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US 5,634,437 AGranted
Tie-me-flex ratite leg brace
OwnerLee Roy H. Peterseninventor
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Abstract
An orthopedic leg brace to correct "cow hock" and "splayed" leg conditions of large birds such as ratites. The brace comprises a spring steel band which arches over the bird's back and fastens to leather cuffs above the hock of each leg. For a "splayed" leg condition another piece of spring steel is hinged to each end of the steel band and the other end is fastened to another set of leather cuffs just above each foot to pull the feet back into normal position.
Claims2
A ratite leg brace for correcting "cow hock" leg conditions comprising:
- a spring steel band that can arch over the back of said ratite
- a pair of leather cuffs able to be wrapped around the bird's legs above the hock joints
- a set of fasteners consisting of screws, washers, nuts or thread bars which fastens the said leather cuffs to the said spring steel band a breast strap fastened only at the center of said spring steel band for stabilizing said spring steel band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.