Disposable tail sleeve enveloping assembly
OwnerErnest Velarde, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An inexpensive, sanitary, disposable assembly for enveloping the tail of an animal that is particularly useful in breeding and foaling. The assembly includes a guide ring that supports an elongate sleeve in overlapping folds, which ring may have the tail of the animal extended therethrough to dispose the ring adjacent the tail bone of the animal. A first end of the sleeve is removably secured to the tail bone, with the guide ring thereafter being moved away from the tail bone, and the sleeve peeling from the guide ring until none remains thereon. The guide ring is then discarded and the outer second end of the sleeve knotted for the sleeve to envelop the tail, preferably when the tail is in a doubled over configuration.
Claims7
A disposable assembly for substantially enveloping the tail of an animal having a tail bone, said assembly including:
- a. a guide ring of substantial width and of such internal diameter as to encircle said tail of said animal, said ring having first and second laterally spaced circular edges, and said ring capable of being moved longitudinally on said tail to dispose said first edge over said tail bone;
- a. an elongate tubular sleeve of a light weight woven material that is wound in over lapping circular folds on said ring, said sleeve having first and second ends, and said sleeve including a tab on said first end that is adjacent said first circumferential edge;
- c. a resilient elongate strip that extends in opposite directions from said tab, said strip capable of being disposed to encircle said tail bone in a tensioned condition and then knotted to removably hold said first end of said sleeve on said tail bone, with said ring and the balance of said sleeve being moved longitudinally away from said tail bone, with said sleeve peeling from said ring until none remains thereon, with said ring now being discarded, and said second end of said sleeve knotted for said sleeve to substantially envelop said tail.
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