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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Greg Van Curen, Fremont, IN (US);
Michael D Westrick, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Innotek Pet Products, Inc., Garrett, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119720 ;
Abstract
A collar mounted animal control device which administers a stimulus to an animal. The control device includes at least one photovoltaic member that produces energy for the administered stimulus and an energy storage device that can be charged by the at least one photovoltaic member. A charging circuit can be coupled between the photovoltaic member and the energy storage device and used to accumulate and periodically supply energy to the energy storage device.