US 12,291,444 B2
Equestrian control device and methods of use
Erin Christopher, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Erin Christopher, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/673,438.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/533,715, filed on Aug. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0066184 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. B68B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B68B 1/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curb strap comprising:
a pair of elongated members, each of said pair of elongated members comprising a first end, a second end, a first connection proximate said first end and said second end, and a second connection therebetween said first end and said second end, said second connection forming a first loop and a second loop of each of said pair of elongated members;
a connector pair, each of said connector pair installed at said second loop of each pair of elongated members;
an elongate flexible member having a first end and a second end, said elongate flexible member is connected to a first of said connector pair at said first end and a second of said connector pair proximate said second end; and
a series of serially attached elements, each of said series of serially attached elements having an aperture, said series of serially attached elements are threaded thereon said elongate flexible member via said aperture between said first end and said second end of said flexible elongate member;
wherein the curb strap is configured to operably combine with a horse's bridle at a shank bit at each of said first loop of each of said pair of elongated members.