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Patent No. 5901666

Pet Display Clothing

A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.

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Attorney: Rhoades; John S.


Number of patents: 25
Last date: February 12, 1985

NumberTitleIssue Date
4498521Molten metal level control in continuous casting
This invention is directed to the process and system for controlling the level of molten metal in a plurality of vertically oriented, continuous or semicontinuous casting units, particularly electromagnetic casting units. The flows of molten metal to the ...
02/12/1985
4486509Rolling ingot
An improved ingot shape which when rolled to sheet or plate does not form laminated edges which must be trimmed. The narrow faces of the generally rectangularly shaped ingot have recesses along the length of the upper and lower portions thereof. The land ...
12/04/1984
4477287Liquid removal device
This invention relates to an improved method and device for removing liquid from a moving surface such as a continuous metal sheet or strip. The invention has particular application to the removing of lubricant and/or coolant from sheet or strip in a roll...
10/16/1984
4252232Conveyor system
An article handling system for cans and the like, wherein improved means are employed for selectively isolating individual cans from a substantially continuously recirculating mass or plurality of cans and for, therafter, transferring the isolated cans in...
02/24/1981
4214467Metal coil handling system
This invention relates to a metal coil handling system that allows the user to fully automate operations involving the conventional unwrapping of the leading end of a coil of metal from the remainder of the metal coil and subsequently threading the said l...
07/29/1980
4194388Can testing device
The instant invention relates to a device for testing the end buckling strength of a can body wherein a uniquely disposed compressible ring- or doughnut-like member of appropriate elastic material is adapted to be compressed against the inside surface of ...
03/25/1980
4181235Liquefied natural gas tank construction
Improved method for manufacturing spherical cryogenic liquid holding tanks as well as the tanks produced thereby, wherein at least the major hemispherical portions of such tanks are formed from curvilinear elongated quadralateral plate members which in th...
01/01/1980
4141666Low headroom culvert
Improved low headroom culvert comprised of a plurality of shallow arch-shaped corrugated culvert sections and elongated unitary load transferring stringer stiffener elements, the stringer stiffener elements being arranged in generally spaced parallel rela...
02/27/1979
4130185Pole vibration damper
A vibration damper attachable to a pole structure and comprised of a plurality of individual vibration damping discs or weights mounted for controlled and limited movement within a housing together with rods insertable in an improved fashion through openi...
12/19/1978
4128186Easy open end
Improved sectionalized depressible opener tab for easy open containers wherein one of the sections can be relatively small as compared to the dimensions of the overall tab while being connected by an improved hinge arrangement to the remainder of the tab....
12/05/1978
4122640Insulated tank jacketing system
A jacketing system for cylindrical storage tank structures of the type used for oil, water, etc., wherein vertically disposed insulated panel sections are affixed to wire cable members or the like on the outside walls of the tank structures and improved a...
10/31/1978
4044517Insulated tank jacketing system
An improved jacketing system for storage tank structures wherein insulated panels are attached to modular tracks mounted in horizontal courses on the outside walls of the tanks. The individual tracks are made up of modular segments secured together both b...
08/30/1977
4043444Cup accumulator assembly
An improved accumulator and storage device for metal containers provided with open and closed ends, wherein one of the major wall areas of the accumulator and storage device is of acoustical construction and wherein the containers are deposited in the acc...
08/23/1977
4036366Storage rack and hanger assembly
Improved storage rack and hanger assembly for meat hooks and the like wherein means are provided for immobilizing the meat hooks while at the same time storing the meat hooks in an out-of-the-way position so as to avoid damage thereto....
07/19/1977
4036159Easy open end
This invention relates to an improved easy open ecological closure member for containers as well as processes and equipment for producing the same. The container closure member is provided with one or more readily depressible and hinged opening tabs or bu...
07/19/1977
4032608Cryogenic liquid containment method
Improved insulation system for cryogenic vessels wherein substantially uniform stress levels under loads are maintained in various parts of the foam insulating material layers applied to the wall structures of such vessels and methods for applying foam in...
06/28/1977
4020611Wall assembly
Wall assembly comprised of laminated panels wherein each panel is provided with thermal break or barrier elements integrated and interconnected in an improved fashion with the interior and exterior members of a panel together with an improved joint arrang...
05/03/1977
4009050Transfer mechanism
An improved transfer device comprised of powered endless surface elements for supporting and moving coated articles in an upright position, such as coated can bodies, from one treatment station, e.g. a coating station to a further treatment station, such ...
02/22/1977
3979009Container bottom structure
Improved bottom for a seamless metal container body wherein the central portion of the bottom that includes a stiffening embossment is joined to the other portions of the bottom in an improved manner by a hinge-like section that permits selected and contr...
09/07/1976
3967751Easy open end
This invention relates to an improved easy open ecological closure member for containers as well as processes and equipment for producing the same. The container closure member is provided with one or more readily depressible and hinged opening tabs or bu...
07/06/1976
3967734Hand delivery truck
Improved foldable hand delivery cart made up of a main and a pair of side or wing panel sections interlockingly hinged together by means of hinge elements which extend for substantially the entire lengths of the panel sections and simultaneously form stru...
07/06/1976
3964414Easy open end method and apparatus
This invention relates to an easy open ecological closure member as well as processes and equipment for producing the same. The closure member is provided with readily depressible and hinged opening tabs or buttons, that do not readily separate from the c...
06/22/1976
3952698Can treating system
An improved system for washing and coating metal can bodies, such as seamless aluminum and tin plate can bodies, in a can processing line wherein various can washing, coating and curing stations are arranged in a unique fashion along the line so as to uti...
04/27/1976
3946649Ventilation system for food stuffs
This invention is concerned with a system for ventilating food stuffs, such as potatoes and the like, that are piled up in a storage area. The system employs an arched sheet that serves as a conduit for a ventilating gaseous medium, e.g., air, and it is a...
03/30/1976
3941272Cryogenic transport
Improved system for mounting an aluminum cryogenic liquid holding tank within and integrating such tank to an outer ferrous metal envelope or hull structure wherein improved composite aluminum-ferrous metal transition insert elements are employed to inter...
03/02/1976
 
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