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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Marsh, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
AgriTech Electronics L.C., Chanute, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119421 ; 119721 ; 340573 ;
Abstract
A fenceless animal confinement system comprising portable units attached to the animal and including means for receiving GPS signals and for providing stimulation to the animal. The GPS signals are processed to provide location information which is compared to the desired boundary parameters. If the animal has moved outside the desired area, the stimulation means is activated. The signal processing circuitry may be included either within the portable unit or within a separate fixed station.