ANIMAL CAPTURING NET

Abstract

To provide an animal capturing net having a simple mechanism with which it is possible to capture cats or dogs safely and easily. The animal capturing net is provided with, a net 2 having an upper opening portion 21, a lower bottom portion 22, and a prescribed depth D that separates said opening portion 21 and bottom portion 22, and a frame 1 that is coupled with said net 2 along the opening edge portion 21 of said net 2, said frame 1 is constituted to comprise a set of two operating frames 10, said operating frame 10 comprises a gripping portion 11, and a coupling portion 12 that extends from said gripping portion 11 and couples with the opening edge portion 21 of said net 2, said bottom portion 22 of said net 2 has the shape of a triangle having an apex in the direction towards the gripping portion 11 of said operating frame 10, and said opening portion 21 has a quadrilateral shape having a side in a direction towards the gripping portion 11 of said operating frame 10.

Claims

1. An animal capturing net provided with, a net having an upper opening portion, a lower bottom portion, and a prescribed depth that separates said opening portion and bottom portion, and a frame that is coupled with said net along the opening edge portion of said net, said frame is constituted to comprise a set of two operating frames, said operating frame comprises a gripping portion, and a coupling portion that extends from said gripping portion and couples with the opening edge portion of said net, said bottom portion of said net has a shape having an apex in the direction towards the gripping portion of said operating frame, and said opening portion has a shape having a side in a direction towards the gripping portion of said operating frame.

2. The animal capturing net as set forth in claim 1 wherein said frame has the tips of the coupling portions of the two operating frames respectively formed in the shape of hooks.

3. An animal capturing net provided with, a net having an upper opening portion, a lower bottom portion, and a prescribed depth that separates said opening portion and bottom portion, and a frame that is coupled with said net along the opening edge portion of said net, said frame is constituted to comprise a set of two operating frames, said operating frame comprises a gripping portion, and a coupling portion that extends from said gripping portion and couples with the opening edge portion of said net, and the tips of the coupling portion of the two operating frames are respectively formed in the shape of hooks.

4. The animal capturing net as set forth in claim 1 wherein said frame has tips of the two operating frames coupled to each other by a string body.

5. The animal capturing net as set forth in claim 2 wherein said frame has tips of the two operating frames coupled to each other by a string body.

6. The animal capturing net as set forth in claim 3 wherein said frame has tips of the two operating frames coupled to each other by a string body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0046] FIG. 1 is a perspective view diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the frame,

[0048] FIG. 3 is a perspective view diagram showing an example of the net,

[0049] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing said net, wherein (A) is the plan view diagram, (B) is the front elevation, and (C) is a side view diagram.

[0050] FIG. 5 is a development diagram of said net.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0051] Next, the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below.

Overall Configuration

[0052] FIG. 1 is a perspective view diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0053] This animal capturing net is provided with a frame 1 and a net 2. Said net 2 comprises an upper opening portion 21, a lower bottom portion 22, and a prescribed depth D that separates said opening portion 21 and bottom portion 22. Said frame 1 is coupled with said net 2 along the opening edge portion 21A of said net 2.

Frame

[0054] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one example of said frame 1.

[0055] This frame is constituted to comprise a set of two operating frames 10.

[0056] Said operating frame 10 can be prepared, for example, using a pipe material made of a metal such as aluminum or the like.

[0057] Said operating frame 10 is provided with a gripping portion 11, and a coupling portion 12 that extends from said gripping portion 11 and is coupled with the opening edge portion 21A of said net 2.

[0058] Said gripping portion 11 is one that is operated by the user by gripping in one hand, and it is possible to carry out slipping prevention treatment in order to improve the ease of operation. Said slipping prevention treatment can be realized, for example, by covering with a grip made of rubber, or by winding a slipping prevention tape.

[0059] Said coupling portion 12 extends from said gripping portion that a user grips over a prescribed length for example towards the front of the user. In this example, the tips of the two operating frames 10 have respectively been formed by bending into hook shapes. In addition, the tips of the two operating frames 10 are mutually coupled by a string body 13. As said string body 13, in specific terms it is possible to use, for example, a chain made of a metal such as aluminum or the like.

Net

[0060] FIG. 3 is a perspective view diagram showing an example of said net.

[0061] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing said net, wherein (A) is the plan view diagram, (B) is the front elevation, and (C) is a side view diagram.

[0062] FIG. 5 is a development diagram of said net.

[0063] Said net 2, as has been described above, comprises an opening portion 21 and a bottom portion 22, and a prescribed depth D that separates said opening portion 21 and bottom portion 22.

[0064] In this example, said opening portion 21 exhibits a quadrilateral shape in the plan view, and said bottom portion 22 exhibits the shape of an isosceles triangle in the plan view.

[0065] In the opening edge portions 21A at the left and right and at the front of said opening portion 21 have been provided the coupling portion 12 of said frame 1 and the fold back portion 23 for passing through the string body 13. In said fold back portion 23, the frame 1 and the net 2 are coupled by passing said coupling portion 12 and the string body 13. In this state, said gripping portion 11 projects towards the near side of the left and right fold back portions 23. Therefore, in these explanations, the side at which said gripping portion projects is called the near side, and the side opposite to that side is called the front side. The two sides seen from the near side may also be called the left and right sides.

[0066] The rectangular shape of said opening portion 21 has a trapezoidal shape in which the side on the near side is shorter than the side on the front side.

[0067] The isosceles triangle of said bottom portion has an apex on the near side where the two equal sides meet.

[0068] The front-side side-surface 25 placed between the left and right side surfaces 27 has a trapezoidal shape in which the lower side is shorter than the upper side.

[0069] The near-side side-surface 26 placed between the left and right side surfaces 27 has the shape of an isosceles triangle with the apex where the two equal sides meet being placed at the bottom. In said near-side side-surface 26 has been formed a VI-shaped cut 24 forming an isosceles triangle at the top.

[0070] In other words, said bottom portion 22 has a shape that has an apex in the direction towards the gripping portion 11 of said operating frame 10. In this example, this is an isosceles triangle as described above.

[0071] Further, said opening portion 21 has a shape that has one side in the direction towards the gripping portion 11 of said operating frame 10. In addition, said opening portion 21 has a shape that has one side in the direction towards the tip of said operating frame 10. In this example, this is a trapezoidal shape as has been described above.

Method of Use

[0072] With an animal capturing net of the present embodiment, it is possible, for example, to capture an animal as follows.

[0073] The net 2 is put on the animal from above while gripping respectively the gripping portions 11 of the set of two operating frames 10 with both hands, in the condition in which the coupling portion 12 is open and the bottom portion 22 of the net is above. In that state, it is possible to capture an animal by covering the animal with the net 2 by closing the coupling portion 12 by operating the operating frame 10.

Effect of the Example

[0074] The following effect is obtained by the present embodiment.

[0075] In an animal capturing net of the present embodiment, since the shape of the opening portion 21 of said net 2 has a side towards the gripping portion 11 of the operating frame 10, it is possible to open and close widely the coupling portion 12 and it is easy to put the net 2 over an animal. Further, the shape of the bottom portion 22 of said net 2 has an apex in the direction towards the gripping portion 11 of said operating frame 10. Because of this, the space for the animal to move becomes small when the net 2 is put over the animal, the movement of the animal is restricted, and the animal can be captured smoothly.

[0076] After capturing the animal, in the state in which the opening portion is closed by bringing together the two operating frames 10, if the top and bottom of the net are inverted, it will be possible to restrain that animal as it is. In that state, it is possible to carry out examination, blood sample collection, body examination, nail clipping, or the like. It becomes extremely easy to carry out, for example, examinations or the like by a veterinary doctor.

[0077] In an animal capturing net of the present embodiment, said frame 1 has the tips of the coupling portions 12 of the two operating frames 10 respectively formed in the shape of hooks. Because of this, when the net 2 is placed over the animal from the above and the coupling portion 12 is closed, said hook shaped portions get caught with the legs of the animal thereby stopping the movement of the animal, and it is possible to wrap the animal easily with the net 2 and to capture the animal.

[0078] In an animal capturing net of the present embodiment, in said frame 1, the tips of the two operating frames 10 are coupled with each other by a string body 13,

[0079] Because of this, when the net is put over an animal, the shape of the opening of the net 2 becomes stable along the string body 13, and it is easy to put the net 2 over an animal.

[0080] Further, since the string body 13 is made a chain, particularly made of a metal, it becomes easy for the opening portion 21 of the net 2 to widen and it becomes easy to cover the animal with the net 2 because of the centrifugal force acting on the string body 13 at the time the net 2 is put over the animal.

[0081] In addition, the opening portion 21 of the net 2 has a side in the direction towards the tip of said operating frame 10. In this example, this is a rectangle. Since said rectangle is forming a trapezoid with the side at the front being longer than the side that is near, the opening portion 21 on the side that is put over the animal is wide, and it is easy to put the net 2 over the animal. The rectangular shape of the opening portion 21 is a trapezoid with the side that is near is shorter than the side at the front, the near side with the gripping portion 11 has been made narrow, the slackness of the net 2 at the time of operation becomes small, and the ease of operation is good. In addition, since the side-surface 25 at the front is constituting a trapezoid with the side at the top being longer than the side at the bottom, the opening portion 21 on the side that is put over the animal is wide, and it is easy to put the net 2 over the animal. Further, by forming a V-shaped cut 24 in the side surface 26 of said near side, the cut 24 becomes wide at the time of operation, and the ease of operation is good. Further, since the near-side side-surface 26 has the shape of an isosceles triangle, and since the apex at which the two equal sides meet is placed below, the space in which the animal can move when the net 2 is put over the animal is small, the movement of the animal is restricted, and it is possible to capture the animal smoothly.

Modified Example

[0082] While particularly preferable embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the examples provided and can be implemented through various types of modifications and the intention of the present invention is to include various modified examples of the present invention.

[0083] For example, said operating frame 10 or the string body 13 can be made not only using a metal such as aluminum or the like, but can also be formed from a plastic or the like. Further, the coupling of frame 1 and net 2 can also be done using coupling rings, or the like.

[0084] The present invention can of course be used for cats, also can be used for small sized dogs that bite or scratch, and can also be used for other types of animals.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0085] 1: Frame [0086] 2: Net [0087] 0: Operating frame [0088] 1: Gripping portion [0089] 2: Coupling portion [0090] 3: String-shaped body [0091] 21: Opening portion [0092] 21A: Opening edge portion [0093] 22: Bottom portion [0094] 23: Fold back portion [0095] 24: Cut [0096] 25: Front side-surface [0097] 26: Near-side side-surface [0098] 27: Left and right side-surfaces [0099] D: Depth