CA2948510A1

CA2948510A1 - Clothing articles for pets containing a novel collar attachment system

Info

Publication number: CA2948510A1
Application number: CA2948510A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Gabrielle A. Wright; Nathan Martine; Erica Martine; Arthur P. G. Wright
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2016-11-16
Filing date: 2016-11-16
Publication date: 2018-05-16

Abstract

Articles of clothing for pets such as dogs are difficult to keep on them because they try to bite them of shake them off. Articles that slip over the collar are more comfortable but slip to the side or front of the dog when they are walked. This invention describes a method and articles such as bandanas that keep the articles on the back of the dog when they are walked. This is accomplished by providing an access hole for the collar hook in the middle at the front of the bandana. When the leash is attached to the hook and the dog is walked the bandana is held on the back of the dog. This method will work for winter coats, rain coats, costumes, etc. When the leash is not used, a closure such as velcro holds the hook access hole closed. The articles can be made for any size of dog or collar.

Description

2. Specification Description 1. This invention relates to a novel method of attaching articles to pet collars and the articles themselves. The method ensures that the articles, such as bandanas, stay on the backs of the pets when the pets are walked on a leash.
2. Many types of pets such as dogs, do not like wearing items of clothing such as bandanas, coats, raincoats, winter coats or costumes for Christmas and Halloween etc. They will try and shake them off or bite them and will often refuse to walk on a leash with them on. As an example, bandanas are frequently tied around the necks of dogs but dogs do not like to have items around their neck and will try and bite them off. Dogs will try and shake off traditional dog coats that fit around their legs and attach at their chest. Dogs on the other hand are very used to wearing collars and these collars typically have a clasp for easy attachment and detachment and hook for attachment of the leash. Bandanas that slip over the collar exist and cause little or no concern to the dogs. However when a leash is attached to the collar holding the existing slip on bandanas, the bandanas slip from the back of the dog to the side or throat of the dog so that the dog cannot be walked on a leash with the bandana on its back. Pet owners want the bandanas to be visible on the back and other items such as winter coats, rain coats and costumes only work when they are on the back of the dog.

3. The articles of this invention slip over the collar and contain a collar hook hole half way across the article that allows the hook of the collar to pass through and be accessible for attachment to the leash. Thus when the leash is attached and the dog is walked the article, such as a bandana, will be held in the middle of the dogs back and will not slip from side to side of the dog. Furthermore the dog will not try to remove the article from its back.

4. The following describes the invention in more detail:
c in drawings which illustrate embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a drawing of a bandana before the top and bottom are sewed together. Figure 2 is a drawing of a bandana after it is sewn into the final form showing the position of the collar hook hole. Figure 3 is a drawing from the front of the bandana showing the collar hook hole, a collar and collar hook pushed through the hole and a leash attached to the hook. Figure 4 is a drawing of a dog wearing a bandana with the leash attached illustrating the bandana stabilized on the back of the dog.
o In the case of the bandana, two pieces of cloth are used which allows for two different patterns and a reversible bandana. The hole is positioned at the front of the seam so that either side can face up when the collar leash is pushed through. The hole is created by not sewing the seam completely across the front of the bandana as shown in Figure 1. ',/Vhen the leash is not use. the hole can be held shut with a fastener such as velcro sew on both nsice sides of the cloth, snaps or a button with button nole. Other iterns are similarly constructed. The bandana can be sized for any sze of dog or Cog collar by adjusting the size of the pattern, adjusting the width of the of the collar slip on hole, and adjusting the size of the collar hook hole.

Claims

3. Claims The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A novel method of attaching articles, such as bandanas, coats and costumes to dog collars so that the articles stay on the back when a leash is attached and the dog or pet is taken for a walk.

2. An article, for example a bandana, that slips over a collar and has a hole half way along the front of the bandana. The hole is formed by leaving the hole section of the seam unsewed. This allows the collar hook to push through and when the leash is attached and the dog is walked the article remains on the back of the pet or animal.

3. A closure such as velcro, snaps or buttons to keep the hook access hole closed when a leash is not used.

4. All articles containing this system for attachment to dog collars are claimed.

5. All articles can be made to fit any pet size or collar size.