ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,424, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ONE MORE RUN LLC (Pima, Ariz.).
"Steerable roping training apparatus" was invented by James A. Pearson (Pima, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for roping practice includes a steering shaft drivable and rotatable by a head model, a steering link drivable by the steering shaft, and a pair of front wheels drivable and rotatable by the steering shaft via the steering link to steer the apparatus. Accordingly, a first user (e.g., a header) can rope the head model and proceed to pull the apparatus along a support or ground surface so that a second user (e.g., a heeler) can subsequen...