Portable and collapsable modular calf housing system
AssigneePoly Dome Ontario Inc.
InventorDarren Van Buuren
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Abstract
A portable and collapsible modular calf housing system featuring at least one pen comprising a front panel and two side panels and optionally a rear panel forming a pen. The side panels include channels in which the front panel can slide vertically to adjust the height of a feeding pail attached thereto. The channels are disposed on either face of each side panel to enable a front panel from each one of adjacent pens to be joined to form a plurality of interconnected pens.
Claims8
A portable pen unit for use in housing a calf in isolation from a herd, the pen unit comprising a frame having a front panel and opposing side panels combining to define an interior containment area, wherein:
- the front panel carries a door hingedly movable between an open position and a closed position and the door is releasably maintained in the closed position;
- the door carries at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle for receiving a corresponding feeding pail;
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- the at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle is adapted to be vertically movable relative to the opposed side panels to adjust the height of the at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle and the at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle is adapted to be securable in a plurality of stably supported vertical positions relative to the opposed side panels.
A portable pen assembly kit for use in housing a calf in isolation from a herd, the portable pen assembly kit comprising a frame having a front panel and opposing side panels combining to define an interior containment area, wherein:
- the front panel carries a door hingedly movable between an open position and a closed position and the door is releasably maintained in the closed position;
- the door carries at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle for receiving a corresponding feeding pail;
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- the at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle is adapted to be vertically movable relative to the opposed side panels to adjust the height of the at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle and the at least one apertured feeding pail receptacle is adapted to be securable in a plurality of stably supported vertical positions relative to the opposed side panels.
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