Abstract:
A saddle tree including a progressive flex headplate, and a saddle constructed therewith, which are capable for properly fitting a variety of different size horses. The headplate assembly is constructed of a plurality of flexible, and resilient overlapping layers which increase in length from top to bottom and which are secured together at the center point of the layers. The configuration supplies the headplate assembly with non-linear resistance, permitting progressive flexure of the legs of the headplate assembly while providing resistance in response to flexure of each leg, providing the headplate assembly with points that flex to properly fit horses of varying widths.
Abstract:
A novel dietary supplement and nutritional aid and methods for the manufacture and administration of the same are disclosed for the efficacious treatment and/or prevention of digestive tract ulcers in horses and other animals. The dietary supplement of the present invention is effective in treating and/or preventing gastric ulcers, and in treating colonic ulcers as well. The dietary supplement of the present invention consists of safe and natural ingredients rather than drugs, and is orally administrable. The ingredients of the dietary supplement of the present invention when combined provide a synergistic efficacy which greatly exceeds the sum of the efficacies of the individual ingredients, making the dietary supplement highly effective in the treatment of digestive tract ulcers.
Abstract:
A packing disposal system (10) for sealing waste and related materials within flexible plastic tubing (26) for odorless and sanitary disposal. Improvements in the latch (35), including the addition of a transverse mounted latch spring (19), and improvements in the support retention springs (30) serve to increase the ability of the device to operate efficiently and effectively and reduce the potential of accidental spills or other exposure of the waste package. The latch (35) requires two independent motions to actuate and incorporates a transversely mounted latch spring (19). The reduced cross-sectional area of the retention spring (30) design concentrates force applied to the package to increase the effective holding ability of the system.