A01K 31/007
Floors
Official title: {Floors}
A01K31/007 (Floors) appears on 47 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 93
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
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| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laying nest provided with an improved ejection system10 Feb 2026US 12,543,707 B2Valli S.P.A.
- Poultry coop and confinement area18 Nov 2025US 12,471,573 B1Nestera Inc.
- Nest box system with movable nest floor and floor movement mechanism with gear reduction9 Jul 2024US 12,029,201 B2Kaiser IP Corp.
- Laying nest provided with an improved ejection system17 Jan 2023US 11,553,696 B2Valli S.P.A.
- Method and apparatus for poultry colony storage and conveyance3 Jan 2023US 11,540,493 B1Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Extension system for aviaries1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293858 A1Zucami Poultry Equipment, S.L.U.
- Chicken nest with egg collector9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096542 A1Obschestvo s Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Chistoye Prechistoye
- Keeping facility for keeping poultry animals, related poultry animal keeping house, keeping method and use23 Jan 2025US 2025/0024818 A1Big Dutchman International GmbH
- Laying nest provided with an improved ejection system7 Nov 2024US 2024/0365756 A1Valli S.P.A.
- Housing system for poultry, and poultry house15 Aug 2024US 2024/0268357 A1Big Dutchman International GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disposable receptacle with integral flexible closure41US 4,779,566 A1988
- Apparatus and method for raising and transporting poultry33US 4,020,793 AB & J Machinery Company, Inc. · 1977
- Poultry tray liner33US 4,832,228 A1989
- Livestock flooring30US 4,362,128 AB. L. Downey Company, Inc. · 1982
- Apparatus for raising poultry utilizing high density brooding25US 4,480,588 ACumberland Corporation · 1984