Animal hold down/neck stretcher for kosher slaughter on a double-rail animal support system

Abstract

A frame used to hold down and restrain an animal positioned upright with its legs straddling a conveyor and to stretch its neck for ritual slaughter. The frame comprises a body part having two outer parallel bars and two inner parallel bars interconnected at their ends by semi-circular shaped cross bars such that the body part would suitably fit over the back of an animal to be slaughtered. The body part has outwardly disposed to the side, pivots to engage slots in side walls for holding the frame and the animal unto the rail during the travel down the conveyor. Connected to the body part at a suitable angle is a neck portion having a pair of bars extending upward from the body part and at an angle and a pair of resilient strips between which the neck of the animal may be placed and held and at the end of the bar a circularly shaped jaw holder arranged to hold the animal's neck stretched and stable.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.