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US 2011/0086321 A1Published application
Jaw hold open appartus
OwnerLu Ann D. Finnegan, Donald R. Nixdorfinventors
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Abstract
This document discloses, among other things, an apparatus for preventing closure of an animal mouth. A harness is fitted around the neck and the lower jaw of the animal and maintains an intraoral piece at a position in the back of the mouth. It also includes a method for holding the animal's jaw open.
Claims16
An apparatus for holding a jaw of an animal in an open position, the apparatus comprising:
- a harness having a neck portion and a jaw portion, the neck portion configured for partial encirclement of a neck of the animal and the jaw portion configured to pass through a mouth of the animal and configured to slidably engage the neck portion;
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- the jaw portion having an intraoral piece configured for insertion in the jaw of the animal, thereby preventing closure of the jaw, the intraoral piece coupled to the harness.
A method of holding a jaw of an animal in an open position, the method comprising:
- affixing a harness about a neck of the animal and a lower jaw of the animal, the harness having a neck portion configured to partially encircle the neck and a jaw portion configured to pass through a mouth of the animal, the neck portion slidably coupled to the jaw portion;
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- positioning an intraoral piece in a manner to prevent closure of the jaw, the intraoral piece coupled to the harness.
A method of manufacturing an apparatus for preventing closure of an animal jaw, the method comprising:
- slidably coupling a neck portion of a harness to a jaw portion of the harness, the neck portion configured to encircle the neck and the jaw portion configured to pass through a mouth of the animal;
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- providing an attachment device to allow coupling of an intraoral piece with the harness, the intraoral piece configured for placement in the mouth and to prevent closure of the jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.