US 5,961,503 AGranted

Boar semen collection bag

AssigneeMinitube of America, Inc.

InventorsLudwig O. Simmet, Christian J. Simmet

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Abstract

Two flat segments of flexible plastic are sealed along the edges and at the bottom, to present an upwardly opening bag. A rectangular sheet of filter material is folded to form a filter pouch and positioned within the collapsed collection bag, with the upper edges of the folded filter material halves fused to opposing sides of the bag above a perforation or line of weakened material. When the bag is disposed within a collection mug, the upper portions of the bag extend as a shroud around the exterior of the mug, and the filter material is stretched out across the opening to the bag. A boar's penis is directed to ejaculate into the mug, and the ejaculate gel plug is retained on the filter material, while the semen passes through the filter material into the collection bag. When collection is complete, the shroud and the attached filter material are separated from the collection bag and disposed of.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A receptacle for the collection of boar semen comprising:

an upwardly opening bag comprised of a first segment overlying a second segment, the two segments being connected together along the bottom and the sides of the bag;
portions of the bag comprising a region of weakened material which encircles the bag and extends across both the first segment and the second segment, the region of weakened material defining a line of separation which divides the bag into a collection portion and a disposable portion, the region of weakened material permitting the disposable portion to be separated from the collection portion;
and
a filter material positioned within the bag, the filter material being fastened to the disposable portion of the bag upwardly of the region of weakened material, the bag being extendable from a first flattened condition in which the filter material extends substantially parallel to the bag first segment and the bag second segment, and a collection condition, in which the bag is spread such that the filter material extends inwardly from the bag first segment and the bag second segment, such that boar ejaculate may be received on the filter material and the boar semen component of the ejaculate may pass through the filter into the collection portion of the bag, the disposable portion with the attached filter and uncollected ejaculate component being separable from the collection portion of the bag and the contained semen component.

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A boar semen collection assembly, comprising:

an upwardly opening bag having a first segment which overlies a second segment, the two segments being connected along a first side and a second side, the first side being spaced from the second side;
portions of the bag comprising a region of weakened material which encircles the bag and extends across both the first segment and the second segment, the region of weakened material defining a line of separation which divides the bag into a collection portion and a disposable portion, the region of weakened material permitting the disposable portion to be separated from the collection portion;
and
an upwardly opening filter pouch enclosed within the bag, wherein the filter pouch is fastened to the disposable portion of the bag upwardly of the region of weakened material, and wherein the bag is extendable from a flattened condition to a collection condition, in which the bag is spread such that the filter pouch extends inwardly from the bag first segment and the bag second segment, such that boar ejaculate may be received on the filter material and the boar semen component of the ejaculate may pass through the filter into the collection portion of the bag, the disposable portion with the attached filter and uncollected ejaculate component being separable from the collection portion of the bag and the contained semen component.

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An apparatus for the collection, storage, and dispensing of boar semen, comprising:

an upwardly opening collection bag;
a filter element fixed to portions of the collection bag and enclosed within the collection bag;
and
portions of the bag which define a spout positioned below the filter element, the spout being sealed in a closed condition when semen is being received within the collection bag, and the spout being movable with respect to the collection bag to discharge the contents of the collection bag into a container, and wherein portions of the bag to which the filter element is fixed are separable from portions of the bag beneath the filter element, to permit collected boar semen within the collection bag to be separated from the filter element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.