US 12,270,431 B2
Device for preventing bruising in livestock
William Dean, New Castle, PA (US)
Filed by William Dean, New Castle, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,778.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,091, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046434 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); F16C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 13/00 (2013.01) [A01K 29/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roller assembly for preventing bruising in livestock, the assembly comprising:
a central shaft having a longitudinal axis;
a plurality of resilient rollers rotatable about the longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis extends through a portion of each of the resilient rollers and each of the resilient rollers comprises a pneumatic bladder;
an end bracket connected to a first end of the central shaft; and
an intermediate bracket connected to the central shaft between two of the resilient rollers,
a bore extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the bore configured to be fluidly connected to each of the plurality of pneumatic bladders;
wherein the end bracket extends from the central shaft and is configured for attachment to a structure such that the plurality of resilient rollers extends into or is tangent to a passageway defined by the structure.