US 12,225,886 B2
Equine health and safety system and method
Harvey Pawlick, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to EQUINE SAFETY INC., Reno, NV (US)
Filed by EQUINE SAFETY INC., Reno, NV (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,606.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/473,540, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389523 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 27/00 (2006.01); A61D 99/00 (2006.01); B68B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [A01K 27/002 (2013.01); A61D 99/00 (2013.01); B68B 5/06 (2013.01); A01K 27/006 (2013.01); A01K 27/009 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. An equine animal health and safety system for gathering equine animal body vital life-impacting and/or life-sustaining and/or life-terminating data, measures, processes and signs and other information on the health and safety of the equine animal, the system comprising:
a tamper proof health and safety halter/hackamore/bridle for an equine animal comprising a behind-the-ears headpiece and a noseband, and at least one strap on each side of the equine animal's head connecting the headpiece and noseband, at least one of the headpiece, noseband or strap on each side of the equine animals head comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, with a Global Positioning Sensor (“GPS”), or other location sensor, positioned internally of the interior surface and the exterior surfaces to prevent tampering therewith;
the tamper proof health and safety halter/hackamore/bridle further comprising an electronic lock to only be remotely unlockable by the use of a code to prevent unauthorized removal of the halter/hackamore/bridle from the equine animal;
the health and safety system further comprising several device/monitor/sensor/sources on the tamper proof health and safety halter/hackamore/bridle to gather the equine animal body vital life-impacting and/or life-sustaining and/or life-terminating data, measures, processes and signs and other information on the health and safety of the equine animal;
the several device/monitor/sensor/sources comprising at least one first device/monitor/sensor/source mounted on the tamper proof health and safety halter/hackamore/bridle in a position directed towards the body of the equine animal to read vital life-impacting and/or life-sustaining and/or life-threatening processes and signs directly from the animal, and at least one second device/monitor/sensor/source mounted on the tamper proof health and safety halter/hackamore/bridle directed away from the body of the equine animal to read ambient life-threatening-conditions external of the equine animal body
the several device/monitor/sensor/sources further comprising at least one third device/monitor/sensor/source, the at least one third device/monitor/sensor/source being implanted painlessly-per-veterinarian-anesthesia, inserted, or ingested by the animal to provide internal information concerning the vital life data, measures, processes and signs or identity-data of the equine animal;
the health and safety system further comprising a send-receive communicating device mounted upon the tamper proof halter/hackamore/bridle, which send-receive communicating device aggregates data, measures, processes, and signs from the at least one first device/monitor/sensor/source, and the at least one second device/monitor/sensor/source and transmits the single and/or aggregated readings to a real time/archived database remote from the equine animal; the send-receive communicating device of the single and/or aggregated readings configured for transmission by at least one from the group consisting of IoT, IOTA, MIOTA and block-chain based distributable ledgers, directly to analytical/platform(s)/program(s) interfaced and/or integrated with at least one from the group consisting of a computer, the cloud, and smart communicating devices and wearables; and
the health and safety halter/hackamore/bridle further comprising a first medallion, the first medallion comprising an upgradable read-write memory, the upgradable read-write memory operatively coupled to a communication link configured to be remotely upgraded by an owner of the equine animal with at least one selected from the group consisting of authorizations, information, data for a lost/missing equine animal, the medallion further comprising a button, which upon activation of the button causes the first medallion to directly act as a communication link to aid in recovery of an out-of-safe zone or disoriented equine animal, whereby the activation by pushing the button of the first medallion connects directly to the owner of the equine animal.