Knee and fetlock support for animals

Claim 1

A FETLOCK SUPPORT FOR ANIMALS COMPRISING SPACED ELONGATED SIDE MEMBERS, SAID SIDE MEMBERS COMPRISING A LOWER SECTION, AN INTERMEDIATE SECTION AND AN UPPER SECTION, A BOTTOM MEMBER SECURED TO THE ENDS OF SAID LOWER SECTIONS, SECURING MEANS ON SAID BOTTOM MEMBER ADAPTED TO SECURELY ENGAGE THE HOOF OF THE ANIMAL, TUBULAR SHEATH MEANS SECURED TO SAID UPPER SECTIONS FOR ENCIRCLEMENT AROUND THE LEG OF SAID ANIMAL ABOVE THE FETLOCK JOINT, MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING SAID INTERMEDIATE AND LOWER SECTIONS IN THE REGION OF SAID HOOF, HINGE MEANS PIVOTLY CONNECTING SAID INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER SECTIONS IN THE REGION OF SAID FETLOCK JOINT, SAID HOOF ENGAGING MEANS AND SAID LEG ENGAGING MEANS BEING SPACED APART IN THE REGION OF THE FETLOCK JOINT, RESILIENT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID UPPER SECTION AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS TO YIELDINGLY RESIST MOVEMENT OF SAID FETLOCK JOINT, UPPER SIDE MEMBERS HINGEDLY SECURED TO SAID UPPER SECTIONS AND PROJECTING VERTICALLY UPWARDLY THEREFROM, UPPER SHEATH MEANS OF GENERALLY TUBULAR FORM ADAPTED FOR ENCIRCLEMENT AROUND THE LEG ABOVE THE KNEE JOINT RIGIDLY SECURED BETWEEN SAID UPPER SIDE MEMBERS, MEANS ON SAID UPPER SIDE MEMBERS FOR AXIALLY ADJUSTING SAID UPPER SHEATH MEANS, ADJUSTABLE MEANS ON SAID UPPER SHEATH MEANS FOR TIGHTLY SECURING SAID UPPER SHEATH MEANS TO THE LEG OF THE ANIMAL AND STIFFENING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE UPPER MEMBERS AND SAID UPPER SECTIONS TO RESIST MOVEMENT OF SAID KNEE JOINT, SAID STIFFENING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED BRACKETS SECURED TO SAID UPPER SIDE MEMBERS AND SAID UPPER SECTIONS AND A ROD SECURED BETWEEN SAID BRACKETS LYING FORWARDLY OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS TO RESIST MOVEMENT OF SAID KNEE JOINT.