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US 2016/0270368 A1Published application
Livestock feeder
AssigneeAmeriAg, LLC
InventorTravis Graves
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Abstract
Livestock feeders are provided. A livestock feeder can include a one-piece or multi-piece design. A livestock feeder can include a pan, a hood, and a base. The livestock feeder is suitable for providing feedstuffs such as nutritional supplements to a livestock animal on a free-choice basis. The livestock feeder can be durable, portable, non-corrosive and is designed to minimize spillage of feedstuffs and resist tipping over. The livestock feeder can be constructed from a molded polyethylene material.
Claims20
A livestock feeder comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical shaped pan having a bottom and sides forming a generally cylindrical outer periphery and recessed inner receptacle for holding feed;
- (b) a cylindrical shaped hood comprising a substantially cylindrical member affixed to and extending vertically from the pan;
- (c) an opening in the hood of a size sufficient to permit livestock to have access therethrough to the inner receptacle of the pan;
- (d) a disc-shaped flange extending perpendicular from the cylindrical outer periphery of the sides of the pan and near the bottom of the pan;
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- (e) a base affixed to or slidingly engaged with the bottom of the pan, wherein the base is an anti-tipping mechanism to maintain the feeder in an upright position,
- wherein a diameter of the disc-shaped flange is greater than the diameter of the cylindrical outer periphery of the pan, wherein the disc-shaped flange that extends from the cylindrical outer periphery of the sides of the pan provides a surface against which the base structure is affixed to or abutted against.
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A one-piece, molded livestock feeder comprising:
- a generally cylindrical structure having a bottom and a top,
- a disc-shaped flange on an outer periphery of the cylindrical structure, wherein the disc-shaped flange is near the bottom of the cylindrical structure and extends perpendicular from the cylindrical structure, wherein a diameter of the disc-shaped flange is greater than the diameter of the outer periphery of the cylindrical structure,
- an inner receptacle for holding feed,
- an opening on one side of the cylindrical structure of a size sufficient to permit livestock to have access there through to the inner receptacle, and
- a base structure affixed to or slidingly engaged to the bottom of the feeder, wherein the base structure is an anti-tipping mechanism to maintain the feeder in an upright position,
- wherein the disc-shaped flange that extends perpendicular from the cylindrical structure provides a surface against which the base structure is affixed to or abutted against,
- wherein the cylindrical structure, disc-shaped flange, inner receptacle and opening are together molded as a single, integral piece.
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A livestock feeder comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical shaped pan having a bottom and sides forming a generally cylindrical outer periphery and recessed inner receptacle for holding feed;
- (b) a cylindrical shaped hood comprising a substantially cylindrical member affixed to and extending vertically from the pan;
- (c) an opening in the hood of a size sufficient to permit livestock to have access therethrough to the inner receptacle of the pan;
- (d) a disc-shaped flange extending perpendicular from the cylindrical outer periphery of the sides of the pan and near the bottom of the pan;
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- (e) a base affixed to or slidingly engaged with the bottom of the pan, wherein the base is an anti-tipping mechanism to maintain the feeder in an upright position,
- wherein a diameter of the disc-shaped flange is greater than the diameter of the cylindrical outer periphery of the pan, wherein the disc-shaped flange that extends from the cylindrical outer periphery of the sides of the pan provides a surface against which the base structure is affixed to or abutted against,
- wherein the bottom of the pan and disc-shaped flange together form a lower surface of the feeder, wherein the lower surface of the feeder forms a continuous planar surface configured to rest on a ground surface when the feeder is in use as a livestock feeder,
- wherein the cylindrical shaped pan, cylindrical shaped hood, opening in the hood, and disc-shaped flange together form a single molded piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.