Earth working – Driven from or guided by stationary object – or anchored – Rotatable about vertical axis
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-04
2005-10-04
Pezzuto, Robert E. (Department: 3671)
Earth working
Driven from or guided by stationary object, or anchored
Rotatable about vertical axis
C172S110000, C056S367000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06951253
ABSTRACT:
A grooming apparatus, for sloping, aerating and fluffing bedding material in livestock free stalls, is attached to a vehicle such as a skid steer. The grooming apparatus includes a rotary arm, having grooming members, and connected to the vehicle by a boom. The rotary arm, when viewed across the stalls, is angled at a slope. The grooming members contact the bedding material to fluff and aerate it, and arrange it according to the slope. The rotary arm, when viewed from the end of a stall, may be pitched forward or rearward. These pitches and angles permit the grooming members to more effectively move the bedding material within each stall to create the slope. Such a slope is beneficial for livestock that prefers a sloped bed. Using the boom, the rotary arm can be moved up and/or out of the way when the vehicle is moved through doorways and the like.
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Dowdy's Sales & Service Rotary Conditioner, Web Page Advertisement, Date Unknow, www.dowdys.com/Tiller.htm.
Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Kees Nicholas A.
Pechhold Alexandra
Pezzuto Robert E.
Superior Attachments, Inc.
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