Patent ID: 7458339
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: A01K,A61D

Abstract:
1. An animal restraint, comprising: (a) a form made from a rigid material and shaped to conform to a portion of a body of an animal; (b) said form having a substantially tubularly shaped neck encircling section having a front opening including a perimeter portion for engaging an upper neck portion of the animal depending on the head position of the animal and a rear opening including a perimeter portion disposed at a spaced distance from said front opening perimeter portion back along a longitudinal axis of said form and, (c) said body section having a solid top section and solid left and right sides contoured so as to cover a back area and left and right sides of the animal; (d) said body section further including a contour perimeter portion shaped to expose the lower torso of the animal including the left and right shoulders, front legs, and a chest area of the animal; and (e) said body section having means for securing said form to the animal between the front and rear legs the perimeter portion of said hemispherically shaped rear opening positioned on the torso of the animal between the front and rear legs when said form is in place on the animal,