Feeding device for livestock transport trailers
AssigneeAmple Construction Ltd.
InventorDwight Wigemyr
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Abstract
A feeding device for preventing displacement of feed during livestock feeding inside a livestock trailer is described. The device includes a wall bracket configured for connection of the device to an interior surface of the trailer and a net frame having a net connected thereto. The net frame is connected to the wall bracket and pivotable from an elevated open position permitting the feed to be placed on a substantially flat manger surface of the trailer to a substantially horizontal closed position where the net covers the feed on the manger surface and permits the livestock feeding to occur through the net while the net prevents the displacement of the feed.
Claims11
A feeding device for preventing displacement of feed during livestock feeding inside a livestock trailer, the device comprising:
- a wall bracket configured for connection of the device to an interior surface of the trailer,
- a net frame bracket pivotably connected to the wall bracket, the net frame bracket shaped to provide a pair of opposed outwardly extending arms and corresponding end portions with gaps;
- a net frame having a net connected thereto, the net frame having parallel arms configured to slide within the gaps of the net frame bracket to provide adjustable positions of the net frame;
- wherein the net frame bracket is pivotable from an elevated open position permitting the feed to be placed on a flat manger surface of the trailer to a closed position where the net covers the feed on the manger surface which permits the livestock feeding to occur through the net while the net prevents the displacement of the feed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.