Patent ID: 9629336
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A dog boot, suitable for insertion and removal of a dog paw and providing an operatively protective covering about said dog paw, comprising: a generally tubular body member having a closed end and an open end; a pair of opposed slits adjacent to said open end defining a first flare and a second flare and allowing said first flare and said second flare to expand beyond a balance of said generally tubular body member, thereby facilitating insertion of a dog paw therein; a means adjacent said expanding means for contracting said open end from an open dog paw receiving position to a contracted dog paw retaining position; and at least one cushion on an interior of said open end and affixed to a first one of said first and second flares and extending less than from a one of said pair of opposed slits to another of said pair of opposed slits when said open end is operatively contracted; said first and second flares overlapping adjacent said open end when said open end is operatively contracted to said contracted dog paw retaining position; said first flare terminating prior to overlapping with said at least one cushion when said open end is operatively contracted to said contracted dog paw retaining position.