초록 ▼

An animal restraining device including a restraining litter and a support frame. The frame supports the litter thereon and has features which facilitate an adjusting of the width between support members of the litter and an adjusting of the height of the frame. The frame has a V-shaped head end faci

An animal restraining device including a restraining litter and a support frame. The frame supports the litter thereon and has features which facilitate an adjusting of the width between support members of the litter and an adjusting of the height of the frame. The frame has a V-shaped head end facilitating ease of access to a head of an animal resting on the litter. The litter has leg apertures therein for receiving legs of an animal and allowing the legs to dangle below the litter. The frame has an entry side for facilitating entry of the litter with an animal therein. The litter need not be raised high above the frame and then lowered into the interior of the frame. The litter containing the animal and legs of the animal will enter, unimpeded by the frame, through the entry side into the interior of the frame, by only raising the support members of the litter a little bit above the frame. A bearing surface is provided on the side of the frame for supporting a support member of the litter therein and to effect a removing of a portion of the litter from the side of an animal resting thereon.

대표청구항 ▼

[ The embodiment of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] An animal restraining device, comprising:a frame for supporting a litter in a position oriented above a floor surface, said frame having an animal head end, said frame including:a p

[ The embodiment of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] An animal restraining device, comprising:a frame for supporting a litter in a position oriented above a floor surface, said frame having an animal head end, said frame including:a plurality of elongate upright support posts resting on the floor and oriented spaced apart from and parallel to one another so as to define corners of a polygon configuration;a plurality of horizontally oriented first frame members interconnecting respective pairs of said support posts at a location spaced downwardly from an upper end thereof;a plurality of horizontally oriented second frame members extending coextensively with said perimeter and interconnecting respective pairs of said support posts adjacent said upper ends thereof on all but one side of said polygon configuration, said second frame member at said animal head end being configured to provide an upwardly opening access opening through which access to an animal head is facilitated; andmeans defining a litter supporting first bearing surface adjacent said upper end of each said support post coplanar with others of said first bearing surfaces; andsaid litter having at least two elongate support members, and a flexible material for holding an animal thereon connected to and extending between said support members, each said support member having means thereon defining second bearing surfaces oriented at locations thereon that coincide with said first bearing surfaces so that said second bearing surfaces will each rest on a respective one of said first bearing surfaces to support said litter thereon, said flexible material having plural animal leg receiving apertures therein so that legs of an animal supported on an upper side of said flexible material will extend through said apertures and dangle beneath said flexible material;whereby as said litter is moved onto and off said frame in a general direction horizontally perpendicular to said one side, the legs of the animal will dangle freely through a region of said frame that is free of a said second frame member thereby making it unnecessary to elevate said litter to a sufficient height to enable the legs of the animal to clear a second frame member.