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US 6,363,697 B1Granted
Foal weaning gear
OwnerRichard Allen Shapiroinventor
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Abstract
A foal weaning gear for wear by a nursing mare to deny access by a foal includes a protective pad disposed over the mammary glands and resiliently held in position by a plurality of adjustable straps providing continuous triaxial resilient biasing of the protective pad throughout normal physical activities of the mare without requiring ongoing adjustment during the weaning period.
Claims10
A foal weaning gear for a mare comprising:
- a girth belt for encircling the mare forwardly of the rear legs of the mare and including adjustment means for controlling the conformal fit with the mare;
- a protective pad conformal to the mammary glands of the mare and attached at the forward edge to a lower portion of said girth belt;
- first and second tethering straps having upper ends connected at a top portion of said girth belt and lower ends attached to opposed rear corners of said protective pad;
- a collar having a center opening for disposition over the neck of the mare adjacent the front legs;
- an elastic back strap attached at a forward end to said collar adjacent the top thereof and attached at a rearward end to said girth belt adjacent said upper ends of said tethering straps;
- and elastic flank straps extending between the sides of said girth belt and a midportion of said tethering straps for providing lateral biasing and restraint of said tethering straps.
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