Poultry coop and confinement area
AssigneeNestera Inc.
InventorsRichard Alan Freedman, Kyle Hardman
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Abstract
A coop that includes a plurality of interlocking walls forming a roosting chamber, the first side panel having a nesting chamber access aperture, a second side wall having a roosting chamber access panel, a second side panel top section and a second side panel bottom section. The coop further includes a nesting chamber positioned over a nesting chamber access aperture within the first side panel, the nesting chamber having a left side wall, a right side wall, an end wall, and a nesting chamber roof.
Claims20
A poultry housing comprising:
- a roosting chamber comprised of a plurality of interlocking walls comprising a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel that, together with a roosting chamber floor that interlocks with the front panel, the first side panel, the back panel and the second side panel and roosting chamber roof that interlocks with the front panel, the first side panel, the back panel and the second side panel, define an interior roosting chamber volume of the roosting chamber, wherein the first side panel comprises a nesting chamber access aperture defined by a cutout perimeter spaced from a perimeter of the first side panel and wherein the second side panel comprises a roosting chamber access panel, a second side panel top section and a second side panel bottom section wherein the second side panel top section and the second side panel bottom section define a roosting chamber access aperture and the roosting chamber access panel overlays the roosting chamber access aperture and a portion of the second side panel top section and the second side panel bottom section when the roosting chamber access panel is engaged with the second side panel top section and the second side panel bottom section and wherein the roosting chamber access panel is removable and engageable by hand and without use of tools to allow a user to access the interior roosting chamber volume through the roosting chamber access aperture, and wherein the roosting chamber access panel further comprises at least one downwardly extending roosting floor aperture engaging extension that matingly engages a corresponding number of roosting floor apertures within at least one roosting chamber floor projections that extend away from a main portion of the roosting chamber floor;
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- a nesting chamber positioned over the nesting chamber access aperture within the first side panel of the roosting chamber wherein the nesting chamber comprises a left side wall, a right side wall, and end wall and a nesting chamber roof.
A chicken coop comprising:
- a plurality of interlocking walls comprising a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel that together with a roosting chamber floor and roosting chamber roof define an interior roosting chamber volume of a roosting chamber, wherein the first side panel comprises a nesting chamber access aperture defined by a cutout perimeter spaced from a perimeter of the first side panel and wherein the second side panel comprises a roosting chamber access panel, a second side panel top section and a second side panel bottom section;
- a nesting chamber positioned over the nesting chamber access aperture within the first side panel of the roosting chamber wherein the nesting chamber comprises a left side wall, a right side wall, and end wall and a nesting chamber roof;
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- a moisture guard engaged with the first side panel and above the nesting chamber roof, wherein the moisture guard is planar and extends between the front panel and the back panel of the roosting chamber.
A chicken coop construction kit comprising chicken coop construction materials packaged in one or more cuboid shaped containers wherein the chicken coop construction materials comprise at least the following components packaged in the one or more cuboid shaped containers that are stackable when shipped:
- a roosting chamber front panel;
- a roosting chamber first side panel;
- a roosting chamber back panel;
- a roosting chamber second side panel having a centrally located nesting chamber access aperture therein;
- a roosting chamber floor having at least one drain hole proximate a center of the roosting chamber floor;
- a roosting chamber roof;
- a nesting chamber left side wall;
- a nesting chamber right side wall;
- a nesting chamber end wall;
- a nesting chamber roof;
- a poultry ramp;
- a left side planar ramp support wall;
- a right side planar ramp support wall;
- a planar horizontally positioned step;
- an elongated, planar moisture guard;
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- a plurality of fasteners;
- wherein at least the roosting chamber front panel, the roosting chamber first side panel, the roosting chamber back panel, the roosting chamber second side panel, the roosting chamber floor, the nesting chamber left side wall, the nesting chamber right side wall, the nesting chamber end wall, and the nesting chamber roof are a composite plastic material, wherein the composite plastic material comprises:
- 1) An outer layer, an inner layer, and a middle layer consisting of recycled plastic material disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer;
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- 2) An outer layer and an inner layer, wherein the inner layer consists of recycled plastic material;
- wherein the composite plastic material comprises an exterior facing surface having a feature chosen from the group consisting of at least one color that is not black, a texturization viewable by the naked eye, a wood grain pattern viewable by the naked eye and combinations thereof;
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- wherein the composite plastic material comprises recycled plastic material in an amount up to 70% by weight of the composite plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.