Patent ID: 8955460
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method of braiding horse hair while minimizing damage to the horse hair, comprising: partitioning the horse hair into a length of at least a first section and a second section; gathering and combining the length of the first section of the horse hair along with a first segment of a semi-rigid, resilient material; gathering and combining the length of the second section of the horse hair along with a second segment of a semi-rigid, resilient material; forming the semi-rigid, resilient material into at least the first segment and the second segment, the first segment and the second segment extending from a central section of the semi-rigid, resilient shaping the length of the at least first and second sections of horse hair along with the first and second segments of the semi-rigid, resilient material into a braid such that the first and the second semi-rigid, resilient material remains grouped together and combined with the respective length of horse hair section to form the braid; fastening an end of the braid and thus forming the braid while maintaining the semi-rigid, resilient material within the horse hair; looping the braid by pulling a first end of the first segment and a second end of the second segment together with the braid end up towards a t