Michael S Townsend

US Patent:

20080173254, Jul 24, 2008

Filed:

Jan 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/626765

Inventors:

Ivan Ibert Townsend - Cocoa FL, US
Michael Bert Townsend - Cocoa FL, US

International Classification:

A01K 15/02

US Classification:

119701

Abstract:

An animal exercising and training mechanism designed to lunge or guide an equine in a circular path without the trainer having to hold the lunge line to do so. The trainer is able to lunge the equine without being exposed to the constant tension on the lunge line and enjoy hands free training. The Equine Exerciser/Trainer would consist of a vertical pole approximately 10 feet long extending approximately 7 feet above ground elevation and mounted approximately 3 feet into the ground with a concrete base or other securing methods, and a bearing mounted, free rotating horizontal bar (Swivel Arm) attached to the top of the vertical pole approximately 3 feet long. A lunge line would be attached from the end of the Equine Exerciser/Trainer's Swivel Arm to a head restraint device of the animal being exercised or trained. The Equine Exerciser/Trainer would guide the equine in a circle as if a person were holding the line himself but the equine would actually be secured to the Equine Exerciser/Trainer thus limiting the equine to the radius defined by the length of the lunge line and Swivel Arm.