Animal restraining apparatus

Claim 1

An animal restraining apparatus for immobilizing the hind quarters of an animal against vertical movement while permitting controlled horizontal movement of said animal comprising, in combination, an elongated substantially flat table surface having a hole therethrough proximate to one end thereof, flange means secured to said table surface, said flange means having an internally threaded bore concentric with said hole in said table surface, externally threaded cylindrical collar means threadably engaged at one end thereof with said flange means and having a tapered internal portion at the other end thereof, an upstanding member slidably and rotatably mounted within said collar means, internally threaded locking means slidably and rotatably mounted on said upstanding member, tapered cylindrical friction means mounted within said locking means whereby threaded engagement of said locking means with the upper portion of said collar will cause frictional engagement of said friction means with said upstanding member, a horizontal member slidably connected at a first end to said upstanding member at the upper end thereof, and yoke means for engagement with the hindquarters of an animal detachably connected to the second end of said horizontal member.