Infant pet arrival kit

A gift kit to acknowledge the arrival of an infant pet and to assist and amuse the owner of the pet includes a container for containing various items appropriate for the particular pet. The items include various items relating to the comfort and care of the pet and at least one item of novelty and amusement.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
This invention relates generally to animal husbandry and in particular to 
miscellaneous items therefor. 
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art 
Generally, it is appropriate for friends and acquantances to present gifts 
acknowledging the arrival or birth of infants. Primarily this is done in 
the case of human beings. Sometimes, it is done in the case of pet animals 
such as, those of the dog (puppy), cat (kitten) and horse (foal) families. 
However, in the case of such pet animals, there is not generally provided 
an assemblage of items in kit form for presentation to the owner of the 
pet, which assemblage includes various items appropriate for the 
particular pet and comprises items relating to the comfort and care of the 
pet and items relating to novelty and amusement appropriate to that pet. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
Accordingly, the present invention provides such an assemblage of items in 
kit form including items relating to comfort, care, novelty and amusement 
appropriate to the particular pet. The foregoing is accomplished by 
providing a container containing various items appropriate for the 
particular pet. Some of those items relate to the comfort and care of the 
pet such as health and nutrition related items, items relating to 
instruction in matters of care for the pet, items relating to grooming the 
pet and items of apparel for the pet. Others of those items relate to 
novelty and amusement such as a toy or a mock birth certificate 
identifying the pet. 
Other advantages and novel features of the invention will become apparent 
from the following detailed description of the invention when considered 
in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
FIG. 1 illustrates a gift kit for infant pets generally designated 10. Kit 
10 includes container 12 of any suitable material but preferably of a 
reinforced or thickened paper product. Container 12 includes a general 
compartment 14 and a lid portion 16 foldable to close the compartment. Lid 
16 includes lip or tab portion 18 receivable by compartment 14 to aid in 
maintaining lid 16 in a closed position. Compartment 14 may be partitioned 
into various portions which may be of similar or varying size. The 
partitions generally designated 20, are preferably of a material similar 
to the container material. Within the various portions may be placed 
various items for the particular pet. 
Portion 22 includes an item 24 relating to the health and nutrition of the 
pet animal. Portion 26 includes an item 28 relating to instruction in 
matters of care for the particular pet. Portion 30 includes an item 32 
relating to grooming the particular pet. Portion 34 includes an item 36 of 
apparel appropriate for the particular pet. Portion 38 includes a toy or 
other amusement device 40 appropriate for the particular pet. A 
certificate 42 is shown retained by tabs 44 on lid 16. The certificate may 
also be provided in a scroll form and placed in an additional partitioned 
portion of the kit if desired. 
Such a certificate is more particularly illustrated in FIG. 2 and is 
intended to acknowledge the arrival of the infant pet in an atmosphere of 
novelty and amusement such as a mock birth certificate. The certificate 42 
may be identified as such as by the word "Certificate" designated 46 and 
may include a seal 48 intended to cause certificate 42 to appear to be of 
official origin. Any appropriate words may appear on the certificate but 
those words will preferably include appropriate spaces wherein can be 
placed the pets name (space 50), the date of the pets arrival (space 52), 
the month of the pets arrival (space 54), the year of the pets arrival 
(space 56), the names of the pets father, if known, (space 58), the name 
of the pets mother, if known, (space 60) and the name of the pet owner or 
owners (space 62). Of course, it is to be understood that the contents of 
the certificate may be varied within the scope of this invention. 
The various items included in the kit may generally be classified as either 
items relating to the care and comfort of the particular pet which items 
are useful and in most cases necessary for the proper care of the pet, or 
as items of novelty and amusement, not generally classifiable as 
necessary. 
In the case of the items relating to the care and comfort of the pet, these 
items are commercially available and well known items which may be 
purchased separately at pet stores, department stores and grocery stores, 
etc., but are not generally available in kit or combined form. Whereas 
some of the items of novelty and amusement may be commercially available 
such as toy 40 whereas certificate 42 is not generally known to be 
commercially available. 
The following table is provided for the purpose of designating the items 
included in the kit appropriate for a particular pet with the items 
numbered in accordance with the drawings and generically named in column 
1, and the items more specifically named in columns 2, 3 and 4 depending 
on the type of pet: 
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COL. 1 COL. 2 COL. 3 COL. 4 
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ITEM TYPE OF PET 
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PUPPY KITTEN FOAL 
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No. 24 
health and 
flea collar, 
flea collar, 
nutrition 
vitamins vitamins, vitamins, 
food coupons 
food coupons 
food coupons 
No. 28 
instruction 
book on book on book on 
puppy care kitten care foal care 
No. 32 
grooming grooming brush 
grooming brush 
grooming brush, 
curry comb, 
hoof pick 
No. 36 
apparel dog collar, cat collar, halter and 
leash, leash, lead 
coat coat 
No. 40 
amusement 
toy (ball toy (catnip baby horse 
and/or or chew bone) 
mouse) shoes 
novelty 
No. 42 
amusement 
mock birth mock birth mock birth 
and/or certificate certificate certificate 
novelty 
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It is to be understood that the specific items in columns 2, 3 and 4 may 
be varied within the scope of this invention. 
The foregoing has described a gift kit to acknowledge the arrival of an 
infant pet and to assist and amuse the pet owner by including in the kit, 
various items appropriate for the particular pet, some of which relate to 
the comfort and care of the pet and at least one of which relates to 
novelty or amusement for the pet. 
Many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in 
the light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that 
within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced 
otherwise than as specifically described.