Animal restraining device
OwnerTed L. Garrettinventor
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Abstract
A portable device for restraining a four-legged animal for purposes of administering medical or other physical treatment that requires the animal to be held against moving its legs or making other bodily movements during such procedures; such device comprises in part a plate member against the one surface of which the back of the animal is placed. Mounted on the backing plate are restraining stirrups on the upper portion thereof into which stirrups the animal's rear or front legs are placed, with such legs locked thereto by a retractable locking mechanism. The holding plate on the device is affixed on the bottom thereof to a vertical stanchion which can be positioned on a fence post or other vertical post for holding the device in a substantially upright position.
Claims2
A device for holding an animal's legs securely in position for purposes of administering medical treatment to such animal, said device comprising:
- (a) a support plate member, said support plate member having a front face an back face, said support plate member being adapted to be supported in a substantially upright position, and said support plate member having two openings in a portion of said plate, each of which opening extend completely from the front face to the back face of said support plate member;
- (b) a frame member affixed over each of said openings in said support plate with said frame members having a hollow interior extending completely through the frame member with two openings on each end of each frame member such that one opening of such frame member is in position directly over its adjacent opening and the other opening being directed outwardly away from the front face of the plate;
- (c) loop means affixed through the hollow interior of the frame members and through the openings in said plate with the loop portion extending out through the opening in the frame into the area outwardly of the plate.
A device for holding an animal's legs securely in position for purposes of administering medical treatment to such animal, said device comprising:
- (a) a support plate member, said support plate member having a front face and back face, said support plate member being adapted to be supported in a substantially upright position, and said support plate member having two openings in a portion of said plate, each of which opening extend completely from the front face to the back face of said support plate member;
- (b) a frame member affixed over each of said openings in said support plate with said frame members having a hollow interior extending completely through the frame member with two openings on each end of each frame member such that one opening of such frame member is in position directly over its adjacent opening and the other opening being directed outwardly away from the front face of the plate;
- (c) loop means affixed through the hollow interior of the frame members and through the openings in said plate with the loop portion extending out through the opening in the frame into the area outwardly of the plate;
- (d) portable locking means disposed on the rear face of said support plate member to lock said loops into position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.