Training device for pets

• US 6,240,880 B1
• Filed: 11/20/1996
• Issued: 06/05/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Timothy Alfred Jones
• Original Assignee: Timothy Alfred Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Timothy Alfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US08/754,293
• Time in Patent Office: 1,658 Days
• Field of Search: 119/174, 119/526, 119/28.5, 119/712, 340/665, 340/666, 340/340, 340/626, 340/692, 340/693
• US Class Current: 119/712
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/02 Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals A01K15/04 takes precedence; Electric shock devices circuits therefor H03K3/537; Toys specially adapted for animals

Abstract

A training device to speed up and give positive feedback to the process of housebreaking a pet, including, but not limited to dogs, cats, house pigs, and any normal pet that is capable of being housebroken. The training device includes case, a power supply, and a hinge product to allow for the moving of the pet operated paddle/lever with a minimum resistance, a mast for the purpose of mounting the paddle/lever, a switch, and an output device, such as a buzzer, capable of emitting an audible noise, from an electrical source. The training device would be placed by the exit of your home that would be the normal exit that you would use to facilitate letting your pet out for body function waste release. The training device would have a lever or paddle that the pet would be trained to depress or otherwise cause to be operated when the need to go outside would come about. The device would be so configured by packaging to rest on the floor in a freestanding position. The buzzer, or output device would signal the trainer or owner that the pet was requesting attention for the request.

Claims

1. A portable free standing, pet actuated device for training animals, comprising a pet operated paddle hingedly attached to a mast to operate a switch allowing an electrical current to operate a buzzer that will emit an audible signal when paddle is depressed by animals paw.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the paddle is fastened to a mast by a hinged material for the purpose of projecting the paddle from the mast in a position accessible to the pet.

3. The invention of claim 2, wherein the paddle could also be a lever, button, plunger, or other pilot device that could be configured as to allow the pet to actuate with a paw.

4. The invention of claim 1 wherein the audible buzzer is able to respond to the available source of electrical power from the power supply.

5. The invention of claim 1 wherein the buzzer could also be a bell or other audible signaling device capable of responding to the available power supply.

6. The invention of claim 1 wherein the buzzer could be substituted by a light or other illuminating device capable of responding to the electrical current from the power supply for use in training pets by the hearing impaired.

7. The invention of claim 1 wherein the training device is portable and free standing but could also be mounted to a wall or other permanent or temporary structure.

8. The invention of claim 1 wherein the components of the training device shall be mounted in a case for the purpose of assembly.

9. The invention of claim 8 wherein the case could be made in other forms that would allow a more specific training in relationship to the desired act to be learned by the pet as designated by the trainer.

10. The invention of claim 1 wherein the power supply shall be of low voltage of alternating current or direct current as appropriate by the Underwriters Lab where this would be a requirement.