Pressure sensitive animal training device
First Claim
1. An animal training device including in combination:
- a housing adapted for attachment to an animal collar, said housing having a rear face and a front face;
at least one pair of electrodes extending from the rear face of said housing;
a pressure sensitive transducer on the front face of said housing for engagement by said animal collar; and
an electronic circuit in said housing coupled to said electrodes and to said pressure sensitive transducer to provide electric stimulation pulses to said electrodes, the intensity of said stimulation pulses being proportional to the pressure on said pressure sensitive transducer.
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Abstract
An animal training device comprises a housing which is designed to be attached to an animal collar at a point on the collar diametrically opposite the point where a leash may be attached. The housing has a rear face, adjacent the neck of an animal when it is worn on the collar of such animal, and a front face. At least one pair of electrodes extends from the rear face of the housing; and a pressure sensitive transducer is located on the front face of the housing for engagement by the collar. An electronic circuit is located in the housing; and it is coupled between the pressure sensitive transducer and the electrodes to provide electrical stimulus pulses of varying intensity across the electrodes in response to changes on the pressure sensitive transducer, once the pressure crosses a pre-established threshold.
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17 Claims
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1. An animal training device including in combination:
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a housing adapted for attachment to an animal collar, said housing having a rear face and a front face; at least one pair of electrodes extending from the rear face of said housing; a pressure sensitive transducer on the front face of said housing for engagement by said animal collar; and an electronic circuit in said housing coupled to said electrodes and to said pressure sensitive transducer to provide electric stimulation pulses to said electrodes, the intensity of said stimulation pulses being proportional to the pressure on said pressure sensitive transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An animal training device including in combination:
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a housing adapted for attachment to an animal collar, said housing having a rear face; at least one pair of electrodes extending from the rear face of said housing; a pressure sensitive transducer on said housing for responding to a pulling pressure on said animal collar; and an electronic circuit in said housing coupled to said electrodes and to said pressure sensitive transducer to provide electric stimulation pulses to said electrodes, the intensity of said stimulation pulses being proportional to the pressure on said pressure sensitive transducer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An animal training device including in combination:
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a housing adapted for attachment to an animal collar at a position diametrically opposite an attachment of a leash to such collar, said housing having a rear face; at least one pair of electrodes extending from the rear face of said housing; a pressure sensitive transducer on said housing for responding to a pulling pressure on said animal collar; and an electronic circuit in said housing coupled to said electrodes and to said pressure sensitive transducer to provide electric stimulation pulses to said electrodes, the intensity of said stimulation pulses being proportional to the pressure on said pressure sensitive transducer.
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