US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 823
.~.~.~ Mouth obstruction responsive to head position (e.g., baffle, 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  DF  .~.~ Mouth or throat (e.g., weaning, antibiting, anticribbing, antiwindsucking, etc.) {5}
823.~.~.~ Mouth obstruction responsive to head position (e.g., baffle, etc.) {3}
824  DF  .~.~.~.~> Nostril attached {1}
826  DF  .~.~.~.~> Having pricker or spur
827  DF  .~.~.~.~> Having cage or meshlike obstruction

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/823

Mouth obstruction responsive to head position (e.g., baffle, etc.):

(under subclass 821) Subject matter wherein the animal-carried limiting means includes a plate, screen, or other barrier (i.e., obstruction) mountable on an animal in such a way as to physically block at least a portion of the opening of the animal's mouth, and the obstruction is further

adapted to be movable into or out of its mouth blocking position as a function of the location or elevation (i.e., position) of the animal's head.

(1) Note. The mouth obstruction may move in response to gravity as the head raises or lowers or by, for example, structure connected between the obstruction and an other part of the animal to respond to head movement relative to the other part of the animal, for purposes such as, for example, allowing grazing or desired eating action in a lowered head position while preventing nursing, biting, crop eating, etc., in a raised head position. Further, the baffle may have relatively movable sections that cooperate to form an obstruction.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

831+, for a static muzzle that blocks the mouth opening or limits jaw movement.