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US RE44,516 E1Granted
Perch-shank device
OwnerDennis Markleinventor
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Abstract
A perch-shank device is disclosed as having a perch with an upper, central, and lower portion. The upper portion has an eyelet for attaching a headstall or chinstrap. The lower portion directly connects to a mouthpiece. The invention also includes a shank having an upper and lower portion, wherein the lower portion has an eyelet for attaching a rein and the upper portion of the shank is connected above the lower portion of the perch adjacent to one of the central and upper portion of the perch.
Claims10
A perch-shank device, comprising:
- a perch having upper, central, and lower portions, said upper portion perch having a single means for attaching at least one of a headstall and a chinstrap, wherein said single means is disposed on said upper portion, said lower portion immovably fixably and configured for direct attachment to a mouthpiece, said mouthpiece having a central axis;
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- a shank having upper and lower portions, said lower portion of said shank having a means for attaching a rein wherein said perch and said shank are integrally continuously formed without any fastening means, and said upper portion of said shank having an arch, said arch includes uppermost end surface and a lowermost end surface wherein said lowermost end surface which extends substantially perpendicular above the mouthpiece and is fixably connected to said perch substantially above a point of said mouthpiece attachment to lower portion of said perch proximate midway between said mouthpiece and said means for attaching which when said perch-shank device is worn by a horse said upper portion of said perch extends lateral to a bridge of the horse's nose and said lower portion of said shank is disposed substantially below said point of said mouthpiece attachment aid to limit the forward movement of said perch and allow for minimal pulling of the mouthpiece backward and aids in forcing the horse's head toward the horse's chest.
A perch-shank device, comprising:
- a mouthpiece, said mouthpiece having a central axis;
- two perches, each having upper, central, and lower portions, each said upper portion perch having a single means for attaching at least one of a headstall and a chinstrap and wherein said single means is disposed on said upper portion, said lower portions fixably configured for direct attachment to a opposing ends of said mouthpiece;
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- two shanks, each having upper and lower portions, each said lower portion having means for attaching a rein wherein each said perch and said shank are integrally continuously formed without any fastening means, and wherein each said upper portion of each said shank having an arch, said arch includes uppermost end surface and a lowermost end surface wherein said lowermost end surface which extends substantially perpendicular above the mouthpiece and is fixably connected to each said perch substantially above a point of said mouthpiece attachment to said lower portion of each said perch proximate midway between said mouthpiece and said means for attaching which when said perch-shank device is worn by a horse aids said upper portion of each said perch extends lateral to a bridge of the horse's nose and said lower portion of each said shank is disposed substantially below said point of said mouthpiece attachment to aid to limit the forward movement of said perches and allow for minimal pulling of the mouthpiece backward and aid in forcing the horse's head toward the horse's chest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.