United States Patent
US Patent 4432545: Non-lethal cock fighting system
US 4432545 ยท granted 1984-02-21
Abstract
A pair of sparring gloves or muffs are attached to each leg of a pair of fighting cocks over the natural spur area. The muffs incorporate a member slideably movable along the axis of the natural spur in response to blows struck substantially along this axis. A plurality of switch means are successively actuated in response to movement of the slideable member by various increments of distance, commensurate with the force of the blow. Signals are generated and transmitted to a remote location by transmitters actuated by the switches and attached to the skin at posterior areas below the tail feathers of each bird. The signals are received at the location outside the fighting pit and used to increment counters indicative of the scores of the respective birds, which are weighted according to the force of the blows struck and visually displayed to the spectators.
| Patent Number | 4432545 |
|---|---|
| Title | Non-lethal cock fighting system |
| Filed | 1982-04-30 |
| Granted | 1984-02-21 |
| Inventor(s) | Vanderpool; Charles C. |
| Number of Claims | 21 |
Abstract
A pair of sparring gloves or muffs are attached to each leg of a pair of fighting cocks over the natural spur area. The muffs incorporate a member slideably movable along the axis of the natural spur in response to blows struck substantially along this axis. A plurality of switch means are successively actuated in response to movement of the slideable member by various increments of distance, commensurate with the force of the blow. Signals are generated and transmitted to a remote location by transmitters actuated by the switches and attached to the skin at posterior areas below the tail feathers of each bird. The signals are received at the location outside the fighting pit and used to increment counters indicative of the scores of the respective birds, which are weighted according to the force of the blows struck and visually displayed to the spectators.
Claim 1
Apparatus for conducting and scoring cock fights between two combating birds, said apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) individual switch means mounted upon each leg of each bird in place of or in covering relation to the natural spur, each of said switch means including a member movable along the axis of the natural spur in response to a blow strucksubstantially along said axis and by a distance commensurate with the force of said blow; (b) means for generating an individual electrical signal upon each movement of said member by at least a minimum increment of said distance, said signal having a parameter distinctive to each of said switch means and to a plurality of distinctincrements of said distance; (c) means attached to the skin of each bird in a posterior area below the tail feathers where the feathers have been removed for transmitting said individual signals to a location remote from said birds; (d) signal processing means at said remote location for receiving said transmitted signals and for indexing a counter associated with each of said signal parameters in response to reception of each individual signal of said parameter; and (e) display means providing a visual i
Claims
21 totalApparatus for conducting and scoring cock fights between two combating birds, said apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) individual switch means mounted upon each leg of each bird in place of or in covering relation to the natural spur, each of said switch means including a member movable along the axis of the natural spur in response to a blow strucksubstantially along said axis and by a distance commensurate with the force of said blow; (b) means for generating an individual electrical signal upon each movement of said member by at least a minimum increment of said distance, said signal having a parameter distinctive to each of said switch means and to a plurality of distinctincrements of said distance; (c) means attached to the skin of each bird in a posterior area below the tail feathers where the feathers have been removed for transmitting said individual signals to a location remote from said birds; (d) signal processing means at said remote location for receiving said transmitted signals and for indexing a counter associated with each of said signal parameters in response to reception of each individual signal of said parameter; and (e) display means providing a visual i