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A mesh pet hood allows an animal, with or without a snout or nose, to see relatively unencumbered and yet prevents the animal from oral contact with persons, other creatures or inanimate objects. The mesh is most preferably a soft and lightweight plastic which is not harmful when swung by the animal

A mesh pet hood allows an animal, with or without a snout or nose, to see relatively unencumbered and yet prevents the animal from oral contact with persons, other creatures or inanimate objects. The mesh is most preferably a soft and lightweight plastic which is not harmful when swung by the animal. The hood is laced about the animal's neck region, and preferably includes a connection to a harness or other reliable anchor. A most preferred embodiment of the pet hood further accommodates various sizes of hoods, such as small, medium and large, without requiring retooling, and only requiring three distinct components. A preferred method of manufacture and assembly involves severing repeating sections from an indeterminate-length web, attaching the severed ends together to form a tubular structure, attaching protruding tips together to close one end of the tubular structure, and drawing together trapezoidal ends opposing protruding tips.

대표청구항 ▼

We claim: 1. A pet hood, comprising: a resilient, semi-rigid mesh adapted for fully encompassing a pet head and having openings therein which both permit clear vision therethrough and permit the passage of air while simultaneously preventing the penetration of teeth therethrough formed into repeati

We claim: 1. A pet hood, comprising: a resilient, semi-rigid mesh adapted for fully encompassing a pet head and having openings therein which both permit clear vision therethrough and permit the passage of air while simultaneously preventing the penetration of teeth therethrough formed into repeating sections, each of said repeating sections having a protruding tip, a generally rectangular body, and a tail; a fastener attaching at least two repeating section protruding tips together to form a closure at a first end; and a gathering member collecting at least two repeating section tails together to form a neck member. 2. The pet hood of claim 1 wherein said tail further comprises a trapezoidal geometry. 3. The pet hood of claim 1 wherein said gathering member further comprises a flaccid cord. 4. The pet hood of claim 3 wherein said gathering member further comprises lacing. 5. The pet hood of claim 1 wherein sadi resilient, semi-rigid mesh is further comprised by a plastic material. 6. The pet hood of claim 1 wherein said neck member further comprises means for attachment to another anchor associated with a pet. 7. An animal restraint encircling the head of an animal from said animal's neck region about said animal's nasal region, comprising: a compliant and resilient neck encompassing member; a tensioning member for adjusting a diameter of said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member to accommodate said animal's neck region in contact therewith through a majority of said animal's neck circumference; a semi-rigid hood member extending generally from said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member to said animal's nasal region and encompassing said animal's head therein consisting essentially of a resilient, semi-rigid mesh adapted for fully encompassing a pet head and having openings therein which both permit clear vision therethrough and permit the passage of air while simultaneously preventing the penetration of teeth therethrough; a forward enclosing member generally enclosing said semi-rigid hood member distal to said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member; said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member, said semi-rigid hood member, and forward enclosing member each comprised by a plurality of repeating segments of said resilient, semi-rigid mesh; said repeating segments having a protruding tip, body and tail, said repeating segment tips forming said forward enclosing member, said repeating segment bodies forming said semi-rigid hood member, and said repeating segment tails forming said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member; and a securing member for securing said forward enclosing member repeating segments together. 8. The animal restraint of claim 7 further comprising: a harness about said animal's body; and an anchoring member attaching said tensioning member to said harness. 9. The animal restraint of claim 8 wherein said anchoring member attaches said tensioning member to said harness behind said animal's front legs. 10. The animal restraint of claim 8 wherein said anchoring member comprises excess length of said tensioning member. 11. The animal restraint of claim 7 wherein said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member encircles said animal's neck region. 12. The animal restraint of claim 11 wherein said tensioning member encompasses said animal's neck through a full circumference. 13. The animal restraint of claim 7 wherein said semi-rigid hood member is generally tubular. 14. The animal restraint of claim 7 wherein said securing member comprises a push pin. 15. The animal restraint of claim 7 wherein said semi-rigid hood member further comprises a plastic mesh. 16. The pet hood of claim 1 wherein said repeating section generally rectangular bodies form a generally tubular structure. 17. The pet hood of claim 1 wherein each of said at least two protruding tips further comprise a hole, and said fastener further comprises a push pin adapted for passing through and being retained within said protruding tip holes. 18. An animal restraint encircling the head of an animal from said animal's neck region about said animal's nasal region, comprising: a compliant and resilient neck encompassing member; a drawstring for adjusting a diameter of said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member to accommodate said animal's neck region in contact therewith through a majority of said animal's neck circumference; a semi-rigid hood member extending generally from said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member to said animal's nasal region and encompassing said animal's head therein consisting essentially of a resilient, semi-rigid mesh adapted for fully encompassing a pet head and having openings therein which both permit clear vision therethrough and permit the passage of air wile simultaneously preventing the penetration of teeth therethrough; a forward enclosing member generally enclosing said semi-rigid hood member distal to said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member; said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member, said semi-rigid hood member, and forward enclosing member each comprised by a plurality of repeating segments of said resilient, semi-rigid mesh, said repeating segments each having a triangular forward enclosing segment, a rectangular hood member segment, and a trapezoidal neck encompassing segment, said plurality of triangular forward enclosing segments combining to form said forward enclosing member, said plurality of said rectangular hood member segments combining to form said semi-rigid hood member, and said plurality of said trapezoidal neck encompassing segments combining to form said compliant and resilient neck encompassing member; and a push pin for securing said plurality of triangular forward enclosing segments together.