IP Library Granted Patent US 11,019,803
Granted Patent B2
US 11,019,803 · App. 15/876,843 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

System and method for maintaining the hygiene of an animal

Inventors: Kamel A. Takla (Houston, TX); Robert S. Hudson (Austin, TX)
Assignee: KIMOS CORP
A01K13/001A01K13/003
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Patent No.
US 11,019,803
App. No.
15/876,843
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An animal cleaning device for grooming an animal. The animal cleaning device may include a top portion that includes a plurality of actuators and a bottom portion affixed to the top portion. The bottom portion may include a suction vent, a blow vent, a heated airflow vent, a rotating brush, and a formulation dispenser.

Claims (31)

1. An animal cleaning device for grooming an animal, comprising:

a top portion comprising a plurality of actuators;

a bottom portion affixed to the top portion, the bottom portion comprising:

a suction vent;

a blow vent;

a heated airflow vent;

a brush; and

a formulation dispenser; and

a fluid supply base unit coupled to one selected from a group consisting of the top portion and the bottom portion of the animal cleaning device,

wherein the fluid supply base unit comprises a speed-controlled motor and

the speed-controlled motor is configured to:

begin operation at a lower rotational speed corresponding to a lower motor volume; and

increase automatically, after beginning operation at a lower rotational speed, to a higher rotational speed corresponding to a higher motor volume, and

wherein at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators of the animal cleaning device is configured to begin operation of the speed-controlled motor.

2. The animal cleaning device of claim 1 , where an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to operate the suction vent.

3. The animal cleaning device of claim 2 , wherein operation of the suction vent comprises taking air into the animal cleaning device.

4. The animal cleaning device of claim 2 , wherein operation of the suction vent comprises creating a negative pressure relative to an ambient pressure in a vicinity of the animal cleaning device.

5. The animal cleaning device of claim 2 , wherein the suction vent is configured to vacuum from a surface of an animal one selected from a group consisting of a fluid and an item.

6. The animal cleaning device of claim 1 , where an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to operate the blow vent.

7. The animal cleaning device of claim 6 , wherein the blow vent is configured to remove from a surface of an animal one selected from a group consisting of a fluid and an item.

8. The animal cleaning device of claim 1 , where an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to operate the heated airflow vent.

9. The animal control device of claim 1 , wherein an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to control a temperature of air output from the heated airflow vent.

10. The animal control device of claim 9 , wherein the actuator is configured to control the temperature of the air by allowing water from a water reservoir into an air flow of the air.

11. The animal control device of claim 1 , wherein the blow vent and the heated airflow vent of the animal control device are a same opening in the bottom portion of the animal control device.

12. The animal cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the brush is a rotating brush, and an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to operate the rotating brush.

13. The animal cleaning device of claim 12 , wherein the actuator is further configured to control a direction of rotation of the rotating brush.

14. The animal cleaning device of claim 12 , wherein the actuator is further configured to control a speed of rotation of the rotating brush.

15. The animal cleaning device of claim 1 , where an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to operate the formulation dispenser.

16. The animal cleaning device of claim 15 , wherein operation of the formulation dispenser causes a formulation to be dispensed.

17. The animal cleaning device of claim 16 , wherein the formulation comprises a weight percentage of water of less than fifty.

18. The animal control device of claim 1 , wherein an actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to control a temperature of formulation output from the formulation dispenser.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2018
From: TAKLA, KAMEL A.; HUDSON, ROBERT S.
To: KIMOS CORP D/B/A PETSCRUB
Reel/Frame 045223/0548 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 15242998 · Aug 22, 2016
Provisional Application 62208693 · Aug 22, 2015
Provisional Application 62448444 · Jan 20, 2017
Related Publication 20180139928A1 · May 24, 2018
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