuring the appetence of animals, including a feeding area (2) and an accommodation area (1), wherein the feeding area includes a room (3) whose dimensions are chosen so that the animal is able to move therein, and the system also includes... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070215057 - Animal odor filtration unit: The present invention is directed to a unit for eliminating offensive odors. An electrostatic filter assembly embodiment of the present invention includes a casing, a substantially sheer electrostatic filter sheet, and a substantially silent blower. A filtered animal litter box embodiment of the present invention includes an enclosure, a filter... Agent: Blankenship Law, PLLC

20070215058 - Cat litter box cleaning system: A cat litter box cleaning system designed to sieve waste clumps from cat litter. The cat litter box cleaning system has multiple layers thereby providing multiple cleaning operations. The layers consist of a sieving layer and a liner. The liner shields the sieving layer from the cat's claws and the... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20070215059 - Cat litter net: The present invention is a cat litter net that is a thin and soft sheet to remove waste material from scoopable cat litter. By arranging this net on the bottom of cat litter box, then the scoopable litter on the top of the net, when just pulling the net to... Agent: Reiko Sefranek

20070215060 - Fish aquarium: A fish aquarium has a connecting slice, a first side-slice and a second side-slice. The connecting slice has a joint and two thermal-pressed sections. The first side-slice is attached to one of the thermal-pressed sections and has a printed pattern and a buckled chain mounted on the first side-slice near... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070215061 - Swiftlets farming for production of edible bird's nests: An edible bird's nests production facility comprising of: a wholly man made artificial caves system and/or converted natural relief such as caves, valleys, cliffs forming the nesting habitat and associated supporting facilities configured to breed swiftlets for their nests by means of a captive breeding program for swiftlets; commercialized-scientific farming... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070215062 - Cat pouch-bed: A cat-pouch bed includes a top layer which may be at least partially elevated relative to a bottom layer to form an internal cavity for a pet. One or more supports may be disposed between the top layer and the bottom layer to maintain at least a portion of the... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070215063 - Pet toy and exercise device: A pet toy and exercise device comprising a first length non-elastic of cord extending from a ball in one direction, an elastic cord coupled to the first length of non-elastic cord, and a shorter length of non-elastic cord providing a chewing or grasping aid extending from the ball in another... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070215064 - Tangle-free tie out stake: An apparatus for limiting an animal's movement includes a housing having a throughbore for accepting a shaft of a stake where the housing contains a retractable tether. A substantially conical support disposes about the shaft and attaches thereto and wherein the substantially conical support retains the housing at a selected... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070215065 - Device for walking pets: An animal restraint device includes a rigid hub and a rigid handle rotatably connected to the hub. The hub includes at least one slot that each extends through the hub. Each slot is configured to receive a conventional leash for restraining an associated animal.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070209594 - Method and device for providing information on the occupancy of milking stations of a milking system: The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device for associating animals with milking stations. For this purpose, the animals are subsequently detected by sensors and subjected to identification processes, thereby providing information units for an individual animal. The detection by sensors and the identification processes... Agent: Jeffry W Smith Smith Law Office

20070209595 - Milking method and apparatus: An animal milking method and apparatus wherein a single milk meter measures the total milk flow from all four quarters of an animals udder, and the data generated by the milk meter is used to detect a departure from a predicted milk flow versus time relationship, indicative of an injured... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070209596 - Teat cup carrier: A teat cup carrier is designed to be able to co-operate with a feed platform, which teat cup carrier is freely movable relative to the feed platform. The teat cup carrier carries, besides teat cups, further milking elements for milking an animal, the further milking elements including at least a... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070209597 - Adjustable mounting bracket for feed buckets and the like: A non-corrosive mounting bracket includes first and second members that have L-shapes and include horizontal and vertical portions defining a 90 degree elbow. The first member vertical portion is abutted against a post's rear surface and has a fastener assembly attached thereto. The fastener assembly includes a bolt and wing... Agent: Ashkan Najafi, P.A.

20070209598 - Animal water dispensing device: An animal water dispensing device which includes a receptacle for retaining water and a tank for storing water which engages with a top portion of the receptacle. The top portion of the receptacle includes a half bowl shaped area where the half bowl shaped area extends above and beyond a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070209599 - Methods and compositions for increased productivity in animals: Methods of improving performance and productivity in animals by feeding the animals an animal feed composition or animal feed supplement comprising a capsaicin product are disclosed. Methods and systems of feeding an animal comprising feeding the animal an animal feed composition or animal feed supplement comprising the capsaicin product are... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Henry W. Oliver Building

20070209600 - Method for maintaining cleanliness of animal water dispensers: An animal water bowl assembly is maintained clean by allowing a bowl to dry out after a use period, before refilling. Uses include: birdbath and pet and farm animal watering. Two bowls can be coordinated so that one is in use with water while one is drying out. A two-faced... Agent: Steven J Weissburg

20070209601 - Method of training dogs: In a method of training a dog, a line is provided to connect a trainer with the dog to ensure a leading position of the trainer, a command is generated by the trainer in an assertive fashion and with a stern facial expression, and a frozen posture is created by... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070209602 - Insulated probe device: Described is an insulated probe device of adjustable anal length for delivering an electroshock stimulus to an animal. The insulated probe device includes an electrode that is positioned in contact with the animal's skin and is disposed within an electrically non-conductive housing. The housing is a two-part housing, where the... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070209603 - Animal lifter: An animal lifting and supporting device (1) comprising a frame member (3) having a lifting section (5) and a rear support section (7), a support member (9) depending from the frame member at the rear support section, the support member being constructed so as to project (10) between the hind... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070209604 - Unitized receiver-housing bearing collar for pet: A unitized receiver-housing bearing planar collar for a pet wherein the bottom end of the receiver housing is integrally formed with the collar, the bottom perimetrical edge of the receiver housing being oriented substantially parallel to the plane of the collar. The collar is overmolded, free of independent connectors or... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070204799 - Method of rearing, cultivating or stocking crustacea and crustacea reared, cultivated or stocked by the method: A method of rearing, cultivating or stocking crustacea, and crustacea reared, cultivated or stocked by the method. The method improves the survival rate and survival period of the crustacea. In the method, the crustacea are reared, cultivated or stocked within a deep sea water drawn from the sea at a... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070204800 - System for assessing habitat value: A system for quantifying or assigning values to habitats and/or species occurring within a geographic site. In one implementation, for example, a baseline habitat value is assigned to a geographic site prior to the performance of a proposed activity impacting the site, such as development or construction. The baseline habitat... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070204801 - Animal instrumentation: An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis.... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20070204802 - Animal instrumentation: An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis.... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20070204803 - Method and apparatus for wireless message transmission using device worn by animal: A system for communicating information between a handler at a first location and an animal at a second location includes a local communication unit operated by the handler, and a remote communication unit mounted to the animal. The handler initiates messages, which can be visual or auditory (for example live... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070204804 - Gps pet containment system and method: Described herein is a GPS pet containment system is that generally self contained within a collar. However, the collar includes a battery power source, a microcontroller powered by the battery power source, a global positioning system (GPS) interfaced to the microcontroller and an accelerometer interfaced to the microcontroller. The GPS... Agent: Kimberly K. Baxter Baxter Law Office

20070204806 - Abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective retractable pet leash: A flexible abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective retractable pet leash has an omnidirectionally reflective leash housed within a retractable housing device. The omnidirectionally reflective leash reflects incoming light beams back in the direction from which they emanated. This retractable leash is created by surrounding a central braided rope of nylon or... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070204805 - Umbrella and leash: An umbrella and leash apparatus comprises an umbrella, a handle attached to the umbrella, and a leash extending from the handle. The handle comprises a retractable leash assembly mounted within the handle. The leash is connected to the retractable leash assembly. An actuator for extending or retracting the leash is... Agent: Elliot Furman

20070204807 - Sorter trainer gate assembly: An apparatus and method for sorting animals includes a housing having a basket area and a measuring device. An entry gate is mounted to the housing and is moveable between open and closed positions. A sort gate is mounted to the housing and moveable between a first and a second... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070204808 - Cooled pet garment: A pet garment capable of cooling by extracting vaporization heat in a wide range and extracting vaporization heat for a relatively long period of time without using a special chemical. The present invention is a wearable pet garment. It comprises back and a breast piece. The back and breast are... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070204809 - Pet chill collar: A collar for a pet such as a dog is made of a material such as plastic and has an interior chamber with a fluid or gel inside that can be cooled so that it can be applied to the pet to provide cooling. It can be made in a... Agent: Lawrence S. Cohen Suite 1220

20070204810 - Receiver collar: An animal collar assembly including a wireless receiver and a collar. The wireless receiver having a pair of first attachment features. The collar having a pair of ends, each end having a second attachment feature, each second attachment feature coupled with a corresponding first attachment feature and maintaining the corresponding... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070204811 - Therapeutic pet collar: The therapeutic pet collar is an iron, nickel or alloy chain collar having thin copper electroplating. The iron, nickel or alloy conducts magnetic fields. Resultant currents may have beneficial effects on an animal wearing the collar. Link metal construction is strong enough to help restrain a pet, if necessary. A... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.