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Technology:
Funny
Patents (II)
Of
Cats and Horses
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Oliver Weiss
Patents
abound. Thankfully, and in a move of political correctness, the animal world has
not been left out in newly filed US
patents. In the subsequent excerpts from the original patent registries, we
learn about a shoeing system for reducing bumpings
on horses hooves, and a cat-calling device (yes, cats
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egs of horses, especially of riding
and jumping horses, are extremely sensitive and prone to injuries. Because the
hocks are mainly grown of horn, bones and tendons, and have little muscle volume
they undergo extremely high strains in the form of vibrations, shocks and
impacts.
With a horse's hoof a movement called hoof mechanism is created
within the hoof. With common shoe insets this movement is decelerated.
Without
shoe inserts said movement happens between the hoof and the horse shoe,
with the result that the hoof is ground down in the hoof area causing the hoof
to be in the wrong position.
In general, the horses' hooves are
shoed with horse shoes which are nailed onto the hoof. There are also
known orthopaedic shoeing systems with a plate of leather or plastic material
fastened with nails between the hoof and the horse shoe. In order to
substitute this plate, when it is worn out, the nailing connection at the hoof
has to be destroyed.
This system is not hygienic and gives rise to inflammation
because it is not possible to clean the sole area of the hoof.
It is an object of this invention to
provide a shoeing system which allows optimum comfort to the horse and a
high degree of cushioning and energy absorption when landing after a jump, which
guarantees a perfect fit and support against twisting of the hoof, and which
provides a controllable heel mechanism without any wear of the horn.
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amusement devices is known in the prior art. |
According to this invention this
objet is solved by a one part or two part insert which is adapted to the form of
the horse shoe, and in the front area is nailed between the hoof and the horse
shoe and is moved laterally and relative to the horse shoe in the rear
area together with the hoof. (Patent No. 6,244,352)
Call-a-cat
The present invention relates to a
cat calling device and more particularly pertains to enabling a cat owner to
call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
Cat owners often find it difficult to get their cats to come to them when they
want them to. The owners typically have to resort to opening a can of food or
other action attractive to the cat in order to draw the cat out of their hiding
place.
Most of the time, however, pet owners do not want to open a can of food
or, otherwise, they are in a hurry to locate their cat. Thus, there is a need
for some type of artificial stimulus that will allow a cat owner to have their
cat respond to and, subsequently, come forth from their hidden location.
The present invention attempts to solve the abovementioned problem by providing
a device that will record and play back selected sounds and/or voices that will
serve to draw their cat out of a particular hiding place.
The use of pet amusement devices is known in the prior art. More
specifically, pet amusement devices heretofore devised and utilized for
the purpose of providing amusement for pets are known to consist
basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations,
notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which
have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
The cat calling device according to the present invention
substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior
art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose
of enabling a cat owner to call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new
and improved cat calling device which can be used for enabling a cat-owner to
call their cat using a plurality of stimuli.
In this regard, the present
invention substantially fulfills this need. (Patent No.
6,226,229)
[2001]
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