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US 4,362,128 AGranted
Livestock flooring
AssigneeB. L. Downey Company, Inc.
InventorBernard L. Downey
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Abstract
A coated animal flooring which is raised off a barn or crate floor but requires no independent framing. A deck is formed of filler wires extending in one direction and base wires extending perpendicular thereto. The wires are either welded or crimped together. Welded to the underwide of the deck, extending parallel to each other, are a plurality of support bars. Welded to the base of each of the support bars, extending perpendicular thereto, are a plurality of tie rods. The flooring is coated, preferably with plastic.
Claims7
A livestock flooring panel, comprising:
- a. a horizontal deck;
- b. said deck including a plurality of steel base wires extending parallel to each other a first predetermined substantial uniform distance apart;
- c. said deck further including a plurality of steel filler wires extending parallel to each other a seconnd predetermined substantially uniform distance apart;
- d. said filler wires extending perpendicular to said base wires and engaging them at intersections;
- e. means fastening said filler wires and said base wires together at said intersections;
- f. a plurality of individual, elongated steel support bars depending from said deck between its edges and adapted to support said deck from a support surface;
- g. said support bars being separately welded to certain of said steel wires in at least one of said sets of steel wires;
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- h. a resilient plastic coating material substantially uniformly covering the base wires, filler wires and support bars after they are welded together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.