ES1298364U - Double opening harness for walking and training birds (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Double-opening harness for walking and training birds characterized by the fact that it includes a polypropylene belt where the owner's name and telephone number are embroidered to be able to identify the animal in case of loss or misplacement, two shoulder straps made of the same material and several straps. of guidance that link the bird to the user who handles it. This belt surrounds the bird from the chest to the back, where an easy-to-use snap or threaded clasp is located. It also has a regulator that allows adaptation to the size of the bird. The belt is attached to two flexible Y-shaped straps that provide the harness with a second opening at shoulder height. One of these straps has a closure or clasp at one end, which allows it to be opened and closed, ending with a ring intended to pass the belt through the closure and under the wings of the bird.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Double opening harness for walking and training birds

Technical sector

This invention belongs to the sector of accessories for the training and recreation of birds. It falls within the sector of products for the control and safety of birds in the practice of outdoor activities, with their caretaker having full control over them.

Background of the invention

Today there are many harnesses for birds. In view of the morphology of these, any harness generally has an adjustable belt with a quick fastening closure to the animal's waist that allows its installation and adjustment, as well as diamond-shaped straps that surround the shoulders. and the head of the animal, of variable size depending on the specific species for which the harness is intended. All this linked to the user by means of a guide strap that allows the control of the bird. This leash can be separated from the harness by means of a carabiner attached to it or, alternatively, shown fixed to the harness itself through the adjuster on the waist. In this case, the harness belt itself acts as a strap and closure, being extended by more than a meter and a half.

These existing harnesses have, however, several drawbacks or negative aspects.

In the case of fixed-guide strap harnesses, the harness strap -which closes on itself and extends to the user- is completely exposed and hangs from the bird by more than a meter and a half when it is ready to move. perform a flight, which is dangerous in free flights. In addition to being highly annoying and stressful for the bird (in flight or at rest), it forces the user to put on or take off the bird's harness just at the beginning or end of the activity, since they cannot separate the harness from the guiding leash. This harness design also causes the strap to sit on the side of the chest and, since it is not fully centered, causes asymmetry in flight during exercises controlled by the harness. Another drawback is found in the difficulty of freeing the bird when it is carrying some type of GPS locator to perform free flight exercises. even, as this sliding part is located almost under one of the wings, the bird suffers greater stress in adjusting and closing the harness due to its great manipulation.

In the case of detachable leash harnesses, there are disadvantages compared to the harness of the invention. By having the rhomboid hole formed by the straps completely closed, the bird's head is forced to be inserted into the harness placement or its release, which constitutes an invasive and stressful process for the birds that often causes their automatic rejection and the impossibility of to put the harness on the bird. Another drawback lies in the manufacturing material and its lack of adaptation to the characteristics of some birds, which causes poor durability and little resistance in birds of great power with a curved beak (macaws, yacos or other large parrot species). . Many of them are made with ribbons or elastic straps, which opens the possibility not only of their breaking by this type of bird, but also of the partial release of the bird's body due to its own weight or when some pull occurs. During flight. Moreover, this elastic nature of the material used in the manufacture of the harness and its fastening to the leash by means of a carabiner can cause serious injuries to the bird's chest in the event of an accident, since a simple pull would cause the aforementioned carabiner to bounce off the bags. aerial.

On the other hand, in this type of bird, harpoon-shaped closures are unfeasible, since some large species learn to open them easily. Other harnesses also present on the market with a more complex manufacture -called closures with automatic locking- try to solve this problem, but generate further inconveniences that derive from the use of a very thin extra element (susceptible to breaking or getting lost) that , acting as a key, allows the closure to be unlocked, making it difficult to open, slowing down the process of removing the harness, forcing excessive handling of the bird with the consequent increase in stress.

Finally, it should be noted that the guide straps that some harnesses have to train birds to fly outdoors are not adapted to birds with great power in their beaks, so their resistance to breakage is low. In addition, since they are made of textile materials and are in permanent contact with the ground, they can easily deteriorate, get knotted or get caught very easily in any slightest obstacle that the bird encounters during its flight training process outdoors, especially when there are presence of rocks, vegetation or bushes, which does not occur with the new training leash of the harness of the invention.

Explanation of the invention

The double-opening harness for birds is made up of a polypropylene belt where the owner's name and telephone number are embroidered to identify the animal in case of loss or misplacement, two straps made of the same material and various guide straps that they join the bird to the user who handles it, whose manufacturing material varies due not only to the species of bird for which the harness is intended, but also to the type of activity to be practiced. This belt surrounds the bird from the chest to the back, where an easy-to-use clasp is located, either by pressure or screwing. Account, in turn, with a regulator that allows adaptation to the size of the bird. The belt, for its part, is attached to two flexible straps in the shape of a Y (Greek i) that provide the harness with a second opening at shoulder height. One of these straps has a closure or clasp at one end, which allows it to be opened and closed, ending with a ring intended to pass the belt through the closure and under the wings of the bird. In this way, the bird is already attached, it remains attached to the user responsible for handling it through a guide strap. It should be emphasized that this harness is fully adapted to the size of each species of bird, and the same harness can be used for a specific species from chicks to adults.

It also has a space enabled with two elastic rings attached to the harness in a fixed way, specially designed to be able to carry any geolocation system, transmitters or telemetry transmitters for birds of prey or parrots.

These straps can be of different types and fully adapted to the species of bird that will carry them. They have a varied length that can go from 2 to 20 meters, depending on the activity to be carried out with the bird (walking or training). They have a rigid and flexible grip and have either mini-carabiners for small species, or with double security for larger species with great power in beak. For training they are metallic of various thicknesses inside and covered in plastic, attached to an elastic cord. All of them are equipped with a swivel that allows them to turn on themselves and cushion pulls on the bird. Another innovative advantage is the manufacturing material, since being metallic combined with elastic, it is not only completely resistant to the power of the beak of large birds, but also slides very quickly on any surface, avoiding knots or snags on existing obstacles. the terrain where flight exercises are carried out.

A great feature of this harness is that it is a harness with a double opening, a first opening in the belt that surrounds the bird below the wings and a second in the straps that surround the shoulders, which avoids having to introduce the head of the bird through no hole and, being completely open, allows the straps to be placed on the bird in a similar way to a collar, preventing it from feeling in danger and rejecting its placement. This second opening allows the harness to be removed very easily by releasing the two clasps and without having to previously remove the bird's head. This makes this harness extremely easy to put on and take off, with no handling on the bird and no stress on the bird.

The two closures or snaps used in the new harness can be, in turn, of two types: Quick release closures by pressure (of the type commonly called "backpack closure", "clip closure", "button closures" etc.) that are adaptable to the specific type of bird, but recommended above all for the comfort of their use in small birds or birds that do not have a great pressure power in the beak, and that have already passed the process of adaptation to the harness.

Rotating threaded closures, (of the "capsule" type, which are joined by screwing its two parts onto themselves, one inside the other) that are intended for large birds or with beak power, since it prevents their opening by pressure and allows, in turn, quick and comfortable placement.

Brief description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description, where, with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented has been following:

- Figure 1. - Shows a front view of the double opening of the harness in one of the embodiments, with quick release closures.

- Figure 2. - Shows a front view of the double opening of the harness in another embodiment with rotating threaded closures.

- Figure 3. - Shows a front view of the guide strap for walking that the harness has. - Figure 4. - Shows a front and interior view of the guide strap for training that the harness has.

- Figure 5. - Shows a side view of the double-opening harness with quick-release closures in its donning process.

- Figure 6. - Shows a side view of the double-opening harness with rotating threaded closures in its placement process.

- Figure 7. - Shows a side view of the harness placed on the bird.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The harness of the invention has a double opening made up of a belt (1), open Y-shaped straps (Greek i) (2) and a guide strap to the user in charge of handling the bird, in which:

- The belt (1) is made of a non-elastic material that provides rigidity but also a lot of flexibility (for example, polypropylene straps), which prevents blows to the air sacs of the bird produced with the carabiner (13) of the guide belt.

- The belt has a regulating buckle (8) to adjust the size of the harness to the corresponding bird.

- The belt also has a closure (5) or clasp (11) to allow it to be opened and put on more easily.

- The belt reserves a space enabled (3) for the indication of the telephone number and name of the holder that allows the identification of the animal in case of loss or misplacement.

- The straps (2) of the harness of the invention may be elastic or made of a more rigid material. For greater comfort and durability, flat, rubber or polypropylene straps are preferably used, depending on the needs, size, weight and power of the bird's beak.

- The straps are designed to form an opposite double Y (Greek i) that runs from the chest to the back of the bird, and which are connected to the part of the belt through two rings: a mobile ring (6) that is located on the the back of the bird allowing not only to easily remove the belt that passes inside it, but also protecting the closure or clasp; and another fixed one, located in the central front part of the chest, where a ring (9) is anchored to hook the carabiner of the guide strap, and which avoids asymmetries in flights.

- The opening of the straps (2) allows the placement and removal of the harness as a collar and without handling the bird, which makes its placement and adaptation process to the harness easier and less invasive and stressful for the bird. Its closure (4, 10) is located on one of the straps (2), slightly displaced from its center, remaining behind the bird's head.

- The guide straps (12), which connect the harness to the user responsible for the bird, present a wide range of types in order to cover different needs. For safety reasons, they are manufactured in an indivisible piece and different types of materials are combined with rigid materials such as flat polypropylene tape for backpacks, bags, etc., or cylindrical cord-type elastics, always rotating on themselves by means of twist removers ( fifteen).

- Due to the specific activity to be carried out and the size of the bird, the straps (12) vary in length and manufacturing material. They have a length between 2 and 20 meters.

- The straps have carabiners (13) adapted to the size of each type of bird, as well as double security for larger species with great pressure at the beak. The use of various carabiners is chosen for its quick hooking with the harness.

- For flight training exercises, the metal straps (16) of various thicknesses on the inside and covered in plastic, joined in turn to an elastic cord together with at least one twist remover (15) so that it can rotate on itself and cushion the bird's jerks.

- Being metallic (16), it becomes completely resistant to the power of the beak of large birds and prevents it from being cut. In addition, as it is steely -but endowed with flexibility- it glides very quickly over any surface, avoiding knots and snagging on obstacles in the terrain where flight exercises are carried out.

- The harness has two closures that allow comfort and speed both in its placement and in its removal, avoiding its rejection and stressing the bird.

- These closures can be, in turn, of two types: quick-release closures by pressure (4, 5), metal or plastic, which are made up of two tongue-and-groove pieces that are inserted by pressure. Various sizes and shapes have been planned in order to adapt them to the specific harness in order to achieve the desired comfort in all types of species, although it is recommended for those of small and medium size. In contrast to these closures, we propose others -intended for large species and peak power- in the form of a capsule (10, 11), made of metal or plastic, which are joined by screwing and stuffing one part into the other. , which makes it impossible to open it in this type of bird. Here, too, different sizes have been provided depending on the species of bird for which the harness is intended.

Having described the invention whose protection is requested, it is indicated that the description of the same and its preferred embodiment must be interpreted in a non-limiting manner, in such a way that it refers to all the possible embodiments that are inferred from the content of this memory and its claims.

Claims (3)

1. Double-opening harness for walking and training birds characterized by the fact that it includes a polypropylene belt where the name and telephone number of the owner is embroidered to identify the animal in case of loss or misplacement, two straps of the same material and various guide straps that link the bird to the user who handles it. This belt surrounds the bird from the chest to the back, where an easy-to-use clasp is located, either by pressure or screwing. Account, in turn, with a regulator that allows adaptation to the size of the bird. The belt is attached to two flexible Y-shaped straps that provide the harness with a second opening at shoulder height. One of these straps has a closure or clasp at one end, which allows it to be opened and closed, ending with a ring intended to pass the belt through the closure and under the wings of the bird. 2. Double-opening harness for walking and training birds, according to claim 1, where the guide straps have a length between 2 and 20 meters. 3. Double-opening harness for walking and training birds, according to claims 1 and 2, where the guide straps are made of metal of different thicknesses and are covered with PVC.