Fly shield to protect the head of a horse

Abstract

A fly shield for covering a horse's head to protect the horse from flies or other detrimental which is characterized by a pair of substantial rooms that accommodate the horse's eyes, and a pair of ear-hoods for accommodating the horse's ears in a flexible manner and an adjustable fastening device. Thereby, the disclosed fly shield is able to offer the horse with protection as well as comfort.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to fly shields for protecting heads of horses, and more particularly, to a fly shield with improved structure that provides protection to a head of a horse.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]As flies or other insects may bring disturbance or even infections to horses when contacting their eyes or ears, a fly shield is generally utilized to protect the horses' heads from the detrimental.[0005]Conventional fly shields are typically made of meshed materials for providing protectiveness while avoiding interfering vision or hearing of horses, and under consideration for durability, such commonly-used meshed materials are usually tough and wearproof. The same characters, however, may reversely cause discomfort to horses' eyes, ears or skin. Thus, some efforts have been made to develop to reach a compromise. One prior solution is addressed by the same inventor of the present invention, as referring...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]It is one objective of the present invention to provide a fly shield, which perfectly matches up the profile of a horse's face and gives sufficient space between the shield and the horse's eyes.

[0009]It is another objective of the present invention to provide a fly shield, which eliminates the folds of the mentioned prior art and causes no barrier in the way of a horse's sight.

[0011]It is still another objective of the present invention to provide a fly shield, which has a fastening device that is adjustable so that a horse wearing the shield is free from feeling throttled.

[0013]Thereby, the disclosed fly shield is able to provide a horse with not only protection but also comfort.

Problems solved by technology

The same characters, however, may reversely cause discomfort to horses' eyes, ears or skin.

However, the folded part of the longitudinal lines may somewhat obstruct the view of the horse, and the convex portions formed by the taught manner are not outstanding enough to perfectly match up the profile of the horse's face.

Also, for the turning ears of a horse, the two conical caps of U.S. Pat. No. 6,216,642 are relatively stiff and not capable of changing shape.

Further, the fastening means thereof are not adjustable.

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