US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 827
.~.~.~.~ Having cage or meshlike obstruction

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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  DF  .~.~.~ Mouth obstruction responsive to head position (e.g., baffle, etc.) {3}
827.~.~.~.~ Having cage or meshlike obstruction

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/827

Having cage or meshlike obstruction:

(under subclass 823) Subject matter wherein the mouth obstruction is constructed of a plurality of bars, wires, straps, chains, or other similar elongated elements joined together in a spaced array (i.e., cage).

(1) Note. The elongated elements may be rigid or nonrigid.

(2) Note. The mouth obstruction may be a single cage movable into or out of blocking position or a plurality of cage sections movable into blocking position such as, for example, hingeably connected cage sections that pivot together as a function of head position to form an obstruction.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

832, for a static muzzle having a cage or meshlike construction.