Back to results
US 5,343,829 AGranted
Device for preventing horse wind sucking
OwnerLeonard L. Lookingbillinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A device for preventing horse wind sucking has a main part which includes two side portions provided with upwardly open cavities to fit horse jawbones and a central part adapted to apply inward and upward pressure to a horse throat so as to inhibit horse throat movements during attempts of wind sucking.
Claims11
A device for preventing horse wind sucking, comprising
- a main part applicable onto a front outer surface of a horse throat, said main part including two side portions each having a cavity which opens upwardly and reduces downwardly in an applied condition of the main part so that each of the cavities conforms to a horse jawbone so that in the applied condition said main part is reliably oriented by the horse jawbones, and a central portion located centrally between said two side portions and projecting upwardly so that in the applied condition said central portion applies an inward pressure and an upward pressure to the horse throat;
- and
- means for removably fixing and tightening said main part on a horse head and including an element which extends from opposite ends of said main part and is formed to surround a part of the horse, each of said cavities having a laterally inner portion with a smaller radius and a laterally outer portion with a greater radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.