US 6,925,962 B2Granted

Elevated beam cow stall assembly

AssigneeNorbco, Inc.

InventorJoseph R. Moreau

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Abstract

An elevated-beam cow stall assembly employs angle brackets each installed on a respective vertical post. Support stanchions formed of a vertical rail, with upper and receiver members affixed at upper and lower ends of the rail, are attached to the back plates of the angle brackets, and the back plates also support the horizontal support beam. Tubular stall dividers each have an upper and a lower horizontal rail, the ends of which are mounted into the receivers of the stanchions. Additional stanchions may be affixed, i.e., with U-bolts, at intermediate locations along the horizontal beam, and these stanchions also support associated stall dividers. Neck rails may be attached to the upper rails of the dividers, and brisket rails or brisket pipes may be supported on the lower rails of the dividers. This construction permits an unobstructed space below the horizontal beam to give the cow some freedom of movement for lying down and rising.

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Dependent claims

Freestall elevated beam cow stall assembly, comprising

at least a pair of vertical posts aligned in respect to a floor of a row of cow stalls;
first and second angle brackets each including a side plate mounted onto a respective one of said posts, and an apertured back plate;
a plurality of support stanchions each including a vertical rail, an upper receiver affixed at an upper part of the vertical rail, and a lower receiver affixed at a lower part of the vertical rail;
a first one of said support stanchions being mounted onto the back plate of said first angle bracket and a second one of said support stanchions being mounted onto the back plate of said second angle bracket;
a horizontal beam affixed onto the back plates of said angle brackets and extending transversely between said posts;
and
at least first and second stall dividers each having an upper horizontal rail and a lower horizontal rail, with ends of the upper and lower rails being mounted in the receivers of said first and second support stanchions, respectively.

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