Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1985-10-04
1987-10-27
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
A01K 106
Patent
active
047021993
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a collapsible calf trim chute, also called a grooming chute, having a rectangular base fitted with a floor and a pair of upright pivoting rectangular members, one a head-stall-end and the other a tail-end member, each of which are pivotably swingable from a collapsed position on the base into an upright position, the rectangular end member frames being held apart laterally on each side of the chute, when in an upright position, by two-element brace-spacer members, fixedly pivotably swingably mounted near the top of each side of each head-stall-end and tail-end member, respectively, one of such pair of brace-spacer members configurations being of such construction as to permit the other side brace-spacer to be matingly engaged without disengagement of the first described brace-spacer member, a pair of telescoping side-movement restraining bars mounted between each upright end member on each side in a manner to provide freedom to allow angular positioning between the end members to permit grooming additionally, associated with head-stall-end frame member is a neck vise or head-stall mounted as well as a halter line member pivotably mounted on the same head-stall-end member near its top, the connections for maintaining the movable members in their fixed positions being by means of, for example, quick-acting removable pivot and securing pins, commonly tractor pins, set screws and the like.
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patent: 2729196 (1956-01-01), Breitenbach
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patent: 4470372 (1984-09-01), Norman
Baker Glwynn R.
Chamblee Hugh R.
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