Quotables
"Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever."
Thomas Edison ; 1889
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136484 | Turf irrigation system An irrigation system has a water distribution system, a controller, and a pet monitoring system. The controller may modify an irrigation setting of the water distribution system based on a pet elimination signal from the pet monitoring system. The pet elimination si... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8011328 | Lick deterrent with battery pack A lick deterrent device having a surface mounted battery pack that is in electrical contact with two sets of traces on the lick deterrent device. The surface mounted battery pack is readily attachable to the lick deterrent device, and in some embodiments, may be rea... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7913653 | Monitoring system An irrigation system has a water distribution system, a controller, and a pet monitoring system. The controller may modify an irrigation setting of the water distribution system based on a pet elimination signal from the pet monitoring system. The pet elimination si... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7845313 | Device for storing and protecting pet medical data, particularly suited for being carried by a pet Device for storing and protecting data for domestic animals includes housing configured for and sufficiently strong for being worn by an animal in an outside environment. There may be an attachment device, such as a collar, configured for attaching housing to an ext... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7712438 | 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 mechani... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707974 | LCD window for animal training device and method for manufacture A housing forming a portion of an animal training device having a framing wall adapted to frame an LCD disposed internally of the housing. The framing wall defines an interior surface and a window for viewing of the LCD. A window pane is integrally formed with the w... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7426906 | Method of assembling a 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 corre... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404379 | 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 corre... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7367285 | Illuminated pet leash An illuminated pet leash has an elongated light-emitting member mounted in a transparent sleeve and extending alongside a non-extensible tethering line. An electrical power is delivered to the light-emitting member, making the tethering assembly visible in the dark.... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350481 | Method and system for monitoring physiological conditions of, and/or suitability of animal feed for ruminant animals A method and system for monitoring the physiological condition, and/or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, by: sensing actions of the animal indicating a ruminating activity; and accumulating the time of the ruminating activities over a predetermined ti... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335168 | Monitoring system for animal husbandry A monitoring system (800) is operative for receiving sensor signals and analyzing the sensor signals to identify events or conditions of interest, such as colic, with respect to a monitored animal. The sensors may be animal-borne sensors such as motion relate... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318393 | Lighted pet harness A pet collar or harness includes several series of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The series of lights are controlled by a remote, hand held unit. The lights can be set to flash, or some lights can be brighter than others, some lights can cascade while some lights pu... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317661 | Tuna grazing system A pre-selected fish grazing system to enhance harvesting of such pre-selected fish from a body of water. The fish grazing system includes at least one conductor unit attached to a body of a pre-selected fish for acting as a guide for other preselected fish present i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7296540 | Insulated probe device Described is an insulated probe device of adjustable axial 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-c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293776 | Practice target for sport projectiles A target for practicing aiming sport or game projectiles, such as balls, hockey pucks, arrows, etc., is formed of a large, flexible sheet whose upper edge is temporarily secured to the lower edge of a conventional garage door when the door is lowered. The sheet is d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267081 | Housing for a collar-mounted pet accessory and associated collar mounting system A housing (10) for a pet accessory, and an associated collar mounting system for mounting the housing (10) on a pet collar (12). The housing (10) includes a casing (14) for housing at least certain components of the pet accessory. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267082 | Animal collar An electronic animal collar designed to reduce the load applied to the animal=s neck by one or more stimulating electrodes or sensors that extend from or through an inside surface of the collar housing into the skin of the animal during use, and to permit the collar... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263816 | Omnidirectionally reflective horse halter A flexible omnidirectionally reflective horse lead has a central portion, and mechanical attachment means to accommodate a bridal bit ring. The lead reflects an incoming light beam from a walker or horseback rider back in the direction from which it emanated, preven... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252051 | Neck motion detector and method for bark control device An electronic apparatus (1) for control of vocalization by a dog includes first and second stimulus electrodes (5) connected to a surface (9) of the housing, a vibration sensor (6), control circuitry in the housing having an input coupled... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249572 | Seal for pet collar antenna An antenna mounting for an animal collar including an O-ring and associated retainer disposed in an opening through the housing of a radio frequency receiver. The O-ring is compressed into multiple sealing locations between the circumference of the antenna and its s... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246477 | Omnidirectionally reflective horse halter A flexible omnidirectionally reflective horse lead has a central portion, and mechanical attachment means to accommodate a bridal bit ring. The lead reflects an incoming light beam from a walker or horseback rider back in the direction from which it emanated, preven... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244045 | LED illuminated necklace An illuminated novelty device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). An elongated light bar can be mounted to each of the LEDs. The light bars have a light receiving end and a light emitting end and are mounted to respective LEDs at the light receivin... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243617 | Animal collar An electronic animal collar designed to reduce the load applied to the animal's neck by one or more stimulating electrodes or sensors that extend from or through an inside surface of the collar housing into the skin of the animal during use, and to permit the collar... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230535 | Method and apparatus for monitoring breeding behavior Apparatus and method for detecting when an animal is in heat is provided. The apparatus includes a logic controller, a power source, a clock, an actuator, and a presentation interface such as an array of LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes) that records breeding behavior in... | 06/12/2007 |
| RE39670 | System and method for making live animals appear to talk A system and method for making animals appear to talk is provided. The system includes a speaker mounted on an article (such as a collar) worn by the animal. A memory stores a plurality of pre-recorded messages. These pre-recorded messages may be generic phrases to ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222589 | Bark control device and associated vibration dampening housing and method for constructing such housing A bark control device (10) for deterring a dog from barking. The bark control device (10) includes a housing (12) carried by the dog, the housing having a vibration dampening surface (13) covering at least a portion of the exterior of the... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219627 | Electrical bandage protector A flexible electric bandage protector for use on a bandage or an animal. The protector comprising a flexible thin battery and a conductive layer disposed on one side of the battery. The conductive layer is in the form of two sets of conductive traces, the conductive... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209043 | Sensing system for pet controllable access Pet sensing is accomplished by detecting pulsed infrared light reflected from a pet worn collar or harness devised of highly reflective material. To avoid false triggering, a dual set of infrared light emitting and detecting sensor units works in conjunction with lo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204206 | Abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective pet leash A flexible abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective pet leash has handle, central pet leash, and pet collar sections that reflect an incoming light beam back in the same direction as it was emanated. The reflected light beam provides accurate illumination of ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204207 | Abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective jewelry A flexible abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective jewelry piece has a central cylindrical braided rope core surrounded by a cylindrical reflective braided sleeve comprising three or more narrow width reflective strips that are braided at a shallow cylindric... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198009 | Frequency spectrum capture and compare technique for valid bark detection An electronic apparatus (1) supported against a dog's skin to control vocalizing by the dog electronically converts the vocalizing into a sequence of signals representing frequencies of the vocalizing, and operates a controller to determine if each measured f... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188970 | Illumination device for simulation of neon lighting An illumination device for simulating neon lighting comprises a rod-like member having a predetermined length and a curved light emitting surface, an elongated light source extending substantially along the predetermined length of the rod-like member at a fixed dist... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185997 | Hands-free flashlight suspended from neck of user A method and apparatus for illuminating the area in front of a person without requiring the use of the person's hands, by suspending from the neck of the person a housing containing at least one LED light source emitting a light beam extending forwardly from the per... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174859 | Adjustable pet collar An adjustable pet collar comprises a long chain and an adjuster. The adjuster is constructed by a upper cover and seat body, in which a slit is opened on the upper cover and a slanting channel is disposed on the seat body. The chain is placed in the channel, and a s... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140327 | Illuminated collar A collar to which is mounted an illumination source and one or more insets. Each of one or more light-transferring fibers includes a first end coupled for receiving light from the illumination source, and a second end coupled for transmitting light to an inset. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7098790 | Electronic device attached to a pet When a lead used for taking a pet for a walk or leashing the pet to a place such as a kennel is pulled by the pet or a human during walk or while the pet is leashed, a portable electric power generator connected with the lead generates electricity using mechanical e... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080149 | Pet registration, search, and retrieval system with municiple licensing option A nationwide, web-based pet registration, search and retrieval system. The system is implemented with a host computer (10) that may be accessed by users operating user computers (12) via a communications network (14) such as the Internet. Pet ow... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7036770 | Methods and apparatus for illumination of refueling hoses Methods and apparatus for illumination of aerial refueling hoses are disclosed. In one embodiment, a conduit for transferring a flowable material includes a wall member. A plurality of optical fibers arc at least one of formed within an outer layer of the wall membe... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034693 | Sport dog locator Described is a locator device for indicating the relative location of a dog in a sporting field and for indicating whether the dog is tracking or on point regardless of the orientation of the device. The locator device calculates whether a dog is tracking or on poin... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021247 | Ornamental behavioral modification receptacle collar An apparatus for a collar 12 incorporating various decorative elements used to personalize the collar having means for mounting a behavioral modification apparatus 22 thereto. The collar 12 has at least one aperture 30 for the passage the... | 04/04/2006 |
