Patent ID: 6789378
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B68B

Abstract:
A device, comprising:(a) a headpiece; (b) a barrel strap having a length; (c) a back strap having a first end, a second end, and a length with said back strap slidably engaged along the length of said back strap with said barrel strap at a first contact point and a second contact point spaced along the length of said barrel strap so as to form a loop from a central portion of said back strap between said first and said second contact points; (d) an extension strap having a length, a first end, a second end, and a connector point intermediate of said first end and said second end wherein (1) said first end of said back strap is releasably attached to said first end of said extension strap, (2) said second end of said extension strap is releasably attached to said second end of said back strap, and (3) said extension strap slidably engages said headpiece along said length of said extension strap; and (e) a lead, wherein said lead is releasably attached to said connector point of said extension strap; (f) wherein said headpiece, said barrel strap, said back strap, and said extension strap are sized, configured, and arranged such that a trainer is able to control rearward movement of a hindquarters of an animal by controlling the tension placed upon said lead when the device is fitted upon the animal with said headpiece secured over a head of the animal, said barrel strap secured around a barrel of the animal with said first and said second contact points located on either side of the livestock animal, and the loop formed by said back strap extending around the hindquarters of the animal.