Abstract:
A system and an apparatus for confining a pet within a preselected area is provided wherein the pet is secured to and restrained by a pet anchoring apparatus that is relatively devoid of obstacles and potentially impaling protrusions, that can be varied in weight and size to accommodate the pet and the environment of the area in which the pet is to be confined, and that can be provided with an auxiliary cover to thereby associate the apparatus uniquely with the pet is to be restrained or with the environment of the area in which the pet is to be confined. The system incorporates the apparatus along with additional features that protect the environment of the area in which the pet is confined against accidents and spills.
Abstract:
A kit for confining a pet within a preselected area is provided. The kit includes a pet anchoring apparatus that can be freely positioned within any environment, that is relatively devoid of obstacles and potentially impaling protrusions, and that can be varied in weight and size to accommodate the pet as well as the environment of the area in which the pet is to be confined. The kit also includes a pet pad for protecting the surface area of the environment in which the pet is confined. The kit, moreover, can include a pet feeder and also can include a pet bed, provided either separately or as an integral part of the pet.
Abstract:
Branched polymer defoamers for pigment dispersants. The branched polymers are the reaction products of a linking agent defined by formula (I): R(Y)3 (I) wherein each Y group is a halogen atom or one Y group is a halogen atom and two Y groups together represent an epoxy oxygen atom, which is attached to two adjacent carbon atoms in the R group to form an epoxy group, and R is an alkanetriyl group containing from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and b) at least one compound having the formula (II) R1X(EO)n(PO)m(BO)pZ (II) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, organic group having from 4 to 36 carbon atoms; x is —O—, —S—, or —NR2—where R2 is hydrogen or a C1-C4 alkyl group; Z is hydrogen, —NHR2 in place of a terminal —O— group wherein R2 has the meaning given above, or —SH, in which the —SH group is present in place of a terminal —O— group; n is a number of from 0 to 100, e.g., from 1 to 100; m is a number of from 0 to 50 e.g., from 1 to 50; and p is a number of from 0 to 50 e.g., from 1 to 50; provided that the sum of n, m, and p is at least 1; and wherein EO, PO and BO groups when present can be in random and/or block distribution and can be in any order with respect to the X group.