Device for laterally defining a cattle stall
OwnerMartin Glogglerinventor
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Abstract
A device for laterally defining a cattle stall. The device has an upright pipe supported in a floor of the cattle stall and a self-supporting bail supported by upper portions of the pipe. The lower arm of the bail is positioned above the floor at a height greater than the height of a prostrate or prone animal occupying the stall. A resilient or flexible belt has an upper end connected to the lower member and a lower end connected to the floor of the stall. The belt has a width sufficient to cover at least two ribs of an animal occupying the stall and protects the animal from injury resulting from contact with the lower portion of the bail.
Claims14
A device for laterally defining a cattle stall comprising:
- upright support means (1) having a lower end anchorable in a floor of a cattle stall;
- and boundary means including a bail (4) for defining a lateral boundary of the cattle stall supported by said support means and extending from said support means towards an entrance of the stall, said boundary means including:
- a generally horizontally-extending lower member (4') supported by said support means and positionable above the floor at a predetermined height, the height being greater than the height of a prostrate or prone animal occupying the stall;
- a generally horizontally-extending upper member supported by said support means and positioned above said lower member;
- a flexible belt (8) spaced from said support means and extending from said lower member to the floor of the cattle stall, the belt having a predetermined width sufficiently wide to cover at least two ribs of an animal occupying the stall;
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- means for connecting a lower end of said belt to the floor of the stall so that said belt protects an animal from injury from contact with said lower member or an adjacent animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.