US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 815
.~.~ Neck (e.g., limiting of head lifting, turning, etc.)

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119 /   HD   ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

712  DF  ANIMAL CONTROLLING OR HANDLING (E.G., RESTRAINING, BREAKING, TRAINING, SORTING, CONVEYING, ETC.) {20}
814  DF  .~ Inhibiting use or movement of specific body part other than tail by re- straint carried solely by animal (e.g., for ear, head, foot, etc.) {7}
815.~.~ Neck (e.g., limiting of head lifting, turning, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/815

Neck (e.g., limiting of head lifting, turning, etc.):

(under subclass 814) Subject matter wherein the animal-carried limiting means discourages or otherwise limits an animal from bending its spine in the area between the shoulders and the head (i.e., neck) to prevent the animal carrying the limiting means from lowering, lifting, or turning around its head.

(1) Note. This subclass provides for prevention of neck bending to prevent an animal from, for example, turning its head around to bite or nurse itself, etc.; or to inhibit motion of the neck and head that is associated with other actions to be prevented such as, for example, head lowering prior to jumping. Prevention of neck bending should be distinguished from neck shielding or protecting provided for elsewhere, as well as preventing, by use of a neck carried device, a leg from reaching past the neck to, for example, scratch an ear, which is considered to be a leg restraint.

(2) Note. A collar, per se, which is provided for elsewhere, is not proper for this subclass unless it is capable of preventing neck bending.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

729+, for a head or neck stock.

738+, for a stanchion.

758+, particularly subclasses 760+, for a poke having an extension supported from a neck prevent an animal from breaching a fence.

769+, for hitching or tethering an animal's neck to another object. 821+, for limiting use of a mouth or throat.

837, for a device to prevent an animal from using its head or face to butt or push.

855, for a neck or throat protective shield or apparel.

856+, for a collar, per se.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

128, Surgery,

870+, for a body-type restrainer or immobilizer.