Patent ID: 7624706
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An animal sorting paddle for use in controlling the movement of animals, which comprises: (a) an elongated handle having a paddle head attached to a lower end thereof, the handle being long enough so that a standing user who is holding the handle at a downwardly inclined angle relative to the ground can position a tip of the paddle head adjacent the ground; and (b) wherein the tip of the paddle head is angled in the manner of a pointed arrowhead shape and comprises a nose and a pair of generally straight sides extending rearwardly from the nose with the straight sides being disposed at an angle relative to a centerline of the paddle head, the angle of the tip being chosen such that, while the standing user holds the handle at the downwardly inclined angle and places the nose of the paddle head substantially directly adjacent a corner between the ground and a substantially vertical wall of a pen, stall or chute, one side of the tip lies substantially adjacent the ground and the other side of the tip lies substantially adjacent the wall of the pen, stall or chute to substantially block the movement of small animals beneath the angled tip of the paddle head.