US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 760
.~.~ Having rigid extension protruding from neck-encircling support (e.g., bar with bow or collar, 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  DF  .~ Animal-carried hook or extension for engaging and preventing breaching or lifting of fence or barrier (e.g., poke, drag hook, etc.) {3}
760.~.~ Having rigid extension protruding from neck-encircling support (e.g., bar with bow or collar, etc.) {4}
761  DF  .~.~.~> Rigid extension having further connection to or support from diverse body area (e.g., nostril, leg, muzzle, etc.)
762  DF  .~.~.~> Neck-encircling support having connected sections relatively pivotable upon fence engagement by rigid extension (e.g., jointed bow, etc.)
763  DF  .~.~.~> Rigid extension pivotally connected to neck-encircling support (e.g., pivoted bar, etc.) {1}
765  DF  .~.~.~> Having pricker, spur, or electric shock element

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/760

Having rigid extension protruding from neck- encircling support (e.g., bar with bow or collar, etc.):

(under subclass 758) Subject matter wherein the extension is a relatively stiff member (e.g., bar) intended to be supported for projection from an area of an animal between its ears and shoulder blades, exclusive, (i.e., neck), wherein the means to support the proximal portion of the extension to the neck of the animal includes a neck

surrounding member (e.g., bow, collar, etc.).

(1) Note. The degree of stiffness required is only that stiffness necessary to stop the animal from passing through the fence, or the stiffness required to transmit sufficient force to, for example, a pain inflicting pricker or spur, as distinguished from, for example, a hook connected to the animal via a tether.

(2) Note. To be classified herein, the extension must have its most distally located support attachment point to the animal at a support located on the neck of the animal. That is, where an extension has plural points of attachment to an animal support, the most distal attachment point of the extension governs classification. Likewise, when the extension is supported from the neck and protrudes away from the animal between its ears or horns, classification is proper in this subclass based upon the support location and is not affected by the projection of the extension from an area other than the neck (i.e., between the ears or horns).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

758, for a drag hook or anchor adapted to engage a fence attached to an animal by a tether.

759, for a poke having a rigid extension or hook with a skin piercing attachment to an animal.

766, for a poke having a rigid extension supported from an animal's head, face, ear, or horn. 856+, for a collar, per se.