Equine ambulance
OwnerJohn S. Kimzeyinventor
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Abstract
An ambulance for the transport of sick or injured horses. The rear portion of the ambulance housing is selectively lowered into an inclined, ground engaging position for animal loading and unloading, and selectively raised into a standard, horizontal position for transport. A vertical partition, or press wall, within the housing is movable into selective positions for lateral support and confinement of the loaded animal. Angled unloading ramps provide a gradually inclined walkway for animal exit through either side of the lowered ambulance housing. A winch and cable assembly allows a thoroughly disabled animal to be dragged upon a "flexible pallet" into the ambulance in its lowered position.
Claims10
An equine ambulance comprising:
- a. an elongated chassis extending from a forward end to an after end;
- b. a housing carried on said chassis including a floor and lateral fore and aft side walls;
- c. ground engaging wheel means for supporting said after end of said chassis;
- d. a vertical fore and aft press wall located within said housing;
- e. cable means for moving said press wall between a first position adjacent one of said side walls to a second position removed from either of said side walls;
- f. door means on the perimeter of said housing for providing ingress and egress to an equine;
- g. means for controlling the movement of said cable means so that said press wall can be urged gently but firmly against an equine in standing position between said press wall and the side wall adjacent the equine as said press wall is moved from said first position toward said second position;
- and,
- h. means for coupling said forward end of said chassis to a tractor for transporting said ambulance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.