HIGH RIDGE, Mo. — A Jefferson County man who gained international attention after designing a bullet-resistant groin protection cup wants to work on a new idea.
Jeremiah Raber has seen some success with the Nutshellz products, which launched in 2013. Several professional sports teams have purchased the product.
Raber has a new idea.
“We were discussing how in dog sport, police work or just showing dogs, the practice is to keep dogs in kennels in cars,” he said. “If it’s hot outside, then the car is left running and the AC is blasting. Usually, one would drape the car with an aluminum blanket that would block the radiant energy a bit and fans would be placed on the kennel doors to blow air and try to cool ‘hot dogs.’"
He created the Cooler Kennel.
“The dog stays inside the inner box, and we built a series of baffles that allow me to open it up and fill it with ice and then close the top,” he said.
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