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Combined animal harness and waste container

Granted 7 Oct 1997 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mclaughlin Hugh

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Inventors: Hugh McLaughlin · Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 30 May 1996
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US D384780
granted 7 Oct 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a three-quarter plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a three-quarter plan view of an combined animal harness and waste container depicted in use on a dog for clarity illustrating tongs for collecting animal waste and a tongholder for holding said tongs embodying my design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the combined animal harness and waste container from FIG. 1 from a side opposite the waste container element depicting overlapping harness elements;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the combined animal harness and waste container from FIG. 1 from a side containing the waste container element, associated tongs and tongholder;

FIG. 4 is a plan view from the top looking down further showing said tongs and tongholder;

FIG. 5 is a plan view from the bottom looking up;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view looking from front to back of combined animal harness and waste container from FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a back elevational view looking from back to front of combined animal harness and waste container from FIG. 1.

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