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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176878 | Method and apparatus for restraining and muzzling animals A semi-rigid animal head enclosure with a handle effective in muzzling and controlling a fractious animal using a lead passing through a portion of the enclosure and secured thereto or in corporation with a special capture stick having a lead forming a loop secured ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7316621 | Police baton A handheld device for incapacitating dangerous suspects without endangering nearby civilians. The user holds the handgrip which has a trigger connected to a source of thrust, such as an air cartridge. When the user pulls the trigger, the air cartridge is fired and e... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7246575 | Thrust fork To provide a thrust fork to arrest a resisting criminal without danger of being stabbed by an edge tool, a thrust fork main body (2) attached to an end of a handle portion (1) is provided with a forked rod (21), movable opening and closing rods ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7097223 | Shopping bag handle A device for carrying articles having handles is provided with generally elongated gripping and handle supporting members that are positioned in spaced-apart relationship with one another. A retaining assembly is pivotably coupled to the gripping member which can be... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7029397 | Nightstick with handcuff A device useful as a nightstick includes a generally linear long member and an attached short member. The short member can be curved or otherwise disposed so as to define a slot with a single open end. The device includes a handcuff clasp for closing the open end an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6964245 | Portable calf pen and method of use A method of isolating a newborn calf from the calf's mother. A rigid pen, including an outer frame defining an open floor attached to a motorized vehicle. The vehicle is operated to raise the pen off the ground and deliver the raised pen to an area at which the calf... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6595161 | Heeler rope A heeler rope having a shortened length such that dallying is not required to remove slack from the heeler rope after roping a steer's hind legs. The heeler rope also has a braided portion that facilitates attaching the heeler rope to a hector on a roper'... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6408799 | Dog guide harness with multi-position handle assembly A dog guide harness has, a harness frame and a handle assembly with a self-locking linking member to enable the handle assembly to be rigidly and rotatably connected to the harness frame so the handle assembly selectively can be positioned either transver... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6405684 | Turtle harvesting tool A turtle harvesting tool for locating and retrieving turtles from marshes. The turtle harvesting tool includes a rod having a first end and a second end. The first end is generally pointed. The rod has an arc therein such that a hook is defined. The arc i... | 06/18/2002 |
| 5960747 | Animal leg catching device An animal leg catching device for catching an animal by the leg in a safe manner without injury to the leg of the animal. The animal leg catching device includes a pole and first and second U-shaped members. The free end of a first arm portion of the firs... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5630381 | Animal retention device A device for capture and retention of various animals such as calves, pigs and the like for branding, castration or the like consisting of a formed, open and openable, resilient hooking end of a size to allow positioning about the rear leg of an animal an... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5494283 | Crosshandle police baton with hook and arm trap A passive control tool (8) is disclosed that has a ball (10), a handle (12) connected to the ball, and an arm (14) connected to the handle. The passive control tool has a weapon trap (16) connected to the handle and a striking base (18) connected to the w... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5066013 | Kubotai restraint device having two batons bound together by a cord at points spaced from the ends of the batons A device for restraining a person by the wrist or other part on a limb comprised of two batons bound together by a woven nylon cord at a point from a flanged end of each baton that is equal to about half the length of the cord between batons. That length ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4570376 | Safety stunning tip and trap retrieving hook and method of use thereof A combination stunning tip and trap retrieving hook has a tubular member for receiving a handle therein. A pair of fork-shaped members are attached to the tubular member and extend in a direction remote from the handle receiving means. A hook means is att... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4559737 | Snare device A device is provided which enables a person to capture a fugitive without injuring the fugitive. The device comprises a tubular body having angularly disposed tubular barrels extending therefrom. The barrels each have a slot extending along the length the... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4426079 | Police restraint device A police restraint device utilizing the principle of the second class lever and method of making the device, the device in its disclosed form comprising a presently preferred arm clamp having two rigid elongated handles or sticks, adapted to be held and m... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4338885 | Cattle head holder Disclosed herein is a device for holding the head of cattle, livestock, and the like while the head of the animal extends through plural vertical rails which are laterally translatable, such rails commonly being used today to serve as a barrier one side o... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4218990 | Animal prod system An improved animal prod having a base shaped to engage a portion of the animal's hindquarter and a thigh engaging assembly shaped and positioned to engage a portion of at least one of the animal's hind legs generally near the animal's inside thigh and gen... | 08/26/1980 |
| 3931796 | Hydraulic cow catch-carrier A fully vehicle mounted hydraulic-actuated cow catch-carrier having a frame mountable cantilever fashion on a vehicle and including a back wall arrangeable adjacent and transverse to the vehicle and spaced, substantially side walls extending substantially... | 01/13/1976 |
