US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 821
.~.~ Mouth or throat (e.g., weaning, antibiting, anticribbing, antiwindsucking, 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}
821.~.~ Mouth or throat (e.g., weaning, antibiting, anticribbing, antiwindsucking, etc.) {5}
822  DF  .~.~.~> Having magnet or electrical element
823  DF  .~.~.~> Mouth obstruction responsive to head position (e.g., baffle, etc.) {3}
828  DF  .~.~.~> Having pricker or spur {2}
831  DF  .~.~.~> Having muzzle-encircling jaw restraint or mouth obstruction (e.g., muzzle, etc.) {1}
833  DF  .~.~.~> Mouth-inserted element (e.g., weaning bit, tooth plate, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/821

Mouth or throat (e.g., weaning, antibiting, anticribbing, antiwindsucking, etc.):

(under subclass 814) Subject matter wherein the animal-carried limiting means restricts, encumbers, discourages, or otherwise prevents full use or movement of a jaw, tooth, tongue, or esophagus (i.e., mouth or throat).

(1) Note. Subject matter classified here and in indented subclasses includes, but is not limited to, such functions as prevention of biting, cribbing, or windsucking; regulation of grazing; weaning; etc.

(2) Note. Prevention of neck bending to prevent self-biting or self-nursing, etc., is provided for elsewhere. See the search notes below.

(3) Note. A shield or cover for a localized area of the body which will prevent self-biting of the covered area as well as provide a physical barrier to the localized area from another element, object, or animal, is considered to be a protective shield provided for elsewhere and not a mouth restraint for this subclass. Similarly, an udder cover for a cow is considered to be a protective shield and not a mouth restraint for a calf.

(4) Note. A device carried by an animal to be weaned that includes a pricker or spur intended to prick a nursing mother and discourage her from allowing the animal to be weaned from approaching her is considered to be a mouth limiting means appropriate for this and indented subclasses.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

815, for prevention of neck bending to prevent self-biting, self-nursing, etc.

850+, for a protective shield, particularly subclass 852 for an udder or teat shield.