Collapsible practice barrels for equine barrel racing
AssigneeSeventeenflat.com
InventorDenise L. Madsen
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Abstract
A collapsible barrel is provided for use in training for equine barrel racing. The collapsible barrel is configured and sized to approximate the dimensions of a conventional barrel used in the sport of equine barrel racing, but is constructed of sturdy, lightweight materials that enable the barrel to be transformed between a fully deployed state and a collapsed state. The collapsible barrel of the present invention is sufficiently lightweight and dimensioned, when in a collapsed state, to be easily transported, deployed for training and later stored. The flexibility of the collapsible barrel makes training ideal because it eliminates injury to the legs of the rider and the body of the horse.
Claims5
A method of carrying out equine barrel racing, comprising:
- providing a collapsible barrel sized for use in performing equine barrel racing having a barrel-shaped body member, of requisite dimension for use in equine barrel racing, with a closeable top having a selectively widenable opening for passing a weighted ballasting member therethrough, an enclosed bottom and a circumferential wall having a vertically-extended height dimension of forty-eight inches or less, and having a frame structured for transformation of the barrel-shaped body member between a collapsed state and a fully deployed state and having a sleeve connected to the frame providing the circumferential wall of the barrel-shaped body member, and a weighted ballasting member positionable along the enclosed bottom;
- deploying said collapsible barrel to a suitably-sized height for maneuvering a horse about said vertically deployed collapsible barrel by reconfiguring said collapsible barrel from a substantially vertically flattened state to a vertically upright apparatus that is suitably sized in height to maneuver a horse about said vertically deployed barrel state by operation of the vertically expandable frame;
- positioning said vertically deployed collapsible barrel on a ground surface;
- and
- ridably maneuvering a horse about said vertically deployed collapsible barrel in the manner of equine barrel racing.
A method of carrying out equine barrel racing, comprising:
- providing a collapsible barrel sized for use in performing equine barrel racing, the collapsible barrel further comprising,
- a collapsible frame made of elastically deformable material that can move automatically and elastically between a vertically flattened state and a vertically extended state,
- a sleeve positioned about the collapsible frame to provide a flexible circumferential wall,
- a top having a selectively widenable opening, and
- and enclosed bottom wall;
- deploying said collapsible barrel to a suitably-sized height for maneuvering a horse about said vertically deployed collapsible barrel by reconfiguring said collapsible barrel from a substantially vertically flattened state to a vertically upright apparatus;
- positioning the vertically deployed collapsible barrel on a ground surface;
- and
- ridably maneuvering a horse about the vertically deployed collapsible barrel in the manner of equine barrel racing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.