Bit guard
AssigneeNewell Products, LLC
InventorDanny Leon Newell
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Abstract
A mouth protection apparatus includes a substantially planar bit guard including first and second sides, and an inner aperture with first and second removable arcuate members. A first connection edge is releasably engageable with a second connection edge, wherein the first connection edge and the second connection edge define a first slit that intersects the inner aperture. A first tab extends from the first connection edge and is engaged with a first tab receiving aperture disposed proximate the second connection edge. A second tab extends from the second connection edge and is engaged with a second tab receiving aperture disposed proximate the first connection edge.
Claims18
A mouth protection apparatus comprising:
- a substantially planar bit guard including first and second sides;
- an inner aperture with first and second removable arcuate members;
- a first connection edge releasably engageable with a second connection edge, wherein the first connection edge and the second connection edge define a first slit that intersects the inner aperture;
- a first tab extending from the first connection edge and engaged with a first tab receiving aperture disposed proximate the second connection edge;
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- a second tab extending from the second connection edge and engaged with a second tab receiving aperture disposed proximate the first connection edge.
A mouth protection apparatus comprising:
- a circular bit guard including first and second sides and an outer perimeter,
- a rounded edge;
- and
- an inner aperture,
- a first connection edge adjacent a second connection edge, wherein the first connection edge and the second connection edge extend inward from the outer perimeter and intersect the inner aperture first and second arcuate members disposed inside the inner aperture and connected to an inside circular wall that defines the inner aperture.
A method of protecting a mouth of an equine animal, comprising:
- providing a bit guard having an inner aperture with first and second arcuate members and a first connection edge releasably engageable with a second connection edge, wherein the first connection edge or the second connection edge includes a tab member and wherein the other of the first connection edge or the second connection edge is proximate a tab member receiving aperture;
- placing the inner aperture of the bit guard around a bit;
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- engaging the tab member with the tab member receiving aperture to positively secure the bit guard onto the bit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.