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Adjustable muzzle

  • US 8,596,224 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2010
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A muzzle, comprising:

  • a muzzle body having a generally curved surface area in the shape of a generally oblique circular cone with a portion thereof, including the apex, removed by taking a flat plane at a right angle to the vertical axis of the cone a predetermined distance below the apex, providing generally a frustum of an oblique circular cone, and further having removed from the generally oblique circular cone a surface area in the shape of a generally isosceles trapezoid, the diagonal bisector of the removed portion being opposite the vertical axis of the generally oblique circular cone surface, the unequal sides of the removed generally isosceles trapezoid portion being a portion of a perimeter of the front opening and a portion of a perimeter of the base opening, the removed portion representing between ⅕ and



    of the surface area of the generally oblique circular cone;

    two adjustable, then lockable, straps coupled, circumferentially, around the outside surface of the muzzle body proximate the front opening, the at least one fixed strap defining an aperture large enough to allow an animal on which it is placed to open its mouth;

    at least one adjustable strap coupled, circumferentially, around the at least one fixed strap and muzzle body, the at least one adjustable strap configured to be loosened or tightened using tensioning mechanism(s) so as to adjust the size of the aperture defined by the front opening and fixed strap of the muzzle body;

    a medical airway clip coupled to the muzzle body for receiving a medical airway device; and

    a medical airway device coupled to the medical airway clip.

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