Animal exerciser
AssigneeFun-Tech Products Company
InventorsGerald J. Orlowski, Thomas E. Dugle
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Abstract
An animal exerciser especially well suited to horses that provides means for straight line exercising and positive turning in apparatus including a carriage, means for reciprocally moving the carriage in a substantially straight line, means for attaching the animal to the carriage, and means for supporting the operative elements at a desired height. A preferred embodiment has an endless belt and means connecting an anchor point on the belt to alternating positions on the carriage whereby the direction of travel of the carriage is reversed at each end of the line of travel.
Claims9
Apparatus for exercising and training animals comprising:
- (a) a carriage;
- (b) means for attaching an animal to said carriage;
- (c) transportation means for supporting and reciprocally moving said carriage along a substantially straight line of travel comprising:
- (1) an endless belt having first and second courses travelling in opposite directions;
- (2) means for moving said belt along the line of travel;
- (3) means for moving and reversing the direction of travel of said carriage responsive to the movement of said belt comprising a connecting member having a first part engaging said carriage and a second part engaging an anchor point on said endless belt, said first part adapted to move from a first carriage engaging position to a second carriage engaging position responsive to the movement of said anchor point between said first and second courses;
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- (d) means for supporting said transportation means and carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.