Patent ID: 6453850
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Electrically actuated apparatus for discouraging animals from licking, comprising:(a) a laminate body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having exposed conductive traces positioned therealong, the exposed conductive traces being spaced apart from one another, the laminate body comprising an elongated flexible substrate folded upon itself to define a pocket receptacle; (b) an electrical power source retained within the pocket receptacle in the folded substrate, the power source being electrically coupled to said exposed conductive traces; (c) an adhesive carried by the inner surface of the laminate to bond the laminate to the body of an animal with the conductive traces exposed adjacent a wound so that when the conductive traces contact the animal's tongue, the tongue completes an electrical circuit and an electrical impulse is delivered through the tongue; and (d) a dielectric material disposed between the conductive traces to electrically isolate the conductive traces from one another.