Feline protective garment

• US 4,598,666 A
• Filed: 12/21/1984
• Issued: 07/08/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jacob E. Spanko
• Original Assignee: Jacob E. Spanko
• Inventors: Spanko, Jacob E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swiatek, Robert P.
• Application Number:
  US06/684,804
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 119/106, 119/143, 128/76 R, 128/77, 128/165, 128/169, 54/19 R, 54/19 B
• US Class Current: 119/855
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/04 Devices for impeding movement; Devices for impeding passage through fencing , e.g. hobbles or the like; Anti-kicking devices impeding passage under fences A01K15/006
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 21/00 Devices for assisting or preventing mating
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 27/001 Collars

Abstract

Neck garment for a female cat adapted to deter its impregnation by males while being worn having an integral band adapted to be wrapped around and span a feline neck without noticeably restricting its motility and further presenting a smooth texture sufficiently smooth to preclude a male cat upon attempting to initiate coupling from obtaining a normal grip on the upper neck of the female cat a first and second elongated band segment connected to extend in opposite directions from the lateral edges of the integral band adapted to permit the inner surface of one segment to be interruptably secured to the outer surface of the other segment.

Claims

1. Neck garment for a female cat adapted to deter its impregnation by males while being worn and capable of being worn during all other normal feline activities, comprising:

a. an integral band adapted to be wrapped around and span a feline neck without noticeably restricting its mobility and further presenting a texture sufficiently smooth to preclude a male cat from coupling by obtaining a normal grip on the upper neck of the female cat by the teeth as is normally required to accomplish copulation, said band having an external surface comprising a flexible sheet of an elastomeric material bonded to an underlying fabric-like integral band, said sheet being of a dimension and durability sufficient to permit its trimming along its posterior edge to size the garment to the specific feline neck to be outfitted; and

b. a first and second elongated band segment connected to extent in opposite directions from the lateral edges of said integral band and being of length sufficient to partially overlap one another, each of said segments having a free end and a substantially flat inner and outer surface, and an attachment means adapted to permit the inner surface of one segment to be interruptably secured to the outer surface of the other segment, whereby the assembled garment forms a hollow collar shaped like a conical frustrum that conforms to the cervical contour while in close proximity to the feline neck.

2. The garment of claim 1 wherein one segment is provided with a plurality of linearly arranged openings and the other segment on its outer surface is provided with a plurality of linearly arranged buttons, with the openings and buttons being aligned to permit fastening when the shield is placed around the feline neck.

3. The garment of claim 1 wherein the integral band bulges substantially along its posterior edge in the area where it overlies the feline neck and tapers down inwardly as it extends toward the connecting band segments.