Patent ID: 9554558
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01K,A61D,A61F,B68C

Claim:
1. In combination with an animal garment and an animal diaper, a support coupler for helping to substantially maintain the animal diaper in an intended protective position, comprising: a closable utility envelope removably secured to a distal end area of the animal garment in close proximity to the animal diaper being worn by the animal in combination with the animal garment, said closable utility envelope defines at least one storage compartment; wherein the closable utility envelope is provided with an inner closure r ember moveable between a closed non diaper engaging position and an open diaper engaging position, wherein said inner closure member seals the at least one storage compartment in the closed non diaper engaging position; said closable utility envelope further having an outer closure member moveable between a sealed closed non deployment position overlaying said inner closure member and an open unsealed deployment position away from said inner closure member that facilitates the coupling of said inner closure member to the animal garment; wherein said inner closure member has disposed thereon either a set of hooks or a set of loops for sufficiently gripping an outer surface of the animal diaper so that the diaper is secured and held in its intended protective position; and wherein said animal garment and said diaper are separate and distinctly different articles of clothing worn by an animal, one for substantially covering a fore section of the animal and one for substantially covering a hind section of the animal.