Animal feeder apparatus
AssigneeBrehmer Manufacturing
InventorsJAMIE BREHMER, JOEY BREHMER
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Abstract
An animal feeder apparatus including a feed hopper defining an interior for receiving a quantity of feed, an upper opening and a lower feed discharge opening. A feed shelf may be located below the feed hopper and have an upper feed support surface with at least a portion of the upper feed support surface being located directly below the feed discharge opening of the feed hopper. A feed trough may be located toward the bottom of the apparatus below the feed hopper and below the feed shelf, and form a lower feed support surface upon which feed falling from the hopper and shelf rests. A feed shelf movement assembly may be configured to permit a feeding animal to move the feed shelf from a location adjacent to the lower feed support surface of the feed trough.
Claims16
An animal feeder apparatus having a top, a bottom, opposite ends, and opposite sides, the apparatus being elongated in a longitudinal direction between the opposite ends and having a lateral direction between the opposite sides, the animal feeder apparatus comprising:
- a feed hopper defining an interior for receiving a quantity of feed, the feed hopper having an upper opening and a lower feed discharge opening;
- a feed shelf located below the feed hopper, the feed shelf having an upper feed support surface with at least a portion of the upper feed support surface being located directly below the feed discharge opening of the feed hopper;
- a feed trough located toward the bottom of the apparatus below the feed hopper and below the feed shelf, the feed trough forming a lower feed support surface upon which feed falling from the hopper and shelf rests;
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- a feed shelf movement assembly configured to permit a feeding animal to move the feed shelf from a location adjacent to the lower feed support surface of the feed trough.
An animal feeder apparatus having a top, a bottom, opposite ends, and opposite sides, the apparatus being elongated in a longitudinal direction between the opposite ends and having a lateral direction between the opposite sides, the animal feeder apparatus comprising:
- a feed hopper defining an interior for receiving a quantity of feed, the feed hopper having an upper opening and a lower feed discharge opening;
- a feed shelf located below the feed hopper, the feed shelf having an upper feed support surface with at least a portion of the upper feed support surface being located directly below the feed discharge opening of the feed hopper, the feed shelf being movable with respect to the feed hopper in the longitudinal direction of the feeder apparatus and the lateral direction of the feeder apparatus;
- a feed trough located toward the bottom of the apparatus below the feed hopper and below the feed shelf, the feed trough forming a lower feed support surface upon which feed falling from the hopper and shelf rests;
- a feed shelf movement assembly configured to permit a feeding animal to move the feed shelf from a location adjacent to the lower feed support surface of the feed trough;
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- wherein the feed shelf movement assembly is actuatable by the feeding animal while consuming feed from the lower feed support surface of the feed trough to move the feed shelf in the longitudinal direction of the feeder apparatus without requiring a feeding animal to directly contact the feed shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.