US 12,325,344 B2
Large animal hauling vehicle with supplemental animal stability system
Laurance Chmielewski, Kewaskum, WI (US)
Assigned to Laurance Chmielewski, Kewaskum, WI (US)
Filed by Laurance Chmielewski, Kewaskum, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,171.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/294,572, filed on Dec. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202375 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60P 3/04 (2006.01); B60P 7/135 (2006.01); B60P 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/04 (2013.01) [B60P 7/135 (2013.01); B60P 7/16 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A large animal hauling vehicle, comprising:
an animal transport compartment in which a large animal is loaded for moving the animal while standing in the vehicle during a transportation session;
a supplemental animal stability system, including:
a support system having at least one deployable device, wherein the at least one deployable device defines a non-deployed state in which the least one deployable device does not contact the large animal during a stable phase of the transportation session and a deployed state in which the least one deployable device contacts the large animal to provide support during an instability phase of the transportation session; and
a control system that is configured to:
maintain non-contact of the at least one deployable device and the large animal during the stable phase of the transportation session;
detect an instability condition of the vehicle during the transportation session; and
selectively deploy the at least one deployable device from the non-deployed state to the deployed state in response to the detected instability condition of the vehicle during the transportation session.