GB2579241A

GB2579241A - Anti attack dog collar

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Publication number: GB2579241A
Application number: GB1819304.5A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Antoniou Peter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-11-27
Filing date: 2018-11-27
Publication date: 2020-06-17
Also published as: GB201819304D0

Abstract

A collar for a dog or similar animal has electrical contacts 16, 17 on the outer surface edge and complete length of the collar to stop aggressive dogs assaulting the animal wearing the collar. The collar can preferably be activated remotely by means of a remote control device (1, fig 4) that may have a safety feature preventing unauthorised use. The collar may incorporate a camera 9 with a proximity sensor. The collar may incorporate a timer within the protective casing, which may deactivate the collar. The collar may have a night light 5 that is preferably remotely activated. The collar may also incorporate an LED display 20, and a USB port 7. The collar may have a standby mode indicated by two pulsating LEDs 5, 8, the device preferably having noise activation means to leave standby mode. Preferably the onboard camera may be activated by an app installed on a mobile device. Sensors may be used to monitor the animal’s body functions such as heart rate, calorie burn, step count, sleeping behaviours and body temperature.

Description

Title: Dog Defender collar

DESCRIPTION

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a protective collar to be worn by a pet in the form of an animal for protecting the pet against attacks by an assaulting animal.

In this day and age pets are becoming ever more popular, larger and aggressive breads have become zi trend amongst the young increasing in popularity year on year experientially. Dog attacks have increased tenfold due to irresponsible owners and back street breading supplying, the heavy demand for these pets with no questions asked. Our open spaces, such as fields and parks are slowly being restricted and now seeing the effects of being more difficult to avoid other dogs.

I'm sure you will agree, there's nothing better than a good dog walk, however dog owners have become more aware of the increasing dangers faced with their day to day dog walks. This is due to the growing amount of irresponsible dog owners allowing their un-trained and dangerous dogs to roam freely in our parks and woodlands without control, often finding their way to be too close to your pet. Unfairly, it is the well-behaved dogs and the responsible owners that are made to suffer due to their caring awareness of their surroundings and possible conflicts they may have to deal with. Due to this caring attitude a responsible owner would sadly have no other choice but to keep their well-behaved and trained dog on the lead believing this would keep their dog out of harm's way and protected from larger and/ or aggressive dog breads, unfortunately in most cases this has been proved to be a false sense of security.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a practical and versatile everyday dog collar that is capable of efficiently repelling and protecting the most venerable body areas of a dog, such as the throat, neck and head from an aggressive dog zissault, while being convenient, safe and trendy, for your pet to wear. A dog attack can be brutal and unstoppable as the frenzied aggression with some dog breads set into motion, instinctively grabbing to inflicting injury to the most venerable area, the throat, this is called the throat damp. This clamping of the throat and neck area is to weaken the dog by clamping so tight it crushes the wind pipe, weakening the dog, to move in for the kill. A natural response from owners would be to stop the assault by physically intervening, attempting to separate the dogs to gain time to grab and protect theft dog from further onslaught, Unfortunateiy, in most cases the owners are seriously injured due to this natural protective instinct, needing hospital treatment. If the assaulted dog has been fortunate to survive the onslaught, it will most defiantly need costly vet and urgent treatment, both owner and pet would bear the physical and phycological scares for the remainder of their The and-attack dog collar would prevent any attempt of an assault instantly, as the smallest contact made around the most venerable areas, head, neck and throat would be totally protected by means of a controlled electric shock, repealing the -assaulting dog instantly. This would eliminate the need for either owner to become physically involved, thus would avoid any injury's to either dog or dog owner, furthermore prevent prosecution, and the possible outcome of the assaulting dog being put down,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An apparatus for fending off dog assaults through application of controlled electric shock deterrent, or anti-attack dog collar is shown and described (Fig 1) and (Fig 3). The anti-attack dog collar delivers an electrical controlled shock /or shocks triggered by means of physical contact with the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1) and (Fig 3). The anti-attack dog collar device has been designed to protect firstly the most venerable areas of the dog such as the head, neck and throat area, commonly known to be the first target for roost dog assaults.

The anti-attack dog collar device comprises of a collar (Fig 1.2), (Fig 3.23), the collar can be of any nonconductive material. Positioned 1/3 from the buckle (Fig 3.14) along the length of the collar is an IP64 rating, high impact Polystyrene casing (Fig 3.1), this protective casing houses the main integral electrical PCB and all components. Once the collar has been fastened around a dog's neck (Fig 5.8) can be adjusted for comfort using either a lockable device, Velcro, clip fastener or a buckle, (Fig 3.14). The length and width and thickness of the collar will vary depending on the size and weight of the dog fitted to. The main function of the anti-attack dog collar device is to repel an assaulting dog. To achieve this, an electrical circuit comprising of negative and positive poles are configured in two or more ways along the outer top surface edge and length of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3.21), (Fig 3.23), (Fig 1.1) and (Fig 1.4).

a) To be configured in such a way to form a row of individual positive poles (Fig 3.17), and a row of individual negative poles (Fig 3.16), these polarities are connected internally (Fig 3.21) and (Fig 3.23) along the length of the collar to a power source within the protective casing (Fig 3.1), the negative and positive poles are arranged in such a way, impossible to avoid touching both polarities orally if an attempt is made to assault the throat, neck and head area, completing the electrical circuit of the anti-attack dog collar, thus receiving an electrical controlled shock.

b) Or, to be configured in such a way, to have one continuous negative pole (Fig 1.1) and one continuous positive pole (Fig 1.4) connected to a power source within the protective casing (Fig 1.7) these polarities run parallel to each other along the outer top surface edge and complete length of the collar (Fig 1.1) and (Fig1.4), impossible to avoid touching both polarities orally if an attempt is made to assault the throat, neck or head area, completing the electrical circuit of the anti-attack dog collar, thus receiving an electrical controlled shock.

The negative and positive poles (Fig 3.17) and (Fig 3.16) can take the form of any conductive material to be in the form of any shape such as, Stars, Squares, Hearts or Circles (Fig 3.10). Synthetic materials can be used for more decorative purposes such as, Crystals or Gemstones (Fig 3.11), these Crystals and Gemstones are set within a conductive bezel (Fig 3.12), this conductive bezel is incorporated as part of the anti-attack dog collars electrical circuit and aesthetic design.

Either electrical circuit (a) or (b) can be integrated within the collar's material using injection moulding to be as one with the collar, keeping exposed part of the negative and positive poles to protrude above the collar's outer top surface edge (Fig 3.18) and (Fig 1.5) to ensure physical contact would be made to both negative and positive poles. Or to integrate either electrical circuit (a) or (b) to be bonded between two or more layers of material, keeping exposed part of the negative and positive poles (Fig 3.18) and (Fig 1.5) to protrude above the collar's outer top surface edge, to ensure physical contact would be made to both negative and positive poles.

The anti-attack dog collar is controlled by a remote control device (Fig 4), both the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3), (Fig 1) and the remote-control device (Fig 4) are linked using a pre-programmed code to wirelessly communicate with each other using radio signal, the remote control (Fig 4) can operate up to a distance of 150 meters from the receiver, the receiver is located within the anti-attack dog collars protective casing (Fig 3.1). The remote-control (Fig 4) has a 3 segment bargraph LED display (Fig 4.2) to indicate the three-power shock level settings Low (Fig 4.7), Medium (4.6) and High (4.5). Four or more push buttons are required to operate the anti-attack dog collars functions (Fig 4.3), (4.4), (4.8) and (4.9).

1) The Arm button: (Fig 4.8), to arm the anti-attack dog collar device, and to control each shock power level setting, Low, Medium and High.

2) The Disarm button: (Fig 4.3), to dis-arm the anti-attack dog collar device.

3) A night light button: (Fig 4.9), to activate and deactivate a white LED night light.

4) Auto function button: (Fig 4.4), to put the anti-attack dog collar into auto standby mode.

The remote control (Fig 4) has a 3 segment bargraph LED display, (Fig 4.2) to display each power shock level setting the anti-attack dog collar is set at.

(a) First press of the Arm button: (Fig 4.8) indicates, the anti-attack dog collar has been set at Low power shock level, to show one illuminated LED segment (Fig 4.7).

(b) Second press of the Arm button: (Fig 4.8) indicates, the anti-attack dog collar has been set at Medium power shock level, to show two illuminated LED segments (Fig 4.6).

(c) Third press of the Arm button: (Fig 4.8) indicates, the anti-attack dog collar has been set at High power shock level, to show three illuminated LED segments (Fig 4.5).

An LED night light function has been added for dog walking in low lit areas such as, parks, open spaces, woodlands and non-illuminated streets (Fig 3.5). This function is extremely useful if your pet has moved out of sight and/ or blended into the scenery. Using the remote control (Fig 4) and pressing the night light button (Fig 4.4) activates this function switching on the night light LED located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) to pass through transparent material (Fig 3.5), to illuminate the proximity of the dog (Fig 5.9), your pet can now be visually seen. To deactivate the nigh light function, the night light button (Fig 4.4) is pressed again.

As a safety feature the anti-attack dog collar must be physically switch ON before power can circulate to any part of the anti-attack dog collars electrical system, and physically switched OFF to rendering the anti-attack dog collar device in-active. This safety feature is extremely useful when the pet is at home or in any safe environment and protection is not required. This feature would also eliminate the anti-attack dog collar being accidently switching ON, without adult supervision or consent, making the said device child proof.

Before you can use the anti-attack dog collar device (Fig 1) and (Fig 3) the anti-attack dog collar device must be physically switch ON, to achieve this, the remote-control device will be required (Fig 4).

The remote-controls external casing has a pin like shape (Fig 4.10), this pin like shape extends outward no more than 10mm and no less than 3mm from the remote-control casing at the bottom edge (Fig 4.11), this pin like shape can be either square, round or take any shape or form being any material (Fig 4.10).

Before a safe and protected dog walk can take place, the owner must firstly locate the remote control (Fig 4), this ensures the remote control is now in the owner's possession before venturing out with the dog. Inserting the remote-controls pin (Fig 4.10) into the Pinhole (Fig 3.15) located to the side of the anti-attack dog collars casing (Fig 3.1), using a push motion will press a recessed micro switch within the protective casing, turning the anti-attack dog collar ON.

Once the anti-attack dog collar has been switched ON, two amber LED's will illuminate. One amber LED being positioned within the protective casing of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3.1), to illuminate through transparent material (Fig 3.5), this transparent material is part of the anti-attack dog collar protective casing (Fig 3.1) and would allow amber light pass through indicating the anti-attack dog collar device has now been switched ON. The secondary amber LED is positioned 2/3 from the buckle (Fig 3.14) along the length of the collar (Fig 3.8), this LED would be positioned in such a way to be visible in direct line of sight being at the top of the collar once fastened round a dogs neck (Fig 5.9) as the weight of the protective casing housing the electrical components (Fig 3.1) would be force downwards (Fig 5.2) thus, keeping the amber LED (Fig 3.8) at the highest point of the anti-attack dog collar in direct line of sight (Fig 5.9), the said device is now ready to be armed.

Pressing the arm button (Fig 4.8) will send a HF coded radio signal directly to the receiver located within the anti-attack collars protective casing (Fig 3.1), this will trigger a string of events, activating the internal batteries to charge a capacitor located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1), the capacitors negative and positive poles are connected to the collar's electrical circuit to pass electrical current through the length of the collar (Fig 3.23), (Fig 1.2) to each negative and positive pole (Fig 3.17), (Fig 3.16), (Fig 1.1), (Fig 1.4) the length of the anti-attack dog collar.

Once the anti-attack dog collar has been armed, two red pulsating LED's, will illuminate, one red pulsating LED is positioned within the protective casing (Fig 3.1), positioned in a way to illuminate through transparent material (Fig 3.5), this transparent material is part of the anti-attack dog collar protective casing (Fig 3.1) and would allow red light pass through indicating the anti-attack collar device has been armed. The secondary red pulsating LED (Fig 3.8) is positioned 2/3 from the collar's buckle (Fig 3.14), and would be positioned in such a way to be visible in direct line of sight being at the top of the collar once fastened round a dog's neck (Fig 5.9) as the weight of the protective casing (Fig 3.1) would be force downwards, thus keeping the secondary red pulsating LED positioned at the highest point of the collar (Fig 5.9).

The anti-attack dog collar has 3 or more power shock level settings, these shock level settings are controlled using the remote-control arm button (Fig 4.8). With each press of the arm button (Fig 4.8) will in turn activate a higher-power shock level to be delivered by the anti-attack dog collar, this is a very useful feature to suit the 3 Sizes of dog categories, Small, Medium and Large.

1. Low shock level, for small dogs and/ or animal.

2. Medium shock level, for medium size dogs and/ or animal.

3. High shock level, for large size dogs and/ or animal.

The anti-attack dog collar has an on-board micro HD 180-degree Camera (Fig 3.9), this camera is automatically activated when the anti-attack dog collar has been armed. The HD camera (Fig 3.9) is positioned 2/3 from the collars buckle (Fig 3.14) and would be positioned in such a way to be visible in direct line of sight once the anti-attack collar has been fastened round a dogs neck (Fig 5.9) the weight of the protective casing (Fig 3.5) which houses the electrical components would be forced downwards, due to weight balance and so the HD camera (Fig 3.9) would remain at the highest point of the collar (Fig 5.9) for optimal sight, capturing any event to be saved to the cloud, or to the onboard Micro SD card (Fig 3.6) and/ or steamed live to any mobile device such as your phone or tablet to be used for future reference using an App called DogFender.

Once the anti-attack dog collar has been armed, both red LED's will pulsate (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8), the onboard HD camera (Fig 3.9) would be activated to record all events, at this stage the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3) and (Fig 1) are now set at a Low power shock level setting to repel an assault if direct physical contact is made with any of the anti-attack dog collars negative and positive poles (Fig 3.16) and (Fig 3.17). The 3 power shock levels are indicated by the remote-controls (Fig 4), 3 segment bargraph LED display panel (Fig 4.2) confirming a low power shock level has been activated by illuminating one LED (Fig 4.7) of the 3 segment bargraph LED's.

Pressing the arm button (Fig 4.8), a second time would send a further coded HF radio signal to the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3) and (Fig 1) to generate a Medium-powered electrical shock level setting, at this point the two red LED's are still pulsating (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), the HD camera still recording (Fig 3.9) simultaneously the remote-control escalates the 3 segment bargraph LED display (Fig 4.2) from one LED illuminated to, two LED's illuminated (Fig 4.7) and (Fig 4.6) confirming a Medium-power shock level has now been activated at the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1) and (Fig 3).

Pressing the arm button (Fig 4.8), a third time would send a further coded HF radio signal to the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3) and (Fig 1) to generate the highest-powered electrical shock level setting, at this point the two red LED's are still pulsating (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), the HD camera still recording (Fig 3.9) simultaneously the remote control escalates the 3 segment bargraph LED display (Fig 4.2) from two illuminated LED's to three illuminated LED's confirming the highest-power shock setting has been activated at the anti-attack dog collar.

If a threat has been wrongly assessed by the owner, the anti-attack collar (Fig 3) and (Fig 1) can be disarmed at any time by using the remote-control (Fig 4) and pressing the dis-arm button (Fig 4.3), instantly dis-arming the anti-attack dog collar, switching OFF both red pulsating LED's (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), deactivating the onboard camera (Fig 3.9) and switching ON both amber LED's (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), resetting the remote-control 3 segment bargraph LED's (Fig 4.2) to no LED's illuminated.

If the owner forgets the anti-attack collar has been armed, the onboard pre-programmed timer located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) would automatically disarm the said device, switching OFF both red pulsating LED's (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), switching ON both amber LED's (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8) deactivating the onboard camera (Fig 3.9) and resetting the remote-control 3 segment bargraph LED's (Fig 4.2) to no LED's illuminated.

The Onboard HD camera (Fig 3.9) can also be used as an effective deterrent to prevent your dog from being stolen and/ or to record events if the dog becomes stressed. This is made possible by using the remote control (Fig 4) and pressing the Auto function button (Fig 4.4), this would set the HD camera (Fig 3.9), the two red pulsating LED's (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8) and the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3), (Fig 1) into an auto standby mode.

This auto standby mode is indicated by two pulsating amber LED's, (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8) the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1) and (Fig 3) is now controlled by the dog's bark and/ or growl. This is achieved using a sensor, this sensor is located at the underside of the protective casing (Fig 8.4) and would be in direct contact with the dog's throat (Fig 5.2), this close contact of sensor and throat would eliminate activation by surrounding background noise. If the dog is in danger or is threatened in any way a natural response of the dog would be to bark or growl. This sudden rise in volume would in turn, deactivate the two amber pulsating LED's, (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8) activate the HD camera (Fig 3.9), activate the two red pulsating LED's, (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8), arming the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3). Once the auto function has been triggered the on-board camera (Fig 3.9) would record all events in close proximity to the dog, these events are streamed directly to the cloud and saved for future reference, simultaneously the owner would be notified the anti-attack dog collar has been automatically activated by the dog, by an App installed on any mobile device. The owner could then manually activate the onboard using the DogFender App from any mobile device and see in real time why the dog has triggered an alert. This feature is an extremely effective way of protecting your dog if you must leave your dog unattended for a short period of time.

The onboard timer located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) would be set to dis-arm the auto function after a given time has been used, dis-arming the onboard HD camera, the two red pulsating LED's and the anti-attack dog collar to re-activate both amber pulsating LED's back into auto function mode.

A dedicated anti-attack dog collar app called (Dogfender) would connect to the anti-attack dog collar using Bluetooth and/ or Wi-Fi technology, this feature would be extremely beneficial to gain future firmware updates for the anti-attack dog collar's electrical components and functions (Fig 3.1) and would allow the user to configure the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3) to suit any animal for any environment.

The anti-attack dog collar has an array of body sensor, these body sensors are located to the underside of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 8) to sense the animal's day to day body functions such as, heart rate, calorie burn, step count, sleeping behaviours (Fig 8.2), body temperature (Fig 8.1), (Fig 8.3) and audio (Fig 8.4). This body information is transmitted in real time and sent using either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi technology to your phone or table and recorded using the Dogfender App.

The anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3) has a mini USB port (Fig 3.7), located to one side of the anti-attack dog collars casing (Fig 3.1) this mini USB port has two functions.

1. The mini USB port (Fig 3.7) is used to charge the internal rechargeable batteries using any USB device or charger, a 3 segment bargraph LED (Fig 3.20) is located within the anti-attack dog collars protective casing visible through transparent material (Fig 3.20) to display battery power levels and charging progress (Fig 3.2), (3.3) and (3.4).

2. The mini USB port (Fig 3.7) can also connect, and-on devices, such as dog clothing: jackets, hoodies, sweaters, coats or any electrical device (Fig 5.1), these items of clothing are connected for total body protection.

The said clothing uses layers of conductive and non-conductive materials (Fig 7) layered in a way to deliver an electric shock if two or more layers are penetrated. This is achieved using anti-corrosive conductive layers of fine mesh material (Fig 7.3) and (Fig 7.4), one layer being a positive pole the other layer being a negative pole, both positive and negative layers are separated using a layer of insulating material (Fig 7.2), an external material layer (Fig 6.4) and (Fig 7.1) encloses all internal layers and would be the outer cover of the clothing (Fig 6.4), (Fig 5.1). This outer cover of the clothing is the fabric and aesthetic design of the said clothing, the positive and negative layers are connected internally to an external connecting cable (Fig 6.2) and (Fig 5.3).

This connecting cable has a mini male USB connector (Fig 5.4), (Fig 6.1) and would connect to the mini female USB connector located at the side of the anti-attack dog collars protective casing (Fig 3.7), this would allow electric current to flow from the protective casing (Fig 3.1) into both, the collar (Fig 1.2), (Fig 3.21) and the internal circuitry of the clothing (Fig 6.3) giving total protection to the head, neck, throat and full body of the dog.

This is made possible using the remote control (Fig 4) and pressing the arm button (Fig 4.8) to arm the collar (Fig 3) and (Fig 1) the internal PCB located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) would detect an output source has been connected to the female USB connector (Fig 3.7) to provide a power source to the add-on device.

To physically switch the anti-attack dog collar OFF the remote-controls pin (Fig 4.10) would be inserted into the anti-attack dog collar casings Pinhole (Fig 3.15), once inserted, a push motion will turn the anti-attack dog collar OFF, rendering the anti-attack dog collar inactive.

The following figures will be referred to in the embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1, 3-dimensional view of the platform assembled showing to continuous contact poles. Figure 2, A back view of the platform assembled showing the position of the camera and LED. Figure 3, 3-dimensional view of the platform assembled.

9Figure 4, Face view of the remote control, and bottom view.

Figure 5, Side view of a pet wearing the anti-attack dog collar and the anti-attack dog clothing, with an enlarged 3-dimensional view of the anti-attack dog collar, cable and connector.

Figure 6, Side view of the dog clothing showing part of the internal material, cable and connector.

Figure 7, An enlarged cross section showing the positive and negative poles and internal material structure of the anti-attack dog clothing.

Figure 8, Showing the underside of the anti-attack dog collar body sensors.

Claims

Claims 1 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) repels an assaulting dog by means of controlled regulated shock delivered through one or more electrical poles these poles cover the outer surface edge and complete length of the dog collar (Fig 3.16), (3.17), (1.1), (1.4) to repel an assaulting dog protecting the head, throat or neck area.
2 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 1, has two or more electrical contacts covering the outer surface edge and complete length of the dog collar (Fig 3.16), (Fig 3.17), (Fig 1.1), (Fig 1.4), these contacts run parallel to each other along the outer surface edge and complete length of the dog collar, one side being a negative pole the other being a positive pole, these poles can either be a long continues electrical conductive material (Fig 1),(1.1), (1.4), or as many individual contacts (Fig 3), (3.16), (3.17) needed to cover the complete length and outer surface of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1).
3 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 1 and 2 the negative and positive poles (Fig 3.17) and (Fig 3.16) can take the form of any shape such as, Stars, Squares, Hearts or Circles (Fig 3.10), synthetic materials can be used for more decorative purposes such as, Crystals or Gemstones (Fig 3.11), these Crystals and Gemstones are set within a conductive bezel (Fig 3.12) and incorporated as part of the anti-attack dog collars aesthetic look and design.
4 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) has a built-in safety feature this safety feature would eliminating accidental or unauthorised use of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3) and to insure the dog walker has the remote control (Fig 4) before setting out on a dog walk.
S The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 4 is achieved by physically inserting the remote-control pin (Fig 4.10) into the side of the protective casing (Fig 3.15) to make contact with a recessed micro push button, pushing this button inwards will switch ON the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3).
6 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 4 and 5, as a safety feature the anti-attack dog collar can be switched OFF (Fig 1), (Fig 3) when the pet is in a safe environment and protection is not required, this is achieved by inserting the remote control pin (Fig 4.10) into the protective casing of the anti-attack dog collar, (Fig 3.15) to make contact with a recessed micro push button, pushing this button inwards will switch OFF the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3), this will eliminate accidental or unauthorised use, being child safe and save battery power.
7 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 4, 5 and 6 this safety mechanism (Fig 3.15) is recessed within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) and can be a micro switch, micro push button, magnetic switch or any device able to power ON and OFF the anti-attack dog collar.
8 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 5, once the anti-attack dog collar has been switched ON the device is now ready to armed, this is indicated by two illuminated amber LED's, one amber LED being located within the protective case of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3.1) to illuminate through transparent material (Fig 3.5).
9 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 5 and 8 the secondary amber LED is positioned 2/3 from the collars buckle (Fig 3.14) along one side of the outer edge and length of the collar itself (Fig 3.8), this LED would be positioned in such a way to be permanently visible when the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3), has been fastened round the dogs neck (Fig 5.9), as the weight of the protective casing (Fig 3.1) would be force downwards (Fig 5.2) and so the amber LED (Fig 5.9) would remain in direct line of sight.
The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 8 and 9 the anti-attack dog collar is now in manual standby mode, ready to be armed, using the remote-control (Fig 4) and by pressing the arm button (Fig 4.8) both amber LED'S will be deactivated, illuminating two red LED's (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), activating the onboard HD camera (Fig 3.9), one red LED being located within the protective case of the anti-attack dog collar to illuminate through transparent material (Fig 3.5).
11 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 10 the secondary red LED is positioned 2/3 from the buckle (Fig 3.14) along the outer surface and length of collar itself (Fig 3.8), this LED would be positioned in such a way to be permanently visible at the top of the collar while fastened round a dogs neck (Fig 5.9) as the weight the protective casing (Fig 3.1) would be force downwards (Fig 5.2) the red LED (Fig 3.8) would be forced upwards by weight balance to be positioned at the top of the collar (Fig 5.9) in direct line of sight.
12 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 10 has an onboard HD camera (Fig 3.9) this onboard camera is instantly activated once the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3) has been armed, using the remote-control (Fig 4) by pressing the arm button (Fig 4.8).
13 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 10 and 12 the onboard camera (Fig 3.9) records video and audio events in close proximity of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3).
14 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 10, 12 and 13 has an onboard HD camera to record events in close proximity of the said device, these events can be directly saved to an internal micro SD card (Fig 3.6), saved to the cloud and/ or streamed live to any mobile device, until activating the disarm button (Fig 4.3).
The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) after a set time has elapsed, an onboard timer located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) deactivates the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3), deactivating the on board cam (Fig 3.9), and deactivating the two pulsating red LED,s (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8), to re-activating the two amber LED's (Fig 3.5) and (Fig 3.8), indicating the anti-attack dog collar has been set back into manual standby mode, ready to be armed, this is a useful feature not only to conserve battery power but to eliminate accidental shock if the owner forgets to disarm the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3) using the remote control (Fig 4) disarm button (Fig 4.8).
16 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3), is operated using a remote control device (Fig 4) the remote control has four or more push buttons to operate the anti-attack dog collars function, these buttons are as follows, the Arm button (Fig 4.8), Dis-arm button (Fig 4.3), Night light button (Fig 4.9) and Auto function button (Fig 4.4), a 3 segment bargraph shock level display (Fig 4.2) will be used to indicate each power level the anti-attack collar is set at (Fig 1), (Fig 3).
17 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 16 is operated using a remote control device (Fig 4) this remote control has a 3 segment bargraph shock level display (Fig 4.2) pressing the remote-control arm button (Fig 4.8) will indicate Low shock level (Fig 4.7), pressing the arm button again, will indicate a Medium shock level (Fig 4.6) and a third press indicates High power (Fig 4.5), these shock level settings would be delivered by the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3) through the contacts (Fig 3.17), (Fig 3.16), (Fig 1.1) and (Fig 1.4).
18 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) has an integrated night light (Fig 3.5) this night light can be remotely activated using the remote button (Fig 4.9).
19 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 18 the night light function has been added for dog walking in low lit areas, using the remote control (Fig 4) and pressing the night light button (Fig 4.4) would activate the night light function, switching on the night light LED (Fig 3.5), located at the anti-attack dog collar protective casing (Fig 3.1) and would illuminate the proximity of the dog (Fig 5.9), your pet can now be visually seen, to deactivate the nigh light, function the night light button (Fig 4.4) is pressed again.

The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) has a 3 segment multi-function bargraph LED display to indicate the internal battery power levels (Fig 3.
20) and battery charge progress.
21 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) has a mini female USB port (Fig 3.7), located to one side of the anti-attack dog collars protective casing (Fig 3.1) this mini female USB port has two functions, to charge one or more internal rechargeable batteries within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) using any USB device or charger, the 3 segment multi-function bargraph display (Fig 3.20) would indicate the charging progress (Fig 3.2), (3.3), (3.4), secondly the mini female USB port (Fig 3.7), can connect and power an array of external electrical devices using the power source from within the anti-attack dog collars protective casing (Fig3.1).
22 The said device as claimed in (Fig 6), according to claim 21 can connect add-on devices, such as dog clothing: jackets, hoodies, sweaters, coats (Fig 6), these items of clothing are to give further protection to the body of the dog from assault.
23 The said device as claimed in (Fig 6), (Fig 5.1) according to claim 22 the said clothing uses layers of conductive and non-conductive materials (Fig 7) layered in a way to deliver an electric shock if two or more layers are penetrated.
24 The said device as claimed in (Fig 6), according to claim 22 and 23 this is achieved using anticorrosive conductive layers of fine mesh material (Fig 7.3) and (Fig 7.4), one layer being a positive pole the other layer being a negative pole, both positive and negative layers are separated using a layer of insulating material (Fig 7.2), an external material layer (Fig 7.1 and (Fig 6.4) encloses all internal materials (Fig 6.3) the external layer of material (Fig 6.4), is the fabric and aesthetic design of the said clothing.
The said device as claimed in (Fig 6), according to claim 22, 23 and 24, the positive and negative layers are connected to a cable (Fig 6.2) and (Fig 5.3), this connecting cable has a mini male USB connector (Fig 5.4) this connector would connect to the mini female USB connector located at the side of the anti-attack dog collars protective casing (Fig 3.7), this would allow electric current to flow from the anti-attack dog collars protective casing ( Fig 3.1) into the clothing (Fig 6.3) (Fig 5.1). Both collar (Fig 1.2), (Fig 3.23) and clothing (Fig 5.1), (Fig 6.4) are now powered and controlled by the PCB located within the protective anti-attack collars casing (Fig 3.1), giving total body, head, neck, and throat protection to the dog.
26 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) has an onboard HD camera (Fig 3.9) this camera can be used as an effective deterrent to prevent the dog from being stolen and/ or to record events if the dog becomes stressed, this is made possible by using the remote control (Fig 4) and pressing the Auto function button (Fig 4.4), this would illuminate the two amber LED's to pulsate, set the HD camera (Fig 3.9), into auto standby mode, set the two red pulsating LED's (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8) into auto standby mode and set the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3), (Fig 1) into auto standby mode, at this point the two red LED's would not be illuminated.
27 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 26, This auto standby mode is indicated by two pulsating amber LED's, (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8) the said device is now controlled by the dog's bark and / or growl.
28 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 26 and 27, a sensor is located at the underside of the protective casing (Fig 8.4) this sensor would be in direct contact with the throat of the dog (Fig 5.2), this close contact between the sensor and throat would eliminate activation by surrounding background noise pollution.
29 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 26, 27 and 28, if the dog wearing the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3) barks or growls the sensor (Fig 8.4) would detect this sudden increase in volume and would in turn de-activate the two amber pulsating LED's, (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8) activating the HD camera (Fig 3.9), activating the two red pulsating LED's, (Fig 3.5), (Fig 3.8), arming the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1), (Fig 3).
The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 26, 27, 28 and 29 the sensor located underside of the proactive casing (Fig 8.4) can be a mini microphone, miniature sounddriven electrical generator or any device triggered by sound.
31 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) according to claim 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 the onboard camera will now record all events in the proximity of the dog wearing the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 1) and (Fig 3), these events are recorded to the cloud to be used for future reference, simultaneously the dog owner would be notified via the DogFender App, this will give first hand visual sight of the dogs situation so the owner can assess the best line of action to take.
32 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3), has an auto timer located within the protective casing (Fig 3.1) after a set time has been used the auto timer would dis-arm the HD camera (Fig 3.9), disarm the two red pulsating LED's (Fig 3.5) (Fig 3.8) and disarm the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 3.23) and (Fig 1.2), re-activating the two amber pulsating LED's back into auto standby mode.31 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) onboard HD camera can be activated using the DogFender App installed to any mobile device, this is an extremely useful feature to keep a watch on your dog when left alone.

32 The said device as claimed in (Fig 1), (Fig 3) the anti-attack dog collar has an array body sensor, these body sensors are located to the underside of the anti-attack dog collar (Fig 7) to sense the animal's day to day body functions such as, heart rate, calorie burn, step count, sleeping behaviours (Fig 7.2), body temperature (Fig 7.1) and (Fig 7.3) this body information is transmitted in real time and sent using either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi technology to your phone or any mobile device to be analysed using the Dogfender App.