They Invented What? (No. 122)
Anticipate This!™ | Patent and Trademark Law Blog
U.S. Pat. No. 4,432,545: Non-lethal cock fighting system.

What is claimed is:
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 struck substantially 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 distinct increments of said distance;
(c) means attached to the skin of each bird in a…
View original post 288 more words


leave a comment