Patent ID: 6976453

Claim:
Movement restriction apparatus designed to prevent an animal from reaching with its mouth or some of its limbs, a zone of its body to be protected; this apparatus being of the type comprising: anterior means for securing the apparatus to the animal; posterior means for securing the apparatus to the animal; movement restriction means; the anterior and posterior securing means being integral or connected to the movement restriction means; wherein the movement restriction means comprise a dorsal rail designed to be placed at right angles to the sagittal symmetry plane of the animal, against the crest of a part of its vertebral column; this rail being in the form of a section with a closed or open transverse cross-section, and the dorsal rail comprises at least one longitudinal section comprising (i) a central arch having a concavity turned toward the bottom forming a continuously projecting groove of rigidity extending longitudinally, from the anterior securing means to the posterior securing means, and (ii) two falling wings, essentially symmetrically from top to bottom and from the inside to the outside; wherein said wings are integral with the dorsal rail and extend along the complete longitudinal length of the dorsal rail, wherein the anterior means for securing the apparatus to the animal comprises at least one strap designed to be crossed under the sternum of the animal, and wherein the posterior means comprises a posterior lumbar circle, wherein the posterior lumbar circle is at least in part made of a material allowing a slight deformation, wherein at least an upper third to two-thirds of this circle is made of a rigid material, and at least a lower third to two-thirds comprises a material allowing a slight elastic deformation.