US 12,284,983 B2
Animal cleaning, drying and/or treatment apparatus
Kenneth Crompton, Wigan (GB)
Assigned to KROMIES LTD, Wigan (GB)
Appl. No. 17/997,309
Filed by Kromies Ltd, Wigan (GB)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/051006
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219983, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2006416 (GB), filed on Apr. 30, 2020; application No. 2009382 (GB), filed on Jun. 19, 2020; application No. 2010850 (GB), filed on Jul. 14, 2020; and application No. 2016435 (GB), filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165216 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 13/001 (2013.01) [A01K 13/003 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for performing cleaning, treatment and/or drying of an animal, said apparatus including a housing and base defining a cavity in which the said animal is located, a supply of liquid, means for dispensing the liquid into the said cavity and onto the said animal and a drainage assembly to allow the liquid to be removed from the said cavity, wherein said base includes a floor on which the animal stands, sits or lies and a space below the floor in which the drainage assembly is located, and wherein liquid and/or air is dispensed into the cavity from one or more nozzles or outlets which are located in a pre-set configuration and which face inwardly to the cavity, the said one or more nozzles or outlets located on support members which extend upwardly from the said base, and wherein the support members are provided in an “n” shaped form with the free ends of the same located at or adjacent to the base and connected to allow the water, cleaning liquid and/or air to be moved from the base and through the support members to the outlet apertures and into the interior of the housing.