Patent ID: 8827715

Claim:
An artificial horse leg stand, comprising: a planar base, said base having at least one fitting for securing said base to a surface; an outer tubular member, said outer member having an interior cavity, being orthogonally attached to said base and extending upwardly from said base for a first predetermined distance; said outer member having a height adjusting mechanism, said mechanism orthogonally attached to an exterior surface of said outer member and at least partially extending into said interior cavity; an inner tubular member, said inner member having a first end, a second end and being sized and shaped to fit slidably within said interior cavity; an angle bracket, said bracket having a proximal end, a distal end, being attached at said proximal end to said first end of said inner member and having at least one mounting feature disposed adjacent said distal end; at least one lower shock mount, said shock mount disposed adjacent said proximal end of said angle bracket; said at least one shock mount having a first pivotal mounting point, said first point spaced outwardly from a centerline of said angle bracket; a rotating trunion, said trunion having a first side, an opposite second side and first and second cylindrical positioning features extending outwardly from each of said first and second sides; an attachment fixture is disposed orthogonally to a horizontal axis of said trunion, said trunion having a second pivotal mounting point, said second point being located orthogonally to said horizontal axis and spaced from said attachment fixture; said trunion being rotatably attached by said first and second cylindrical positioning features to said at least one mounting feature adjacent said distal end of the angle bracket; at least one dual-acting gas shock absorber, said shock absorber having first and second ends and having mounting apertures disposed adjacent each of said first and second ends, said mounting apertures rotatably attached to said first and second pivotal mounting points; and a securing fixture, said securing fixture having a first end, a second end, being attached at said first end to said attachment fixture and having a mounting feature at said second end for attachment to an artificial horse leg.