Method and apparatus for inducing controlled stressed behavior in animals, such as enhanced eating, drinking, mating, maternal or the like behavior
OwnerHarry E. Boiceinventor
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Abstract
A pressure-applying apparatus and method for using the apparatus to induce controlled stressed behavior in animals, such as enhanced eating, drinking, mating, or the like behavior. The apparatus includes a mechanism for mounting the apparatus on a body part of the animal, a mechanism for applying variable stress to the body part, and a device for automatically controlling the variation of stress. The method includes the steps of mounting a stress-applying apparatus on a body part of an animal, and actuating the stress applying apparatus to apply variable stress to the body part over time in a predetermined manner.
Claims24
A stress-applying apparatus for inducing controlled stressed behavior in animals, such as increased eating, drinking, mating, maternal or the like behavior, comprising:
- (a) means for mounting said apparatus on a body part of the animal;
- (b) means operatively associated with said body mounting means for applying variable stress to the body part;
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- (c) means operatively connected with said stress-applying means for controlling the variation of said stress over time in a predetermined manner;
- said stress applying means including:
- a motor;
- means driven by said motor for increasing and decreasing the amount of stress applied to the body part;
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- a power supply operatively connected with said motor.
A pressure-applying apparatus for inducing controlled stressed behavior in animals, such as increased eating, drinking, mating, maternal or the like behavior, comprising:
- (a) means for mounting said apparatus on a body part of the animal;
- (b) means operatively associated with said body mounting means for applying variable pressure to the body part to create a non-localized pressure sensation to the animal to induce the stressed behavior;
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- (c) means operatively connected with said pressure-applying means for controlling the variations of said pressure over time in a predetermined manner.
A method of inducing controlled stressed behavior in animals, such as enhanced eating, drinking, mating, maternal or the like behavior, using a pressure-applying apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- (a) mounting said pressure-applying apparatus on a body part of the animal, said pressure-applying apparatus being operable to apply variable pressure to the body part to create a non-localized pressure sensation to the animal to induce the stressed behavior;
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- (b) programming said pressure-applying apparatus to apply variable pressure to the body part over time in a predetermined manner.
A method of inducing controlled stressed behavior in a plurality of animals, such as enhanced eating, drinking, mating, maternal or the like behavior, using a plurality of pressure-applying apparatuses, comprising the steps of:
- (a) mounting a plurality of pressure-applying apparatuses on a body part of a plurality of animals, respectively, said plurality of pressure-applying apparatuses each being operable to apply variable pressure to the body part of each of said plurality of animals to create a non-localized pressure sensation to each animal to induce the stressed behavior, respectively;
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- (b) programming said plurality of pressure-applying apparatuses to apply variable pressure over time in a predetermined manner to a body part of each of said plurality of animals, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.