Heatable pet garments

• US 10,034,456 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2009
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John H. Pomponio
• Original Assignee: John H. Pomponio
• Inventors: Pomponio, John H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alker, Kathleen Iwasaki
• Assistant Examiner(s): Clerkley, Danielle A
• Application Number:
  US12/386,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20090272337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,394 Days
• Field of Search: 119850, 119858, 119859, 219211, 219527
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 13/006 Protective coverings Elastic soles or covers for hoofs A01L5/00, A01L7/02; for veterinary purposes A61D
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/003 using serpentine layout
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/014 Heaters using resistive wires or cables not provided for in H05B3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/036 Heaters specially adapted for garment heating
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/34 flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/342 heaters used in textiles

Abstract

A heatable pet garment comprised of a garment covering the body of an animal with an opening for the head of said animal and at least two openings for the legs of said animal; a heat device within said garment to produce heat to warm said garment; a rechargeable electrical source to power said heat device; a mechanism to recharge said electrical source; and a control unit to turn said electrical source on and off.

Claims

1. A heatable pet garment comprised of:

a one-piece heatable garment covering the body of an animal with an opening for the head of said animal and at least two openings for the legs of said animal;

wherein the garment comprises an outer shell layer, a middle insulation layer and an inner fabric layer such that the inner fabric layer is in contact with the body of the animal; and

including a self contained solar powered rechargeable circuit for heating the garment consisting of;

a heat device embedded within said middle layer of said garment to produce heat to warm said garment;

a non-disposable rechargeable electrical source to power said heat device embedded within said middle layer of said garment;

at least one solar panel on the outer shell layer of said garment; and

a power switch on the outer shell layer of said garment to turn said electrical source on and off;

wherein said heat device, said rechargeable electrical source, said at least one solar panel and said power switch are all in electrical communication within the garment such that said heat device is connected via a first internal wire to said power switch, said at least one solar panel is connected via at least one second internal wire to said rechargeable electrical source; and

said rechargeable electrical source is connected via a third internal wire to said power switch.

2. The heatable pet garment according to claim 1 wherein said heat device is selected from the group consisting of carbon heating pads, pads with resistance wire and pads with carbon fiber wire.

3. The heatable pet garment according to claim 1, wherein said rechargeable electrical source is a Li-ion battery pack which stores surplus power generated for selective use.

4. The heatable pet garment according to claim 1, wherein said rechargeable electrical source is a secondary A, B, C or D type cell battery.

5. The heatable pet garment according to claim 1, wherein said rechargeable electrical source is photoelectrochemical and is selected from the group consisting of photovoltaic (PV), thin film organic and printable type photovoltaics (TFPV), organic photoelectrochemical, dye sensitized cells.

6. The heatable pet garment according to claim 1, wherein said rechargeable electrical source is selected from the group consisting of kinetic energy, Infinit-e Stretcher and self powered twist devices.

7. The heatable pet garment of claim 1, wherein the garment comprises a back side portion and an underbelly portion and wherein said at least one solar panel is located on the back side portion and is absent from the underbelly portion.

8. A heatable pet garment comprised of:

a one-piece heatable garment covering the body of an animal comprising a back side portion and an underbelly portion, wherein the garment further comprises at least two or more layers of internal protective insulation, and an outer layer of protective insulation; and

including a self contained solar powered rechargeable circuit for heating the garment consisting of;

a non-disposable rechargeable battery embedded within said internal protective insulation of the garment;

a solar panel on said back side portion outer layer of protective insulation, in electrical communication with said battery and capable of recharging said battery;

a heating mechanism embedded within said at least two or more layers of internal protective insulation of the garment, in electrical communication with said battery and in physical communication with the garment to produce heat to warm the garment; and

a power control unit, embedded within the outer layer of protective insulation of the garment, in electrical communication with said battery and said heating mechanism to turn the heating mechanism on and off.

9. A heatable pet garment according to claim 8, wherein said heating mechanism is selected from the group consisting of carbon heating pads, pads with resistance wire and pads with carbon fiber wire.

10. A heatable pet garment according to claim 8, wherein said rechargeable battery is a lithium polymer battery.

11. A method to keep a pet warm comprising the steps of:

providing a heatable pet garment, having no external wires, comprised of;

a garment covering the body of the pet with openings for the head and at least two legs of the pet including an internal protective insulation layer and an outer protective insulation layer; and

including a self contained solar-powered rechargeable circuit for heating the garment consisting of;

a heat device embedded within the internal protective insulation layer of the garment;

a non-disposable rechargeable electrical source embedded within the internal protective insulation layer of the garment used to power said heat device;

a solar panel embedded within the outer protective insulation layer of the garment in electrical communication with said rechargeable electrical source; and

a control unit embedded within the outer protective insulation layer of the garment, to turn said electrical source on and off;

turning said control unit on to turn said electrical source on;

powering said heat device to produce heat to warm the garment; and

distributing the heat throughout the garment to keep the pet warm.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein said heat device is selected from the group consisting of carbon heating pads, pads with resistance wire and pads with carbon fiber wire.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said rechargeable electrical source is a lithium polymer battery.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the garment comprises a back side portion and an underbelly portion and wherein said solar panel is located on the back side portion and is absent from the underbelly portion.