Animal collar
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1. An animal collar designed for attachment to an animal comprising:
- a collar housing having an inside surface directed toward the animal during use; and
at least one electrode intersecting said inside surface at an electrode base and extending toward the animal during use;
said inside surface having at least one high point surface extending above said electrode base and toward the animal during use.
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Abstract
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 to be securely fastened to the neck of the animal without risk of causing discomfort or damage to the skin of the animal due to pressure from the stimulating electrodes. The inside surface of the collar housing has one or more high point surfaces that are raised to extend the inside surface above the base of the stimulating electrodes or sensors toward the animal during use so as to increase contact between the inside surface and the animal'"'"'s skin and to thereby relieve and distribute the load caused by collar tension around the animal'"'"'s neck over a larger contact friction area.
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18 Claims
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1. An animal collar designed for attachment to an animal comprising:
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a collar housing having an inside surface directed toward the animal during use; and
at least one electrode intersecting said inside surface at an electrode base and extending toward the animal during use;
said inside surface having at least one high point surface extending above said electrode base and toward the animal during use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An animal collar designed for attachment to an animal having a stimulating unit for generating a stimulus, and one or more electrodes for transferring the stimulus to the animal, the collar comprising:
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a collar housing for containing the stimulating unit;
said collar housing having an inside surface designed for contacting the skin of the animal during use, each of the one or more electrodes intersecting said inside surface at an electrode base and extending toward the animal during use;
said inside surface having at least one high point surface extending above said electrode base and toward the animal during use.
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17. An animal collar designed for attachment to an animal comprising:
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A collar housing having an inside surface designed for contacting the skin of the animal during use; and
At least one electrode intersecting said inside surface at an electrode base, said at least one electrode having a central longitudinal axis extending toward the animal during use from said electrode base to an opposite distal end;
Said inside surface having at least one high point surface designed to intersect with a notional 90-degree plane extended from a point on said central longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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