Relocatable grazing yards
OwnerClive N. Nortoninventor
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Abstract
A relocatable grazing enclosure suitable for grazing farm animals such as dairy calves or kids. The enclosure comprises a plurality of wall units each of which includes at least one leg member. The enclosure also comprises a plurality of base units, each base unit including at least one recess for receiving a leg member of a wall unit. The wall units are arranged to form the enclosure.
Claims27
In a relocatable grazing enclosure comprising a plurality of wall units and an associated plurality of base units linked together to define the periphery of said enclosure, the combination comprising:
- a wall unit including a frame member supporting a barrier element, said wall unit being adapted to prevent passage of grazing animals through said wall unit;
- said frame member having at least on leg member;
- and
- at least one base unit adapted to maintain said wall unit in an upright position and having at least one recess adapted to receive a leg member of said frame member, said base unit having a rounded ground contacting surface and means adapted for linking like base units together to facilitate movement of the base units, and concomitantly an assembled grazing enclosure, across a pasture as a unitary structure.
A relocatable grazing enclosure comprising a plurality of wall units and an associated plurality of base units adapted to maintain said wall units in an upright position and linked together to define the periphery of said enclosure therein:
- each wall unit includes a frame member supporting a barrier element adapted to prevent passage of grazing animals therethrough;
- each frame member having at least one leg member;
- and
- each base unit includes a recess receiving a leg member of a frame member and has a rounded ground contacting surface and means linking like base units together to facilitate movement of said enclosure across a pasture as a unitary structure.
A relocatable grazing enclosure comprising a plurality of wall units and an associated plurality of base units adapted to maintain said wall units in an upright position and linked together to define the periphery of said enclosure therein:
- each wall unit includes a frame member supporting a barrier element adapted to prevent passage of grazing animals therethrough;
- each frame member having at least one leg member;
- and,
- each base unit includes a recess receiving a leg member of a frame member and has a rounded ground contacting surface adapted for facilitating movement along an engaged ground surface at least in forward and rearward directions, and means linking like base unit together to facilitate movement of said enclosure across a pasture as a unitary structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.