Pig pen
OwnerEric Van Grootheest, Annette Van Grootheestinventors
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Abstract
A pig pen has side walls joined together by end walls to form a substantially rectangular enclosure. An angled divider is pivotable inside the pen, having a first end pivotably arranged on a pivot on one end wall and second end attachable to any one of a plurality of mounts on the opposite end wall. The divider has a first straight portion joined at an angle to a second straight portion, and a lower bar attached with one end adjacent the first end and an opposite end adjacent the second end of the divider. The lower bar is shorter than the total length of the divider and arranged below it, to break the fall of a sow lying down on her side adjacent the divider to provide time for any piglets close to the sow to move away from the sow.
Claims12
A pig pen comprising:
- a first side wall spaced-apart from a second side wall, said first and second side walls joined together by a first end wall and a second end wall to form a substantially rectangular enclosure;
- a substantially flat floor;
- a gate in said first end wall;
- a divider, having a first end pivotably arranged on a pivot on said first end wall and a second end attachable to any one of a plurality of mounts on an inner end wall arranged between said first end wall and said second end wall adjacent said second end wall, so that said divider divides said pig pen into a first space accessible via said gate and a second substantially L-shaped space;
- wherein said divider further has a lower bar attached with one end adjacent said first end and an opposite end adjacent said second end of said divider, said lower bar protruding a preset distance from said divider, in a direction towards said first space, said lower bar arranged below said divider, to break the fall of a sow lying down on her side adjacent said divider to provide time for any piglets close to the sow to move away from the sow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.