A headwear device is provided for the comfortable and secure positioning of a hat on the head of an animal such as a dog. The device features a body having an interior adapted to engage the head of the animal with side portions having openings therein adapted for encircling the ears of the animal during wearing of the headwear. A position-adjustable fastener adapted for locating under the chin of the animal, is slidably engageable with both of two straps connected to opposing sides of the hat body. A slide adjuster on both of the first and second straps may be employed to cinch both straps and tighten the engagement on the head of the animal.

A protective cone effective as a veterinary restraint when fitted on an animal. The protective cone may have a substantially transparent body with inner and outer arcuate sides extending between end sides. An adjustable closure may releasably secure the end sides into a closed configuration of a truncated cone about an animal's neck and head. The protective cone may have perforations to pass air. The protective cone may have padding on the inner and outer arcuate sides. A substantially circular detachable mesh cover may cover the top opening of the protective cone. A compressible collar may be attached to the bottom opening of the protective cone.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for preventing an animal's fur from getting caught in a nail grooming tool. The device may include a sock configured to accommodate an animal's paw therein, the sock being made of a mesh layer attached to a fabric layer, wherein an edge of the mesh layer and the fabric layer are not attached, forming an opening into the interior of the sock. Some embodiment of the device may further include at least one elastic loop extending from the sock, the loop being configured to secure the sock onto the animal's paw.

In one embodiment, a particular state of a body is sensed. In response to the sensing, at least one action is taken to modulate a projected adverse interaction between the body or a portion thereof and at least one object in the environment of the body.

An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining the event, the cushioning element including one or more tension-bearing members, and dissipate at least some of an energy associated with a collision based on deforming at least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining the event, the cushioning element including one or more tension-bearing members, and dissipate at least some of an energy associated with a collision based on deforming at least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining

A protective garment for dogs includes a fabric pouch configured to form a pocket having an opening on one side. A fabric flap is attached to the open side of the pouch and extends away from the pouch, and a body strap is coupled to the flap opposite from where the flap is attached to the pouch and is configured to be fastened around the torso of dog. First and second leg straps are coupled to the open side of the pouch opposite where the flap is attached to the pouch and to the body strap, and are configured to be positioned around the legs or hips of a dog.

A head and horn protector having, on both the left and right sides, a unitary side head pad and rear horn pad, a horn pad linear segment of protective material, a side head pad linear segment of protective material, a left guide of protective material and also having a buckle, a strap, and, for both the left and right sides, a shield. For each side the combined thickness of the rear horn pad, the rear horn pad linear segment doubled upon itself, the side head pad, and the shield is selected to be of such a dimension that either that dimension or any greater dimension will keep a rope used for lassoing a calf from touching the area of the calf's head from under the calf's left horn to the calf's forehead.

A predator dissuading vest is provided for pets and other animals. The vest is configured to employ bristles extending from engagements with the vest to distal ends and spikes as a deterrent to an attack by a predator. Conductors for an electric shock can also be included as an additional predator dissuading component.

An adjustable animal garment, the garment comprising a tubular body defining a front opening, a rear opening, a chest portion and a back portion. The garment further comprises a plurality of discrete elasticized areas formed along a length of at least the chest portion or the back portion and configured to render said at least chest portion or back portion stretchable substantially transversely to the length of the chest portion or the back portion between an extended position and a rest position; and a fastening system connectable to the chest portion or the back portion, said fastening system being adjustably closing an opening along the length of the chest portion or the back portion.

A moisture detecting article includes a moisture detection module secured to a garment, intended to contain and hold bodily fluids excreted by an animal. The moisture detection module is connectable to a moisture sensor disposed in the garment to detect when bodily fluid is excreted. If moisture is detected, the moisture sensitive detection module enables one or more signals, alarming the animal and its caretaker. The garment includes a moisture absorbent material, detachable from the garment for disposal of the excretion.

The combined members potentiate the autonomic, thermoregulation of an animal such as a horse. An absorbent wrap cools an animal by removing its extra heat during extreme physical and environmental conditions. The wrap member is submerged in water, excess moisture removed, then placed in a sealed, insulated cooler lined with frozen icepacks where the components stay cold until use. The wrap is removed from the cooler and seen in one embodiment fitted around the neck of an animal and held in place by fasteners. Temperature remediation occurs through a countercurrent exchange where incoming and outgoing elements touch to remove heat. The cooling wrap increases an animal's physiological mechanisms by working with their vascular structures and respiratory tract during selective brain cooling (SBC). The animal while stationary or under movement is cooled through the processes of conductive, evaporative and circulatory cooling.