Cat scratching device for protecting furniture
CA 2188371 C · Owner: Birmingham, Joan · Inventors: Birmingham, Joan
Overview
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A cat scratching device for protecting furniture includes a protective frame which can be utilized by a cat as a scratching post and also protects at least a portion of a piece of furniture from the damaging effects of a cat's claws. The device includes a holding member attched to the protective frame for maintaining the the protective frame in a substantially upright position next to the piece of furniture. In one embodiment of the invention, this member can be designed as an outwardly extending foot which is placed between the floor and the leg of the furniture to hold the protective frame in place. In this manner the weight of, the piece of furniture helps maintain the device in place.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 21, 1996 and granted September 17, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 21, 2018.
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