Patent ID: 6115889
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A01K,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
A tether device for securely retaining the free end of a lead rope attached to a horse or other animal, the tether device comprising:a generally flat rear mounting plate for fixedly mounting the tether device to a desired frame member;a web plate protruding perpendicularly forward from the rear mounting plate, the web plate having an upwardly extending hook portion spaced forward of said rear mounting plate so as to form a rope slot between the hook portion of said web plate and the rear mounting plate;a spring clip hingedly attached to the rear mounting plate in alignment with the hook portion of the web plate, the spring clip being arranged to urge itself into a quiescent position against an inner surface of the hook portion of the web plate;a pawl having a toothed, arcuate peripheral surface facing an inner surface of the web plate and being hingedly mounted to a front surface of the rear mounting plate; anda coil spring positioned between the pawl and the rear mounting plate for rotating the toothed peripheral surface of the pawl upward into a quiescent position against the inner surface of the web plate.