Mobile feeder

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2006-07-11

2006-07-11

Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)

Animal husbandry

Feeding device

Racks

Reexamination Certificate

active

07073460

ABSTRACT:
A mobile feeder uses a wagon wheel set with a draw bar. The wheel set serves as the undercarriage for the feeder. The feeder has a plurality of arcuate supports that are spaced sufficiently to allow livestock to feed between. The arcuate supports are resiliently hung from a frame that defines the outer dimensions of the feeder and pass under a central, longitudinally extending frame bar. When impacted from an animal feeding transverse to the feeder, the arcuate supports flex resiliently, while still retaining proper spacing for both feed and animal. Resilient attachments couple the arcuate supports to frame, and links couple adjacent arcuate supports and thereby distribute forces and help to maintain spacing. Feed trays are provided beneath the arcuate supports to catch and retain any feed inadvertently escaping from the arcuate supports. The feed trays are most preferably sloped from the longitudinal center down and away from the longitudinal center, to provide gravity assist in delivering the errant feed to feeding animals.

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