US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 838
.~.~ Male sex organ

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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}
838.~.~ Male sex organ

DEFINITION

Classification: 119/838

Male sex organ:

(under subclass 814) Subject matter wherein the animal-carried limiting means obstructs or discourages use of the penis of a male animal.

(1) Note. A sexual restraint which is inserted into the body of an animal, e.g., intravaginal, surgically implanted, etc., is excluded from this subclass. See the search notes below.

(2) Note. A device proper for this subclass may limit reproductive or other related activity, e.g., copulation, masturbation, etc. of a male animal. A device referred to as a stallion shield or guard which is used for this purpose is proper for this subclass. A shield used to protect the genital area of an animal from harm from an external source, e.g., dirt, disease, an insect, an enemy, etc. is not considered to control the animal wearing it and thus is classified elsewhere. Similarly, a shield worn by a female animal to act as a barrier to sexual intercourse with a male or to nursing is also not considered to control the female wearing it and is provided for elsewhere. See the search notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

850+, for a body-carried shield used to protect an animal from an external source, e.g., dirt, disease, an insect, an enemy, etc., particularly subclass 852 for an animal-carried shield for covering an udder or teat, e.g., to prevent nursing, etc., and subclass 854 for a female-carried sexual barrier. See the (2) Note above.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

128, Surgery, particularly

883+, for a sexual restraint which is worn on or in the body of a human or which is inserted into the body an animal. See the (1) Note above.