Patent ID: 9107388
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A canine ventral protection garment, comprising: a chest shield, the chest shield configured to cover an area from a tracheal region of a canine to a brisket region of the canine, the chest shield having an attached collar on a cranial end and an attached brisket couple on a caudal end, the collar configured to removably secure the canine ventral protection garment to the canine; a sternal shield having a cranial end coupled to the chest shield via said brisket couple, the sternal shield configured to caudo-cranially protect an area of the canine from the brisket region of the canine to an upper abdominal region of the canine, the sternal shield configured to laterally protect the canine equally and oppositely extending from a sternum region to a region encompassing at least a costal cartilage range of each rib of the canine; a caudal abdominal shield configured to assume a first position gravitationally distal from the canine and a second position proximal to the canine, the caudal abdominal shield movable from the first position to the second position as a result of impact with an obstacle, a cranial end of the caudal abdominal shield constructed of a malleable material to allow the caudal abdominal shield to freely move between the first position, the second position and an intermediate position, the first position gravitationally distal from the canine allowing a male canine to freely urinate without obstruction from the caudal abdominal shield, the caudal abdominal shield configured to caudo-cranially protect the canine from the upper abdominal region to a urogenital region of the canine, the caudal abdominal shield and the sternal shield coupled to form a ventral shield; wherein each of the chest shield, the sternal shield, and the caudal abdominal shield is constructed of a multilayer fabric surrounding a protective hardened layer; a thoracic strap coupled to the ventral shield, the thoracic strap configured to encircle a trunk of the canine about a caudal-cranial axis of the canine, the thoracic strap configured to removably secure the canine ventral protection garment to the canine; and a lumbar strap coupled to the ventral shield, the lumbar strap configured to encircle the trunk of the canine about the caudal-cranial axis of the canine, the lumbar strap configured to removably secure the canine ventral protection garment to the canine; wherein the caudal abdominal shield further comprises a plurality of sizing stitches, the plurality of sizing stitches configured for coupling at least two layers of the caudal abdominal shield as a section of the caudal abdominal shield caudal to the sizing stitches is removed; and wherein the plurality of sizing stitches are parallel to a caudal end of the caudal abdominal shield in a concentric arc configuration.