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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Applicants:
Patrick L. Nolan, Smithsburg, MD (US);
Simon Prins, Elburg, NL;
Inventors:
Patrick L. Nolan, Smithsburg, MD (US);
Simon Prins, Elburg, NL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 5/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 15/02 (2013.01); A01K 5/0114 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated scent training wheel for training animals to detect and respond to target scents. The automated scent training wheel comprises a rotatable carousel and a plurality of scent receptacles coupled to the rotatable carousel, where the scent receptacles are each configured to hold scent source material therein. The automated scent training wheel also comprises a plurality of sensing systems each disposed at one of the plurality of scent receptacles, wherein each sensing system is configured to automatically detect investigation of the associated scent receptacle by an animal.