Large animal hauling vehicle with supplemental animal stability system
AssigneeLaurance Chmielewski
InventorLaurance Chmielewski
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Abstract
A large animal hauling vehicle is provided that has a supplemental animal stability system. The supplemental support system offers protection or otherwise helps the large animal remain stable during driving situations that could lead to the animal's instability. These situations by may include abrupt movements of the hauling vehicle, such as pronounced or increasing trailer sway situations or crash events. The instability protection system may include a support system with at least one deployable device, such as an inflatable cushion(s) and a control system that evaluates operational conditions and commands deployment of the deployable device(s) upon a determination of an instability condition.
Claims9
A large animal hauling vehicle, comprising:
- an animal transport compartment in which a large animal is loaded for moving the animal while standing in the vehicle during a transportation session;
- a supplemental animal stability system, including:
- a support system having at least one deployable device, wherein the at least one deployable device defines a non-deployed state in which the least one deployable device does not contact the large animal during a stable phase of the transportation session and a deployed state in which the least one deployable device contacts the large animal to provide support during an instability phase of the transportation session;
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- a control system that is configured to:
- maintain non-contact of the at least one deployable device and the large animal during the stable phase of the transportation session;
- detect an instability condition of the vehicle during the transportation session;
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- selectively deploy the at least one deployable device from the non-deployed state to the deployed state in response to the detected instability condition of the vehicle during the transportation session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.