Livestock lift apparatus

Details Livestock lift apparatus Livestock lift apparatus

1995-03-16

1997-11-11

Swiatek, Robert P.

Animal husbandry

Animal controlling or handling

Suspending

A01K 2900

Patent

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056852630

ABSTRACT:
A livestock lift apparatus comprises two U-shaped gripping arms hinged together at their open ends. The rounded ends of the gripping arms are bent toward each other. A locking mechanism comprises a locking handle rotatably mounted to locking handle mount plates carried by a cross member of one of the gripping arms, a chain catch rotatably mounted on the locking handle, a length of chain engageable by the chain catch, the chain attached to an eyelet of a threaded ready rod extending through a hole in a cross member carried by the other gripping arm, and adjustment handle threaded to the ready rod. The lift apparatus is place over the hip sockets of a cow and tightened and adjusted with the locking mechanism to securely hold the cow's hip sockets for rehabilitation, lifting, and transport.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2743701 (1956-05-01), Boyd
patent: 2909153 (1959-10-01), McKinley et al.
patent: 3827406 (1974-08-01), Berns

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