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US 11,882,811 B1Granted
Automated livestock feeder
OwnerTodd Libsackinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing and automatically feeding livestock having a guided pivoting panel member.
Claims16
A storage and automated feeding unit for livestock, the improvement comprising:
- said storage and feeding unit having a base panel, at least one roof panel member, at least one loading gate member, at least one upper entry panel and a pair of opposite, generally squared end panels;
- said end panels joined to opposite side edges of said base panel;
- said at least one loading gate member having a side edge hingedly secured to a side edge of said at least one end panel of said end panels;
- said at least one upper entry panel having at least one outside edge pivotally secured to an outside edge of said at least one roof panel member;
- a plurality of skid members secured to a lower exterior surface of said base panel;
- at least one actuating means operatively engaged with said at least one end panel of said end panels and said at least one roof panel member for automatically raising said at least one roof panel member;
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- said at least one actuating means electrically engaged with at least one timer, at least one relay and at least one power source.
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An automated livestock feeding apparatus having dual end panels, at least one roof panel member, a base member, front and rear panels and an actuating member, the improvement comprising;
- said dual end panels having interior arched guideways disposed along an upper portion of said dual end panels for engagement with said at least one roof panel;
- said at least one roof panel member is mechanically engaged with said actuating member, wherein said actuating member raises said at least one roof panel member;
- said base member has spaced perforations;
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- at least one of said front and rear panels includes a lower gate member secured to one of said end panels and an upper feeder panel pivotally engaged with said at least one roof panel member and wherein said upper feeder panel engages with said arched guideways.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.