Patent ID: 7386972
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: A01K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A horn wrap comprising at least one loop for encircling an animal's horn and at least one flap for covering at least the animal's ear, the at least one loop and the at least one flap comprising a protective laminate that provides a protective cushion and air ventilation to the horn or ear or both covered by the protective laminate, the laminate comprising a compressible layer of a permeable material selected from a group consisting of a felt, a needled felt, a permeable foam, an open structure comprising fibers bonded together at some or all of their cross-over points fastened to a reinforcing material that includes a very open mesh or net material, the air ventilation provided by one or more of a group consisting of a Frazier air permeability through the laminate of at least about 40 CFM/SF, at a pressure drop across the laminate of about 0.5 inch, lateral air passages in a portion of the laminate running through an animal contacting surface, and generally lateral air passages in the laminate that communicate with the surface of the animal in the area(s) of animal contact.