Animal husbandry – Animal controlling or handling – Hitching or tethering
Patent
1994-01-18
1994-07-19
Price, Thomas
Animal husbandry
Animal controlling or handling
Hitching or tethering
A01K 106
Patent
active
053298837
ABSTRACT:
A releasable hitch having a T-shaped body portion including a horizontal member perpendicularly joined to a vertical member is disclosed. The vertical member has opposing side walls, one of which is bisected by an upwardly sloping channel disposed above the horizontal member. The vertical member additionally comprises a horizontally disposed bore disposed the horizontal member. A bolt is fitted for rotational and longitudinal motion within the horizontally disposed bore. The bolt includes a cylindrical shaft having an externally threaded portion at one of its ends and two semicircular flanges, defining a slot therebetween, at the other end thereof. A C-shaped hook is pivotally secured to the semicircular flanges and has a free end adapted for engagement with the lateral channel. A spring, coiled about the cylindrical shaft and acting upon the bolt, normally biases the free end of the hook within the channel. A nut threadably secured to the externally threaded portion of the cylindrical shaft is provided for adjusting the tensile force required to extract the free end of the hook from the channel.
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