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US 4,059,869 AGranted
Animal holder
OwnerMathias Dunstheimerinventor
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Abstract
An animal holder to fix the abdominal portion of an animal in a hanging position with the head down for treatment restrained from movement. The holder comprises a stand and a tongs-like clamping member mounted thereon and comprising two clamps adapted to enclose the abdominal portion of the animal near the hind legs. One of the clamps is rotatable round a vertical axis and lockable.
Claims2
A holding apparatus for hanging animals with their heads in the downward direction, said apparatus comprising:
- a stand;
- a first and second clamp means for embracing an animal immediately before its hind legs, said second clamp means being fixedly attached to said stand and said first clamp means being also connected to said stand and rotable about a vertical axis;
- a disc means connected to said first clamp means, said disc means including a plurality of notches on the periphery thereof;
- a rotatable lever means associated with said disc means for moving said first clamp means relative to said second clamp means, said lever means being adapted to engage at least one of the notches on the periphery of said disc;
- and,
- a locking means for locking said first clamp means, relative to said second clamp means, whereby the first clamp means with respect to the second clamp means can be adjusted in finite discrete steps through the use of said lever means.
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A holding apparatus for hanging animals with their heads in the downward direction, said apparatus comprising:
- a stand;
- a first and second clamp means for embracing an animal immediately before its hind legs, said second clamp means being fixedly attached to said stand and said first clamp means being also connected to said stand and rotatable about a vertical axis;
- a disc means connected to said first clamp means, said disc means having a wedge-like section on its periphery;
- a rotatable lever means associated with said disc means for moving said first clamp means relative to said second clamp means;
- a fork means attached to said lever means and adapted to jammably engage the wedge-like section of said disc means providing,
- a locking means for locking said first clamp means relative to said second clamp means,
- whereby said first clamp means can be adjusted by said lever means and is infinitely positionable with respect to said second clamp means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.