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US 6,199,514 B1Granted
Method of restraining an animal within an animal squeeze, and an animal squeeze
OwnerLeonard Arthur Jubinville, Giselle Jubinvilleinventors
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for restraining an animal within an animal squeeze. The animal squeeze has a “V” shaped passage in which the animal is suspended by relative movement of the sidewalls and the floor. A pressure member is movable into an operative position engaging a back of the animal and restraining the animal. An animal, such as a deer, suspended in a “V” shaped passage, will normally continue to struggle. However, when pressure is exerted upon the back of the deer by the pressure member, the deer ceases to struggle.
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An animal squeeze, comprising:
- a chute having a first end, a second end, sidewalls, a floor and a generally “V” shaped passage that extends from the first end to the second end;
- a side entry service door in at least one of the sidewalls at the first end of the chute large enough for a human to enter;
- means for relative movement of the sidewalls and the floor to suspend an animal in the “V” shaped passage;
- a pressure member movably secured to the chute and having a substantially vertical operative position exerting a substantially vertical downward force upon a back of an animal positioned within the chute;
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- a kick guard within the chute at an intermediate position adjacent the side entry service door and toward the second end, the kick guard having a stored position and an operative position, in the operative position the kick guard being positioned in a vertical orientation extending transversely across the chute.
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An animal squeeze, comprising:
- a chute having a first end, a second end, sidewalls, a floor and a generally “V” shaped passage that extends from the first end to the second end;
- means for relative movement of the sidewalls and the floor to suspend an animal in the “V” shaped passage;
- a pressure member movably secured to the chute and having a substantially vertical operative position exerting a substantially vertical downward force upon a back of an animal positioned within the chute;
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- wherein all or a portion of one of the sidewalls of the chute pivots to widen the passage so that the animal is dropped to the ground and permitted to exit from the second end of the chute, and one of the sidewalls of the chute has hinges along a top peripheral edge and pivots about a substantially horizontal axis to widen the passage whereby the animal is dropped to the ground and permitted to exit from the second end of the chute.
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An animal squeeze, comprising:
- a chute having a first end, a second end, a pair of paralleled sidewalls having opposed wedge members extending longitudinally along the sidewalls to form a generally “V” shaped passage that extends from the first end to the second end, a floor and an upper support structure that overlies the passage;
- the floor being a drop floor which is selectively movable relative to the sidewalls between a supporting position supporting an animal and dropped position leaving the animal suspended in the “V” shaped passage;
- a telescopically expandable pressure member movably mounted to the upper support structure of the chute and having a substantially horizontal stored position and a substantially vertical operative position, the pressure member being telescopically expandable in the operative position to exert a substantially vertical downward force upon a back of an animal positioned within the chute, with means being provided for locking the pressure member in a selected telescopic position;
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- one of the sidewalls of the chute is hinged along a top peripheral edge and pivots about a substantially horizontal axis to widen the passage whereby the animal is dropped to the ground and permitted to exit from the second end of the chute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.