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.
Claims17
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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.