Roping training aid
OwnerDelbert W. Hallaminventor
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Abstract
Retractable horns provided as an attachment to or integral with a hollow steer head roping dummy as an aid to allow a roper to practice roping a realistic target without requiring dismounting to retrieve the loop. The retractable horns are controlled by a lanyard actuator at a position remote from the training aid. A tug on the lanyard causes retraction of otherwise outwardly and horizontally projecting horns into the hollow steer head shaped housing to dislodge the lasso loop. A spring mechanism will cause the horns to move back to their normal operative positions once tension on the lanyard has been released.
Claims11
A retractable horn attachment for hollow steer head-shaped roping dummies, comprising:
- a pair of horns, each having an inner base end and a remote outer end;
- a carriage pivotally mounting the horns at their base ends for movement between horizontal oppositely projecting operative positions and substantially vertical inoperative positions;
- guide means movably mounting the carriage and adapted to be mounted within a hollow steer head-shaped roping dummy for movement of the carriage between an extended position corresponding to the operative horn positions wherein the horns are extended from the hollow steer head-shaped roping dummy, and a retracted position corresponding to the inoperative horn positions wherein the horns are retracted into the hollow roping dummy;
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- actuator means connected with the carriage and operable from a remote location for selectively causing the horns to move between their extended operative positions and their retracted inoperative positions.
A roping training aid, comprising:
- a hollow, steer head-shaped housing:
- a pair of horns each having an outer pointed end and an inner base end;
- a carriage mounting the base ends of the horns for pivotal movement between horizontal outwardly projecting operative positions and vertical inoperative positions;
- guide means mounting the carriage for movement within the housing between an extended position corresponding to the operative horn positions with the horns extending horizontally outward, and a retracted position corresponding to the inoperative horn positions, with the horns retracted into the housing;
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- actuator means connected to the carriage and operable from a remote position for causing the carriage and horns to move between their extended operative positions and their retracted inoperative positions.
A roping training aid for providing roper actuated retractable horns in a roping practice dummy, the dummy being in the form of a hollow housing shaped like a steer head, having reinforcing members spanning the hollow interior thereof;
- said aid comprising:
- a pair of horns, each having a pointed outside end and a base end;
- a carriage mounting the horns for pivotal movement about axes at the base ends thereof between operative positions wherein the pointed outside ends are substantially horizontal and inoperative positions wherein the horns are substantially vertical with the pointed outside ends close together;
- guide means mounting the carriage for translational motion along a prescribed, substantially vertical path from a first position to a second position;
- biasing means operatively engaging the carriage for yieldably resisting movement of the carriage toward the second position and for automatically returning the carriage to the first position from the second position;
- a frame adapted to be secured to the reinforcing members of the hollow housing, mounting the guide means and carriage within the housing so the horns will protrude substantially horizontally therefrom when in their operative positions, and so the horns will be substantially contained within the housing when in the inoperative positions, with the carriage in the second position;
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- actuator means connected to the carriage and adapted to be remotely operated, for selectively shifting the carriage from its first position to its second position thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.