Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1986-10-08
1988-09-13
Wilson, John J.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 17, A01K 2900, A62B 3500
Patent
active
047701277
ABSTRACT:
Animal restraining apparatus includes a cage portion, a door portion, a door locking portion, a movable restraint portion and a restraint actuating portion. The cage portion includes a top section, a bottom section, a sidewall section and an end section with barrier sections covering the respective sections. The door portion includes a movable door member covering a quadrangular end opening with a rod section disposed along each vertical side edge of the end opening and an eyelet extending from each lower corner of the door member in slideable engagement with the rod sections. The door locking portion includes engaging mechanism adjacent an upper end of the door member, the engaging mechanism including a pivoting first handle member selectively engageable with an adjacent edge of the top section. The movable restraint portion includes an elongated panel section enclosing free edges of the top, bottom, end sections and the door portion but spaced therefrom, the elongated panel section being oriented substantially parallel with the sidewall section. A panel supporting section extends between free edges of opposing cage sections and pivoting link members join the panel section with the supporting section. The restraint actuating portion includes an elongated second handle member extending outwardly from the panel section and panel locking mechanism disposed along the length of the second handle member selectively engageable with the supporting section.
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Lynch Michael
Urban Arthur L.
Wilson John J.
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