Calf roping apparatus
OwnerRobert D. Snowinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus reminds a saddled and bridled horse to maintain tension on a calf rope during a rodeo calf roping event. The apparatus contains: (a) a ratcheting rope pulley with a release; (b) a means for attaching the pulley to a saddle; (c) a rope passing through the pulley with the first end of the rope exiting the pulley in the freely rotating direction and the second end of the rope exiting the pulley in the non-rotating direction; (d) an elastic cord having a first end attached to the second end of the rope; (e) a means for attaching the second end of the cord to a calf rope; and (f) a means for attaching the cord-calf rope attachment to a bit of a bridle.
Claims8
A method for a contestant to remind a saddled and bridled horse to maintain tension on a calf rope during a rodeo calf roping event, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining an apparatus comprising:
- (i) a ratcheting rope pulley with a release, the pulley rotating freely in one direction and not rotating in the other direction unless the release is depressed;
- (ii) a means for attaching the pulley to a saddle;
- (iii) a rope having a first end and a second end, the rope passing through the pulley with the first end of the rope exiting the pulley in the freely rotating direction and the second end of the rope exiting the pulley in the non-rotating direction, the rope having a length of about one to three feet;
- (iv) an elastic cord having a first end and a second end, the first end of the cord being attached to the second end of the rope, the elastic cord having a length of about one to two feet;
- (iv) a means for attaching the second end of the cord to a calf rope;
- and (v) a string for attaching the cord-calf rope attachment to a bit of a bridle;
- (b) positioning the apparatus rope in the pulley such that the rope is fully extended in the non-rotating direction;
- (c) connecting the apparatus by attaching the pulley to the saddle, attaching the second end of the cord to the calf rope at a distance from the saddle equal to the combined lengths of the apparatus rope and cord, and attaching the string front the cord-calf rope attachment to the bit of the bridle such that a slight amount of slack is in the string when there is tension on the calf rope;
- (d) mounting the horse, throwing the calf rope around the neck of a calf, stopping the horse with tension on the calf rope, and dismounting;
- (e) pulling the first end of the rope to stretch the cord and then releasing the first end, thereby freeing both hands of the contestant and applying pressure to the bit of the bridle if the horse allows the calf rope to slacken;
- (f) tying the legs of the roped calf;
- (g) returning to the horse and depressing the release of the ratcheting pulley;
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- (h) mounting the horse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.