Patent Application
20100251969
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Cooling off a horse using a bucket and sponge is known. The PHC Portable Horse Cooler for Horses mainly relates to cooling down a horse after exercise and/or to bath/clean a Horse. As horses that are involved in intense exercise they can become very hot and require help in reducing their body temperature for safety as well as for competition reasons. Other animals as well can become very warm as well as dirty and animals that require help in reducing body temperature as well as needing dirt cleaned off their exterior. Horses as well as other animals do most everything with people. As people exert themselves, so do other animals. When exerted or taken outdoors, animals eventually acquire an odor, dirt, plant matter and can become sweaty. The human owners then need to cool and bath the horse and/or animal were as to cool and/or clean the animal. The first important use is to cool down an animal, particularly a horse; currently it is a lengthy process that completely drenches the horse. With the current method this requires at least 5 people to cool down a horse safely and properly. This is done by having one person to hold the horse's head and two people on each side of the horse. One person on each side using a bucket and a sponge will start at the front of the horse's face and neck and begin sponging the horse off all the way to the tail and under the tail, the other person on the same side will follow the first person on the same side and scrap of the water as quickly as possible. The longer the water sets on the horse it begins to heat up and can trap in the heat you are washing off. This process also can make the horse angry and upset as it has more activity than they are accustom to and can make cooling the horse off difficult and a lengthy process. In cooling down a horse, the owner would need to provide and set up several large buckets of water and/ice sponges for each bucket; several sweat scrapers and have at least 5 people to help cool the horse down properly.
In a situation using a hose it restricts the owner to closes approximation to a hose connected to a faucet. The PHC Portable Horse Cooler allows for use almost anywhere in any environment without the need of a faucet.
A unique aspect of the present invention is an insulated container of different sizes with wheels and a handle for easy transportation as well as it has an exterior battery, an exterior pump, a hose or hoses and a wand or wands with holes for spraying and for cooling or bathing a horse or other animal that only requires one, two to three people depending on the owners needs. In a full cooling down of a horse one person is needed to hold the horse's head and one or two people to use the PHC Portable Horse Cooler. The current method to do the same amount of cooling would require three to five people. As the PHC Portable Horse Cooler has two hoses that allow water to flow to two wands that have a sprayer and a sweat scraper built in one it eliminates the need for an extra person per hose. The person on each side can wet the horse with the wand and scrap off the water at the same time, which keeps the water on the horse from heating up and allowing for more heat to escape at a quicker rate. This in turn allows the horse to cool down at a quicker pace, which is better for the horse's health. Then when finished cooling the horse off, the person can turn the switch to the off position and scrap the horse off completely. It also provides a constant flow of cool water as opposed to dipping a hot sponge into the water bucket heating up the water in the bucket. This PHC Portable Horse Cooler allows the owners and volunteers to stay dry and requires less people to cool the horse which allows the horse to remain calm and the process can be accomplished more quickly. The portable unit does not require an electric outlet when in use and only needs recharged upon occasion. This allows for the pump to be used just about any where with out the need of an electrical outlet. The use of a pump also allows the use just about any where as it eliminates the need for a faucet for the hose at the time of use. Also the PHC Portable Horses Cooler apparatus is on wheels and has a handle which allows for easy movements to the location of needed use. When empty and dry, all of the hoses and wands can fit conveniently inside the cooler and can be wheeled easily and stored all together until it is needed again. The insulated container can be filled with water and/or ice and transported just about anywhere.
Cooling horses systems and devices are known in the prior art. They involved using buckets, sponges, sweat scrapers, hoses attached to a faucet, Large Fans with misting systems attached, standing the horse under a tent with misting systems to try and rapidly cool the horse down. All of these prior arts require many people, allow the people to get drenched, can upset the horse and increase the time to cool down the horse. The present invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art. That is, the art of the present invention, a portable apparatus for cooling and washing a horse, provides an insulated container on wheels with a handle with an exterior battery and an exterior pump with a Y connector to attach the hoses to the pump and container and two wands to attach to the hoses. Prior arts do not provide a container that is easy to transport on wheels with a handle. Also prior arts do not provide a battery and pump to pump water from the container, as well as the prior arts do not provide a Y connector to attach hoses and wands to wash, scrap and dry the animal easily with out getting the person or people drenched or upsetting the animal. The also do not provide an insulated container, which allows for preparation prior to uses with water and ice that stays cooled for extended periods of time, while allowing for easy transportation. Prior arts also do not provide as quick of a cooling process as the PHC Portable horse cooler sprays water as well as scraps the water of almost immediately allowing for quicker cooling.
The present invention can be transported to a desired location and used without the need of a water source or power. The container receives water from buckets or from an exterior hose prior to transport. The present invention has an integrated battery and pump system and allows the hoses and wands to retrieve water that cooperate to allow the owner to cool and wash all of a horse or animal quickly and thoroughly. The wands prevent the owner from getting drenched while allowing a complete cooling and or washing of a horse or animal. The container of the present invention serves to hold the water and keep it cold or warm and has a battery and pump to allow the water to flow out through the hoses and wands easily. The present invention minimizes mess during washing and allows for a wash at the location of the owner's choosing.
Numerous objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon a reading of the following detailed description of presently preferred, but nonetheless illustrative, embodiments of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In this respect, before explaining the current embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and devices for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and the scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved portable cooling and/or washing apparatus for horse and/or animals that has all of the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable cooling and/or washing apparatus for animals that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
The PHC Portable Horse Cooler is an insulated container of different sizes with wheels and a handle for easy transportation as well as it has an exterior battery, an exterior pump, a hose or hoses and a wand or wands for a cooling or bathing a horse or other animal. As the PHC Portable Horse Cooler has a pump, battery, and two hoses that allow water to flow to two wands that have a sprayer and a sweat scraper built in one. The battery and pump allow for use in almost any situation and/or location with out the use of a water hook up or an electrical outlet. It also allows for multiple uses as the battery has a built in rechargeable system. The person on each side can wet the horse with the hose and scrap off the water at the same time and then when finished cooling the horse off, the person can turn the off switch off the wand and scrap the horse off completely. This PHC Portable Horse Cooler apparatus allows the owners and volunteers to stay dry and requires less people to cool the horse which allows the horse to remain calm and the process can be accomplished more quickly. Also the PHC Portable Horse Cooler apparatus is on wheels and has a handle which when empty and dry, all of the hoses and wands can fit conveniently inside the cooler and can be wheeled easily and stored all together until it is needed again. The present invention overcomes the prior art limitations by providing a insulated container with easily transportable unit that has an exterior re-chargeable battery with on and off switch battery level button, bi-colored power on/charging indicator, battery power level indicator, exterior pump, hoses, quick release and wands for cooling and/or washing horses or animals.
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The lid provides an upper component of the container. The lid is on hinges which allows it to be opened and water and/or ice can in inserted through the top of the insulated container.
From the aforementioned description, a portable cooling and/or washing apparatus for horse or animals has been described. The PHC Portable Horse Cooler for animals is uniquely capable of cooling and spraying the animal such as a horse or animal without soaking a person. The present invention for animals and its various components may be manufactured from many materials, including but not limited to polymers, polyvinyl chloride, high density polyethylene, polypropylene, fiberglass, rubber, latex, nylon, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, lead-acid battery, their alloys, composites and etc.
