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US 8,893,655 B2Granted
Game feeder apparatus and related methods
OwnerJohn Wesley Moore, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a game feeder that may be operated by weak or weakened operators for low costs. In one embodiment, the disclosed game feeder comprises: a base with stabilizing legs; a yoke with uprights and a back support extending upwardly from the base; a lifting arm pivotally positioned above the yoke so that said arm extends forward and rearward; an operating jack extending upwardly from the base and connected to the rear end of the lifting arm for pivoting the lifting arm on the yoke; and a barrel with a distributor which are positioned at the front end of the lifting arm. Practically, an operator of the game feeder may suitably lower the barrel, provide feed to a receptacle of the barrel, raise the barrel, and activate the distributor to spread the feed to the ground area near the game feeder.
Claims18
A game feeder comprising:
- A. a base defined by
- (a) a rectangular frame with a front, a rear, a rear right corner, rear left corner, forward right corner, and a forward left corner,
- (b) a first stabilizing leg that extends from the right front corner of the frame in a forward and rightward direction along a first plane relative to the rectangular frame, and
- (c) a second stabilizing leg that extends from the left front corner of the frame in a forward and leftward direction along the first plane relative to the rectangular frame;
- B. a yoke defined by
- (a) backwardly angled uprights, each upright secured to the front of the frame of the base between the first and second stabilizing legs,
- (b) a first back support leg extending to the uprights from the rear left corner of the frame and
- (c) a second back support leg extending to the uprights from the rear right corner of the frame;
- C. a lifting arm with a front end and a back end, wherein the lifting arm is pivotally coupled to the yoke between the uprights at a location between the front and back ends;
- D. a barrel that is pivotally connected to the front end of the lifting arm;
- E. a screw jack defined by a longitudinal axis with
- (a) an upper piston connected to the back end of the lifting arm,
- (b) a. lower piston communicating with the upper piston and attached to the rear of the frame of the base,
- the longitudinal axis of the screw jack being perpendicular to the first plane;
- and,
- F. a distributor for spreading feed placed in the barrel;
- wherein extension and retraction of the upper piston directly correlates to the elevation of the barrel;
- and
- wherein the barrel is located at about the midsegment of the first and second stabilizing legs.
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A method of supplying a feeder with feed comprising the steps of
- ensuring that the feeder comprises
- A. a base defined by
- (a) a rectangular frame with a front. a rear, a rear right corner, rear left corner, forward right corner, and a forward left corner,
- (b) a first stabilizing leg that extends from the right front corner of the frame in a forward and rightward direction along a first plane relative to the rectangular frame, and
- (c) a second stabilizing leg that extends from the left front corner of the frame in a forward and leftward direction along the first plane relative to the rectangular frame,
- B. a yoke defined by
- (a) backwardly angled uprights, each upright secured to the front of the frame of the base between the first and second stabilizing legs,
- (b) a first back support leg extending to the uprights from the rear left corner of the frame and,
- (c) a second back support leg extending to the uprights from the rear right corner of the frame,
- C. a lifting arm with a front end and a back end, wherein the lifting arm is pivotally coupled to the yoke between the uprights at a location between the front and back ends.
- D. a barrel that is pivotally connected to the front end of the lifting arm,
- E. a screw jack defined by a longitudinal axis with
- (a) an upper piston connected to the back end of the lifting arm,
- (b) a lower piston communicating with the upper piston and attached to the rear of the frame of the base,
- the longitudinal axis of the screw jack being perpendicular to the first plane;
- F. a distributor for spreading feed placed in the barrel;
- wherein extension and retraction of the upper piston directly correlates to the elevation of the barrel;
- and
- wherein the barrel is located at about the midsegment of the first and second stabilizing legs
- providing feed to a feed receptacle of the barrel;
- and,
- pivoting the lifting arm via contraction of the screw jack.
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A game feeder comprising:
- a stabilizing base defined by
- (a) a rectangular frame with a front, a rear, a rear right corner, rear left corner, forward right corner, and a forward left corner,
- (b) a first stabilizing leg that extends from the right front corner of the frame in a forward and rightward direction in a first plane relative to the rectangular frame, and
- (c) a second stabilizing leg that extends from the left front corner of the frame in a forward and leftward direction in the first plane relative to the rectangular frame;
- a lever on a fulcrum, the lever being pivotally attached to spaced apart portions of the fulcrum, the fulcrum being attached to the front and the rear corners of the frame:
- and,
- an operating jack positioned at the rear of the frame for pivoting the lever on said fulcrum, the operating jack having a lower piston and an upper piston, the lower piston being operationally configured to maintain movement of the upper piston linearly along a plane perpendicular to the first plane.
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