Anchoring systems for mobile livestock enclosures
AssigneePerdue Foods LLC
InventorDaniel J. Coady
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Abstract
In general, one aspect disclosed features an anchoring system for anchoring an at least partially floorless mobile livestock enclosure to the ground. The anchoring system comprising: a securing flange configured to mechanically couple the anchoring system to the enclosure; an anchor; and a drive configured to place the anchor into contact with the ground, and to retract the anchor from contact with the ground.
Claims20
An anchoring system for anchoring an at least partially floorless mobile livestock enclosure to the ground, the anchoring system comprising:
- a controller;
- an anchor mechanically coupled to an at least partially floorless mobile livestock enclosure;
- and
- a motor configured to place the anchor into contact with the ground, and to retract the anchor from contact with the ground;
- wherein:
- the enclosure comprises multiple wheels to allow the at least partially floorless mobile livestock enclosure to move across the ground, and at least one brake configured to prevent rotation of the wheels, and
- the controller is configured to engage the at least one brake prior to placing the anchor into contact with the ground.
An anchoring system for anchoring an at least partially floorless mobile livestock enclosure to the ground, the anchoring system comprising:
- a stake having a standing end and a free end;
- and
- a drive configured to lower the free end of the stake to the ground;
- and to raise the free end of the stake from the ground;
- wherein motion of the enclosure in a first direction across the ground drives the free end of the stake into the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.