Patents by Inventor William H. Claflin

William H. Claflin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5823146
    Abstract: An animal restraining device including a restraining litter and a support frame. The frame supports the litter thereon and has features which facilitate an adjusting of the width between support members of the litter and an adjusting of the height of the frame. The frame has a V-shaped head end facilitating ease of access to a head of an animal resting on the litter. The litter has leg apertures therein for receiving legs of an animal and allowing the legs to dangle below the litter. The frame has an entry side for facilitating entry of the litter with an animal therein. The litter need not be raised high above the frame and then lowered into the interior of the frame. The litter containing the animal and legs of the animal will enter, unimpeded by the frame, through the entry side into the interior of the frame, by only raising the support members of the litter a little bit above the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn
    Inventors: Glenn R. Alaniz, William H. Claflin, Deborah R. Reeves, Dale Vandermolen