Wrap for protecting the head and horn of a steer
OwnerRoy A. Browninventor
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Abstract
A horn wrap for protecting the head and horns of a steer is disclosed. In certain examples, the horn wrap includes a body having a main portion and a side portion that extends outward from the main portion, the body formed of a semi-rigid material, where a tip of the side portion is coupled to an end of the main portion, and a stretchable top cord coupled to the main portion and configured to wrap around a horn of a steer. The horn wrap also includes a neck cord coupled to main portion adjacent a bottom edge at a first end. A second horn wrap is also disclosed, and coupled with the first horn wrap via the neck cord. The stretchable top cord is configured to extend from the first horn wrap to the second horn of the steer and subsequently around the second horn wrap
Claims20
A horn wrap for a steer comprising:
- a body having a main portion and a side portion that extends outward from the main portion, the body formed of a semi-rigid material, where a tip of the side portion is coupled to an end of the main portion;
- a stretchable top cord coupled to the main portion and configured to wrap around a horn of a steer;
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- a neck cord coupled to main portion adjacent a bottom edge at a first end.
A system for protecting a head and horns of a steer, the system comprising:
- a first horn wrap comprising a first body having a first main portion and a first side portion that extends outward from the first main portion, the first body formed of a semi-rigid material, and where a tip of the first side portion is coupled to an end of the first main portion;
- a second horn wrap comprising a second body having a second main portion and a second side portion that extends outward from the second main portion, the second body formed of the semi-rigid material, and where a tip of the second side portion is coupled to an end of the second main portion;
- a stretchable top cord coupled to the first main portion and configured to wrap around the horn of the steer;
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- a neck cord coupled to the first main portion adjacent a bottom edge of the first main portion at a first end of the neck cord and coupled to the second main portion adjacent a bottom edge of the second main portion at a second end of the neck cord.
A method for protecting a head and horns of a steer, the method comprising:
- providing a first horn wrap comprising a first body having a first main portion and a first side portion that extends outward from the first main portion, the first body formed of a semi-rigid material, and where a tip of the first side portion is coupled to an end of the first main portion;
- providing a second horn wrap comprising a second body having a second main portion and a second side portion that extends outward from the second main portion, the second body formed of the semi-rigid material, and where a tip of the second side portion is coupled to an end of the second main portion;
- positioning the first horn wrap around a first horn of the steer;
- positioning the second horn wrap around a second horn of the steer, where a neck cord couples the first horn wrap to the second horn wrap and passes under the head of the steer adjacent the neck of the steer;
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- coupling a stretchable top cord that is coupled to the first horn wrap with the second horn of the steer across the top of the head of the steer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.