US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 837
.~.~ Head, face, or horn (e.g., prevention of butting, goring, 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}
837.~.~ Head, face, or horn (e.g., prevention of butting, goring, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/837

Head, face, or horn (e.g., prevention of butting, goring, etc.):

(under subclass 821) Subject matter wherein the animal-carried limiting means includes means for discouraging or otherwise limiting use of the part of its body on top of

or in front of its neck (i.e., head), especially, but not exclusive to, the crown portion of the head, the facial portion generally including the upper muzzle between the nose and the eyes, and the horn or horns.

(1) Note. This subclass is intended to provide for limiting the part of the head not provided for elsewhere. See the search notes below for other head limiting means such as mouth, throat, eye, or snout limiting means.

(2) Note. This subclass includes such a device that, for example, discourages or prevents an animal from using its head to push or butt, or from using its horn(s) to gore another animal or object.

(3) Note. Devices mentioned in the preceding note should be distinguished from a poke provided for elsewhere that includes an extension from the animal that is intended to interact with a fence or barrier, wherein the extension increases the apparent size of the animal as "seen" by the fence; i.e., the extension hooks onto the fence or is otherwise "caught" by the fence as the animal attempts to fit through the fence or jump over it, due to the fact that the extension usually extends generally transversely to the axis of the spine of the animal; which should be distinguished from a device provided for in this subclass that does not generally extend from the body in such a manner as to increase the size of the animal as "seen" by the fence or other object that the animal pushes or butts.

(4) Note. Subject matter provided for in this subclass should be distinguished from an animal-carried device provided for elsewhere that restrains the neck from bending to prevent its head from lifting or turning.

(5) Note. Limiting use of a horn should be distinguished from a cover for a horn provided for elsewhere that protects the horn or protects others from the tip of the horn by, for example, blunting or softening the horn.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 729+, for a head or neck stock.

738+, for a stanchion.

758+, for a poke having an extension connected to the head to prevent an animal from breaching or lifting a fence.

815, for an animal-carried neck limiting means to prevent head lifting or turning.

821+, for a mouth or throat limiting means (e.g., muzzle), especially subclass 829 for a mouth restraint that prevents the type of incidental head or face butting that normally accompanies nursing.

834+, for a snout limiting means (e.g., hog or pig ring).

851, for a protective cover for a horn.