Bicycle Dog Trailer

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The weather in El Paso, Texas USA is drop dead gorgeous today. About 18-19 degrees Centigrade, a light breeze, and not a cloud in the sky.
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So I took my little doggie for a couple of short bike rides in his cute, new little doggie bike trailer. Both the bicycle and the dog trailer have aluminum frames, so the entire set-up is quite lightweight.
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To put a positive spin on it, I'm sure that after he does it few more times hopefully he will stop howling quite so vociferously. Golly, I have never heard that little guy make sounds like he made today. And LOUD TOO!! He upset every dog in the neighborhood.
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But when I rode the bike with the trailer near the backyard without him, where he could see me throught he gate, he complained even louder because he was being left out.
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Oh well, maybe I will just use it to put groceries in, rather than giving my best friend a ride. Or maybe he really will get used to it after a while. Time will tell.
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NOTE: On 4 January 2008 I received an e-mail from a gentleman saying that this is a pirated product made in China illegally. I notified him that I was shocked since I had purchased this product from Amazon.com I am not using the product, and I guess what I will do is just save it as evidence if I should ever be talking about this matter in court.
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This is a copy of his e-mail:
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Hi Paul,

You do have a highly interesting blog. The only part that we dislike that you have a product on it that infringes our patent of the DoggyRide (see www.doggyride.com ). That problem is obviously not created by you, but the pirates from China that made them. If we continue to allow the Chinese pirates to copy our innovations then indeed the American jobs will disappear and we become their slaves.

The product is not made of aluminum, but steel. The frame would not hold the weight as rated if it would be made of aluminum. We know that, because we designed this frame. Actually, we know why your dog might not like it. The bottom in the structure sags and dogs generally don’t like that. Anyhow, if you need any advice on how to use it better or return it (as actually selling counterfeit products is not allowed in the US) let us know.

Best regards,

Matthys van Leeuwen
Montare LLC

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Sometimes things are not what they appear. Here is the final REAL word on the subject:


Paul:

Montare has used misinformation to try to scare retailers and consumers in the past. There is no violation. Montare has threatened us before but failed to produce any evidence when asked, so now he preys on unknowing consumers, it appears.

Patent infringement is not a criminal offense, and anyway, your purchase by itself is not illegal, even if the design were infringing. We bear all responsibility in that case.

By the way, Montare is a European company, their product is made in China also, not in the USA , so I don’t understand his reference about saving American jobs, but that appears to be just part of their misinformation campaign.

Thanks for you purchase and we apologize for inconvenience you have incurred.

Patrick Hoffman
Solvit Products, LP
6720 Exchange Drive
Mansfield, Texas 76063 USA
tel: 817-466-1999 x111
www.solvitproducts.com

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