Patent ID: 7421794
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A device for measuring the mouth of an animal, comprising: a first endpiece having a first enlarged abutting surface designed to engage the mouth of an animal; a rod having first and second ends and an exposed length greater than its diameter, having first and second curvilinear threaded portions and first and second substantially flat surfaces adapted to be gripped by the mouth of an animal, said rod further having said first end coupled to the first endpiece; and a second endpiece having a second enlarged abutting surface and a threaded hole configured to rotatably thread onto the first and second curvilinear threaded portions of said rod, said second endpiece being further configured to move laterally along the first and second threaded portions of said rod when rotated about an axis formed along the length of said rod, wherein said rod extends through the second enlarged abutting surface and wherein a dimension of the mouth of an animal adjacent to said rod may be measured by rotating said second endpiece along said rod until the position of both said first and second endpieces is indicative of a dimension of the adjacent mouth.