Feed container with internal retention member
AssigneeDuraPlas, LP
InventorVictor A. Sahm, III
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Abstract
A feed container for storing hardened livestock feed is disclosed. The feed container has a storage area defined by a bottom wall and a sidewall for retaining animal feed within the storage area when the feed is in a solid phase and the feed container is in a non-upward resting position or is on its sidewall. Also disclosed is a method for utilizing a feed container, having said storage area for retaining animal feed within the storage area when the feed is in a solid phase and the feed container is in a non-upward resting position or is on its sidewall.
Claims20
A container for storing feed, the container comprising:
- a bottom wall and a sidewall extending from the bottom wall, the bottom wall forming a floor along an entirety of a bottom of the container,
- the sidewall having a top end opposite the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the sidewall forming a storage area for receiving feed therein;
- a retention member having a continuous retention sidewall extending from an inner surface of the sidewall a first length into the storage area, the continuous retention member being spaced apart from the bottom wall of the container, the continuous retention sidewall having a first end extending from the inner surface of the sidewall of the container and a second end opposite the first end that extends into the storage area;
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- the retention member forming a hollow interior in fluid communication with the storage area through an opening at the continuous retention sidewall second end to receive and retain the feed within the storage area.
A container for storing feed therein, the container comprising:
- a sidewall and a bottom wall forming a storage area for holding feed, the sidewall having a lower half adjacent the bottom wall, and an upper half adjacent a top end of the storage area opposite the bottom wall;
- one or more retention members extending from the sidewall and into the storage area from the lower half of the sidewall;
- each of the one or more retention members having a retention sidewall that has a first end that extends from the sidewall of the container and an opposed second end that extends inward into the storage area;
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- each retention sidewall and the sidewall of the container forming an enclosed hollow interior, the hollow interior formed to open into the storage area such that the enclosed hollow interior remains in communication with the storage area through an opening at the retention sidewall second end.
A container for storing feed therein, the container comprising:
- a sidewall and a bottom wall forming a storage area for holding feed, the sidewall having a lower half adjacent the bottom wall, and an upper half adjacent a top end of the storage area opposite the bottom wall;
- a retention member extending from the sidewall and into the storage area, the retention member having a first end that extends from the sidewall of the container and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the retention member is spaced apart from the bottom wall of the container;
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- the retention member and the sidewall of the container forming an interior area having an opening that opens into the storage area such that the interior area remains in communication with the storage area through the interior area opening, so that feed is retained by the hollow interior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.