Keryl L Olson

US Patent:

20050263098, Dec 1, 2005

Filed:

May 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/854462

Inventors:

Keryl Olson - Stoddard NH, US

International Classification:

A01K015/02

US Classification:

119712000, 119051010

Abstract:

An animal reward dispensing apparatus for attaching to an animal trainer's forearm, the apparatus having a dispensing tube defined about a longitudinal axis, the dispensing tube having at least a first and second attaching straps for attaching the dispensing tube to the animal trainer's forearm. The dispensing tube also having a first and second spaced apart ends defining an interior cavity, and a spring located inside the interior cavity of the dispensing tube and positioned between the first and second ends of the dispensing tube. A variably sized animal rewards receptacle is defined in the interior cavity of the dispensing tube between a free end of the spring and the second end of the dispensing tube, and a finger operated dispensing mechanism is located adjacent the second end of the dispensing tube having a closed position to contain an amount of animal rewards within the variable animal reward receptacle, and an open position to facilitate the extraction and dispensing of at least one animal reward from the dispensing tube and into the trainer's hand.