Guard for a horse's tail in a tail set
OwnerWilliam C. Nicholsinventor
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Abstract
A guard for protecting a horse's tail while supported in a tail set. Curved metal rods, welded together, enclose an area around the horse's tail and prevent contact between it and surrounding objects. Small cloth strips with buckles fasten the metal structure to the straps of a tail set which holds it in the vicinity of the horse's tail. Loops formed from the ends of the metal rods abut the rear quarters of horse and inform it when its tail approaches a surrounding object too closely. As a result, the horse learns to limit its movements so as to avoid contact between such objects and its tail guard.
Claims7
A guard to prevent damage to a horse's tail while in a tail set comprising:
- (A) a shaped elongated rigid barrier means with first and second ends, each of said first and second ends having an upper portion and a lower portion;
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- (B) retaining means, coupled to said upper portions of said ends and to a tail set, for holding said elongated barrier means onto said tail set in proximity to the rear quarters and the base of the tail of a horse, said lower portion of said ends, when said retaining means hold said barrier means in proximity to a horse's rear quarters, being located lower than and at a fixed nonzero distance from said upper portion and providing to a horse to which attached an indication of when said horse's motion has resulted in bringing into a predetermined area around the base of said horse's tail, a surrounding object, said rigid barrier means, when held by said retaining means in proximity to a horse's rear quarters, defining, with said horse's rear quarters, an enclosed area substantially equal to said predetermined area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.