Suspended Patents (Class 119/749)
  • Small animal support/restraint device
    Publication number: 20120132152
    Abstract: Small animal support/restraint device with a mount attached to building structure to station the device over the work surface, eliminating interference with accessing the animal and providing reliable stability. Descending from the mount, a height adjustable vertical post with pivot positioned at the lower end facilitates a rotating crossbar to which sliding eyes are attached for connecting loops and belts for tethering the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Sylvia Glee Thacker, Paul Eathel Thacker, James Elliott Thacker
  • Sow chute and hoist
    Patent number: 8051807
    Abstract: A vertically moveable immobilizing sow chute to allow hoisting and holding horizontally of a sow for foot treatment is described. The unit avoids the use of slings, can be operated electrically, and has numerous fail safe features as well as mobility and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Zinpro Corporation
    Inventor: Max Winders
  • Method of restraining an animal within an animal squeeze, and an animal squeeze
    Patent number: 6199514
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for restraining an animal within an animal squeeze. The animal squeeze has a “V” shaped passage in which the animal is suspended by relative movement of the sidewalls and the floor. A pressure member is movable into an operative position engaging a back of the animal and restraining the animal. An animal, such as a deer, suspended in a “V” shaped passage, will normally continue to struggle. However, when pressure is exerted upon the back of the deer by the pressure member, the deer ceases to struggle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventors: Leonard Arthur Jubinville, Giselle Jubinville