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Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,593 · App. 17/959,926 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Animal washing system

Inventors: Jasmine Emmei Nachtigall-Fournier (Rolling Hills, CA); Gary Matthew Fournier (Rolling Hills, CA); Dawid Bogdal (Santa Clara, CA); John Stewart Caldwell (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Puppy Wash, Inc.
A01K13/001
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Patent No.
US 12,279,593
App. No.
17/959,926
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An animal washing system includes an enclosure structure forming an interior volume. An animal is to be located at least partially in the interior volume. The animal washing system further includes spray devices and valves. The spray devices are configured to wash the animal. Each valve is configured to selectively provide fluid to a corresponding spray device to wash the animal. The animal washing system further includes a controller configured to selectively actuate each valve to wash the animal.

Claims (31)

1. An animal washing system comprising:

an enclosure structure comprising a plurality of walls and a base, one or more of the plurality of walls being pivotably coupled to a first portion of the base, the plurality of walls and the base forming an interior volume, wherein an animal is to be located at least partially in the interior volume, wherein the plurality of walls are configured to slide towards the first portion of the base to overlap each other and pivot to be disposed in a recess formed by the base;

a plurality of spray devices coupled to the enclosure structure, wherein the plurality of spray devices are configured to wash the animal;

a plurality of valves, wherein each valve is configured to selectively provide fluid to a corresponding spray device of the plurality of spray devices to wash the animal; and

a controller configured to selectively actuate each valve of the plurality of valves to wash the animal.

2. The animal washing system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spray devices comprise:

an upper spray device coupled to an upper wall of the enclosure structure;

a first side spray device coupled to a first side wall of the enclosure structure;

a second side spray device coupled to a second side wall of the enclosure structure; and

a bottom spray device coupled to a bottom wall of the enclosure structure.

3. The animal washing system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spray devices comprises a hand sprayer that is configured to be decoupled from the enclosure structure to wash the animal.

4. The animal washing system of claim 1 further comprising a temperature sensor configured to provide temperature data, and wherein the controller is configured to interrupt operation of the animal washing system responsive to the temperature data not meeting a threshold value.

5. The animal washing system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to simultaneously reduce first spray from a first spray device of the plurality of spray devices while increasing second spray from a second spray device of the plurality of spray devices.

6. The animal washing system of claim 1 further comprising a sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of whether the animal is located within the enclosure structure, and wherein the controller is configured to prevent operation of the animal washing system responsive to the sensor data indicating the animal is not located within the enclosure structure.

7. The animal washing system of claim 1 further comprising wheels, wherein the animal washing system is portable via the wheels.

8. The animal washing system of claim 1 further comprising a protruding structure that extends from a lower interior surface of the enclosure structure to prevent mispositioning of the animal during washing of the animal.

9. The animal washing system of claim 1 further comprising a sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of fluid pressure provided to the animal washing system, and wherein the controller is to selectively activate each valve based on the fluid pressure.

10. The animal washing system of claim 1 further comprising a fluid reservoir, wherein water from a water source is to mix with a cleaning fluid from the fluid reservoir to provide a fluid mixture through the plurality of spray devices to wash the animal.

11. The animal washing system of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure structure forms an opening, wherein a head of the animal is to extend through the opening, wherein the animal washing system further comprises a tray located proximate the opening, and wherein the tray is configured to support consumables for consumption by the animal.

12. The animal washing system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of spray devices are configured to impact an animal with a substantially vertical spray pattern and are configured to move the substantially vertical spray pattern in a substantially horizontal direction along a length of the animal.

13. An animal washing system comprising:

an enclosure structure configured to at least partially enclose an animal located in an interior volume of the enclosure structure, the enclosure structure comprising:

a base forming a recess; and

a plurality of walls, wherein one or more of the plurality of walls are pivotably coupled to a first distal portion of the base, wherein the plurality of walls are configured to pivot to have an upper portion of the plurality of walls be above the base and the plurality of walls are configured to extend along a length of the base to a second distal portion of the base in a washing position, wherein the plurality of walls are configured to slide into each other and pivot into the recess formed by the base in a storage position; and

a plurality of spray devices, wherein each of the plurality of spray devices is coupled to the base or a corresponding wall of the plurality of walls a surface of the enclosure structure.

14. The animal washing system of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of spray devices comprises:

a first spray device coupled to an upper wall of the plurality of walls;

a second spray device coupled to a first side wall of the plurality of walls;

a third spray device coupled to a second side wall of the plurality of walls; and

a fourth spray device coupled to the base.

15. The animal washing system of claim 13 further comprising a tray pivotably coupled to one or more of the plurality of walls, and wherein the tray is configured to support consumables for consumption by the animal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: NACHTIGALL-FOURNIER, JASMINE EMMEI; FOURNIER, GARY MATTHEW; BOGDAL, DAWID; CALDWELL, JOHN STEWART
To: PUPPYWASH, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63310892 · Feb 16, 2022
Provisional Application 63256088 · Oct 15, 2021
Related Publication 20230122984A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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