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US 5,669,183 AGranted
Device and method for protecting baled hay from moisture
OwnerKurt B. Frentressinventor
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Abstract
A circular disk approximately 6 feet in diameter and approximately 0.50 inches thick, having a small hole through the center of the disk for engagement with a screw or a spike, and method of using the same. The user places the disk atop one or more bales of hay standing on end, and secures the cover to the topmost bale by engaging a screw or spike through the center of the cover and into the bale of hay.
Claims2
A combination for protecting hay from precipitation, comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical bale of hay having a first circular end for placement on a ground level and a second circular end thereabove, said bale having a columnar portion extending between said first and second ends;
- (b) a planar, disk-shaped circular top portion completely covering the first circular end;
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- (c) a unitary sleeve portion extending downward from said top portion, said sleeve portion covering at least part of the columnar portion of said bale, and said sleeve portion extending downward a uniform distance from the entire circumference of said top portion;
- wherein said circular top portion is substantially waterproof.
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A combination for protecting hay from precipitation, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of cylindrical bales of hay, each bale having a first circular end and a second circular end and a columnar portion extending therebetween;
- (i) the bales being stacked vertically onto one another to form a single column, so that a circular end of each of the plurality of bales abuts a circular end of another one of the plurality of bales,
- (ii) exactly one of the plurality of bales being disposed with one of its circular ends on a ground level, exactly one other of the plurality of bales being an uppermost bale, the uppermost bale having an uppermost circular end;
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- (b) a cover having a planar, disk-shaped circular top portion completely covering the uppermost circular end of said uppermost bale, said cover having a unitary sleeve portion extending downward from said top portion, said sleeve portion covering at least part of the columnar portion of said uppermost bale, and said sleeve portion extending uniformly downward from the entire circumference of said top portion;
- wherein said circular top portion is substantially waterproof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.