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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Garmin Switzerland Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Inventors:
Bradley C. Trenkle, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Timmy R. Walker, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Assignee:
Garmin Switzerland GmbH, , CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 35/00 (2006.01); A01K 27/00 (2006.01); A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 27/009 (2013.01); A01K 15/021 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract
An animal indicator apparatus that tracks the locations of an animal and alerts nearby persons when the animal approaches a boundary includes a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus; memory for storing cartographic data representative of at least one boundary; an indicator and a processor. The processor triggers the indicator when the current geographic location of the apparatus is near the location of the boundary.