Ground preparation apparatus
View Patent ↗The present invention is a ground preparation apparatus for use in maintaining substantially uniformly soft and smooth soil while providing a movable roping target. The apparatus is usefully in avoiding the need to separately maintain ground to be used in roping practice while at the same time providing a moving roping target.
1. A ground preparation apparatus adapted to be towed having a ground engaging member adapted to dig and loosen soil when towed connected to a towable roping target member with a frame having a body resembling livestock mounted thereon and adapted to provide a moving simulated target for roping practice.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said ground engaging member further defines a rake having a plurality of tines.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said ground engaging member further includes a cover.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said body further defines a simulated bovine.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said body simulates a run pattern when said roping target is towed.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when said apparatus is moved across a ground surface, said ground surface is loosened and smoothed while said towable roping target is animated.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said ground engaging member is adapted to be positioned in a lowered position and a raised position with respect to said towable roping target member.
8. A combined ground preparation and roping target apparatus being adapted to be towed and having a ground grooming member adapted to dig and loosen soil and a frame having a body resembling livestock mounted thereon providing a roping target member.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said ground grooming member further defines a rake having a plurality of tines.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein said ground grooming member further includes a cover.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said body simulates a run pattern when said apparatus is towed.
12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said body further defines a simulated bovine.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein when said apparatus is moved across a ground surface, said ground surface is groomed by loosening and smoothing soil while said towable roping target is animated.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said ground grooming member is adapted to be positioned in a lowered position and a raised position with respect to said roping target member.
15. A ground preparation apparatus adapted to be towed having a tined ground engaging member connected to a roping target member with a frame having a body resembling livestock mounted thereon and adapted such that when towed, said ground engaging member loosens and smoothes soil while said roping target member provides an animated livestock run pattern for use in roping practice.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said ground engaging member further defines a rake having a plurality of tines.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein said ground engaging member further includes a cover, and wherein said cover is adapted to trail said apparatus so as to smooth ground behind said apparatus.
18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said body further defines a simulated bovine.
19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said ground engaging member is positioned such that when said apparatus is towed across a ground surface, said ground engaging member is the last portion of said apparatus to touch ground across which said apparatus is towed.
20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said ground engaging member is adapted to be positioned in a lowered position and a raised position with respect to said roping target member.