US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 758
.~ Animal-carried hook or extension for engaging and preventing breaching or lifting of fence or barrier (e.g., poke, drag hook, etc.)

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119 /   HD   ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

712  DF  ANIMAL CONTROLLING OR HANDLING (E.G., RESTRAINING, BREAKING, TRAINING, SORTING, CONVEYING, ETC.) {20}
758.~ Animal-carried hook or extension for engaging and preventing breaching or lifting of fence or barrier (e.g., poke, drag hook, etc.) {3}
759  DF  .~.~> Having body piercing attachment as sole support from animal (e.g., nose ring, pin, etc.)
760  DF  .~.~> Having rigid extension protruding from neck-encircling support (e.g., bar with bow or collar, etc.) {4}
766  DF  .~.~> Having rigid extension protruding from head, face, or muzzle area of animal (e.g., bar and halter, etc.) {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/758

Animal-carried hook or extension for engaging and preventing breaching or lifting of fence or barrier (e.g., poke, drag hook, etc.):

(under subclass 712) Subject matter wherein the limiting means includes an animal-supported projection (i.e., extension) having a proximal portion supported from an animal and a distal portion protruding away from or dragged by the animal, the distal portion being constructed and arranged to contact, hook onto, or otherwise interact with a barricade (e.g., fence, etc.) in order to either stop the progress of the animal or otherwise discourage the desire of the animal to pass through or over (i.e., breach) the barricade, or to prevent the animal from pushing upward (i.e., lifting) or otherwise tearing off a part of the barricade (e.g., fence wire, board, etc.).

(1) Note. The extension is usually of the nature of a lever-type arm or hooklike member that extends from the animal in a manner so as to increase the apparent size of the animal as "seen" by a fence, so as to engage the fence as the animal attempts to breach the fence. However, an extension can be in the form of, for example, an anchor like hook dragged by the animal via a tether so as to hook onto the fence if the animal does proceed to pass through or over a fence.

(2) Note. A device classifiable in this subclass should be distinguished from:

(a)

a hitching device, where an animal is held fast to something other than the animal to prevent roaming; or

(b)

a head-butting device, which may engage a fence and

discourage pushing, ramming, or butting of the fence but does not rely upon an extension that increases the apparent size of the animal as "seen" by the fence. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

769+, for hitching or tethering an animal.

815, for restraining an animal from a neck lowering motion that normally accompanies a jumping action over a fence.

816+, for a leg restraint to keep an animal from jumping.

837, for preventing pushing or ramming of a fence by a head, face, or horn.