Device for accommodating an animal to be tended
OwnerJohannes M. W. Weelinkinventor
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Abstract
A device for accommodating an animal to be tended, particularly a cow, comprising a frame formed by relatively spaced lateral frame parts and a frame part interconnecting the former, the lateral frame parts bounding an accommodation space open at least to the front and the underside for receiving the animal and furthermore comprising supporting members connected with the frame for supporting the animal with respect to the frame, the supporting members comprising a belly-strap and back supporting elements coming into contact with the animal's back.
Claims19
A device for accommodating an animal to be tended, particularly a cow, comprising a frame formed by relatively spaced lateral frame parts and a frame part interconnecting the former, the lateral frame parts bounding an accommodation space open at least to the front and the underside for receiving the animal and furthermore comprising supporting means connected with the frame for supporting the animal with respect to the frame, said supporting means comprising a belly-strap, characterized in that the supporting means comprise back supporting means coming into contact with the animal's back.
A device for supporting and stabilizing an animal such as a cow so that one of its legs may be lifted to expose a hoof for treatment, said device comprising a main frame adapted to straddle a standing animal, said main frame including a pair of spaced, lateral frame parts and a frame part interconnecting said lateral frame parts to define an inverted, generally U-shaped structure forming an accommodation space open at least at one end and at the bottom so as to receive an animal, a supporting frame vertically movable on said main frame and means for vertically adjusting said supporting frame relative to said main frame, said supporting frame including depending back engaging means for reacting downwardly onto an animal's back, and sling means carried by said supporting frame for forcing an animal's body upwardly so that said back engaging means bears downwardly against the animal's body to hold the animal substantially immovable with respect to the device.
A device for supporting and stabilizing an animal such as a cow so that one of its legs may be lifted to expose a hoof for treatment, said device comprising an inverted, generally U-shaped main frame means for bearing upon a supporting surface to form a solid base to stabilize an animal, a supporting frame vertically slidable on said main frame means but immovable in a horizontal plane with respect thereto, back engaging means carried by said supporting frame for bearing downwardly on the back of an animal, sling means carried by said supporting frame for clamping an animal's body upwardly against said back engaging means whereby an animal is substantially immobilized in a horizontal plane with respect to said main frame means, and winch means suspending said supporting frame from said frame means for limiting downward motion of said supporting frame and an animal's body relative to said frame means without constraining upward movement of the supporting frame relative thereto.
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