Cat Heimlich Manoeuver

You may be familiar with O'Reilly's "Hacks" series, e.g., Google Hacks, eBay Hacks, Mac OS X Hacks, etc. You can find additional hacks on their web site, many contributed by users. One of them is a "Pet Hack" entitled How do you give a choking cat the Heimlich maneouver without, well, crushing its ribs?