# US 7,603,965 B1 · Livestock panel cover

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- Number: US 7,603,965 B1
- Document ID: US7603965B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 12/057,751
- Filed: 2008-03-28
- Granted: 2009-10-20
- Earliest claimed: 2005-12-01
- Inventors: Lane Betts
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7603965B1

## CPC

- A01K 3/00: Pasturing equipment, e.g. tethering devices; Grids for preventing cattle from straying; Electrified wire fencing (electric circuits or apparatus for supplying electric wire fencing H05C)
- A01K 1/0005: {Stable partitions (devices for fastening animals A01K1/06; pasturing enclosures A01K3/00)}
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A cover for a livestock panel to provide shelter from wind and/or block vision through the panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wind screen for a livestock panel, comprising: a livestock panel;
a front sheet having top, side, and bottom edges and wherein said side edges include notches for accommodating brackets or hinges extending from said livestock panel;
a rear sheet having top, side, and bottom edges having lengths substantially the same as the edges of said front sheet, wherein said side edges include notches for accommodating brackets or hinges extending from said livestock panel;
means for aligning and joining said front sheet to said rear sheet along said top and side edges; and
additional fastening means positioned substantially in central areas of said front and rear sheets away from said top edges, side edges, and bottom edges for joining central portions of said front and rear sheets to each other;
wherein said wind screen is dimensioned to substantially envelop said livestock panel and is operative to block wind; said front and rear sheets comprising fabric with properties selected from flexibility, wind resistance, durability, opacity, weight, and combinations thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, wherein said means for joining is selected from seams attaching said front and rear sheets to each other, folds between said front and rear sheets, and gussets inserted between said sheets.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, wherein said means for aligning and joining is adapted for repeatedly joining said front and rear sheets to each other and detaching said front and rear sheets from each other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The livestock wind screen of claim 3, wherein said means for aligning and detachably joining is selected from zippers, snaps, buttons, buckles, hook and loop fasteners, ties, lacing systems, and combinations thereof.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, wherein said additional fastening means are selected from snaps, buttons, buckles, hook and loop fasteners, ties, lacing systems, and combinations thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, wherein:
said wind screen comprises first and second sections, each section including front and rear sheets with each sheet having notches along one side edge for accommodating brackets or hinges extending from said livestock panel and a second side edge;
each of said sections comprises additional fastening means positioned away from said top edges, side edges, and bottom edges for joining central portions of said front and rear sheets to each other;
said first and second sections are mateable with each other by overlapping said front sheets and said rear sheets; and
said wind screen further comprises means for securing said sections to each other.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The livestock wind screen of claim 6, wherein said means for securing is selected from zippers, snaps, buttons, buckles, hook and loop fasteners, ties, lacing systems, and combinations thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, additionally comprising means for joining said front and rear sheets along said bottom edges.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, wherein said wind screen is dimensioned to envelop a substantially rectangular livestock panel.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, further comprising means for attaching additional objects to said wind screen.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The livestock wind screen of claim 10, wherein said means for attaching is selected from loops, eyelets, and transparent windows.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The livestock wind screen of claim 1, wherein at least some of said edges are reinforced.