Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7174851 | Animal display and habitat assembly An animal display and habitat assembly having a number of modular animal display units coupled together to enclose a common access area, each of the display units including an outwardly facing display frame with a viewing section between opposing upright members and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7104220 | Overhead livestock enclosure washing system An overhead livestock enclosure washing system for cleaning the pens of a livestock confinement building. The overhead livestock enclosure washing system includes a track member coupled to the ceiling of the building. A mobile unit operationally engages the track me... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7074124 | Ventilation system The present invention relates to a ventilation system that allows air to circulate in a building but excludes pests such as birds, insects, moths and flies to enter the building. The ventilation system includes at least one vent comprising an aperture in the roof of... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6871614 | Freestanding enclosure for large animals A freestanding enclosure for temporarily retaining large animals has a frame including four upstanding corner posts with a plurality of vertical posts horizontally spaced between each upstanding corner post. A plurality of horizontal cross rails are vertically space... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854424 | Kennel floor system A kennel floor system for use in a building including a lower floor unit and an upper floor unit supported on walls that extend between the lower and upper floor units. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6810832 | Automated animal house An efficient economical automated animal house is provided to increase the health and longevity of animals, such as poultry, and swine. The automated poultry house provides for automatic removal of contaminated bedding and replacement with fresh or recycled bedding.... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6705599 | Livestock cooling apparatus A livestock cooling apparatus comprising an electrically-powered fan, which is capable of oscillating 360 degrees. The apparatus may be used in conjunction with a programmable cooling system for livestock which allows each fan in the system to be programmed to sweep... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6655320 | Method for enhancing poultry production A method is provided for raising poultry, such as chickens, for food production. In a first preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of: providing a facility for housing the poultry, providing at least one light-absorbing ventilation fan associ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6578828 | Livestock cooling system A livestock cooling system creates an environment for protecting the health and productivity of animals, particularly dairy cows. One or more cooling fans are connected to programmable oscillation means, enabling the herds man to program fan oscillation a... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6073586 | Evaporative cooling system and method of cooling a poultry house An evaporative cooling system and a method of cooling a poultry house includes at least one evaporative cooling pad, a bracket extruded from a lightweight, plastic or galvanized steel for supporting the evaporative cooling pad adjacent an opening formed i... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6029608 | Animal containment device The invention is an animal containment device for the transportation, holding, feeding, watering, and caring for of animals. The device is designed to maintain adequate temperature, humidity, ventilation, and sanitary conditions. The device includes a ven... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5983833 | Construction including a shed for animals A shed for animals such as cows, having an overhead rail supported from the shed's roof which supports cleaning apparatus that is capable of being moved throughout the shed to remove manure and other debris from the floor. The cleaning apparatus includes ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5544622 | Building for accommodating livestock A building for accommodating livestock with a roof having two roof parts extending obliquely downward from a ridge, wherein transparent plate material extends parallel to the ridge, the ends edges of which plate material close to the ridge form between th... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5136980 | Animal confinement system An animal confinement system includes a building structure comprising a foundation, a floor supported by the foundation, an arched roof and side walls supported by the foundation and having a plurality of segmented, assemblable rib beam members. The struc... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4977856 | Rapid exit parlor system A rapid exit parlor system for milking cows, which includes a parlor frame mounted on a concrete floor having a centrally oriented milking pit, which frame includes at least one entry for receiving cattle in single file, multiple entry panels mounted on r... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4757638 | Bat elimination device A device and method are disclosed for use in eliminating bats from the interior of a structure. The device includes a housing having a tubular entry passage and a prism shaped exit chamber. The entry passage is mountable to a structure so as to substantia... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4726154 | Animal housing system An animal housing system, for example, a horse barn, is constructed to permit ready access by a vehicle for purposes of cleansing the interior of the structure and removal and replacement of the bedding and supporting surfaces. The housing system is struc... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4476809 | Cooling system for cattle confinement pens A cooling system for animal confinement pens employing roof-mounted fans and sprinkling head configuration that operate in a predetermined manner to maintain food consumption during high temperature, high humidity conditions without unduly increasing the ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4462334 | Solar animal structure The present invention entails an animal housing structure equipped with a solar heating system for heating the structure. Solar energy is collected by a roof-attic solar collector arrangement and the collected solar energy in the form of heat is transferr... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4323033 | Mobile arrangement for a group stabling and handling of farm animals A mobile arrangement for a group stabling and treatment of farm animals, especially of milk cows, in rectangular large-capacity cow-houses, in which animals are confiningly stabled and transported for milking. The arrangement combines the advantages of co... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4278048 | Veterinary medicine facility A building structure having side walls and end walls is divided into a reception area and a treatment area by a partition extending from one of the side walls. The partition, which includes a plurality of parallel horizontal tubular members having open en... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4222347 | Animal shelter for large-scale feedlot operations An animal shelter designed specifically for use in large scale feedlot operations, the shelter design facilitating quick and easy conversion or adaptability for seasonal or geographic extremes of weather.... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4129097 | Floor covering sheet for stables A stable floor for animals which is in structural combination with a floor covering sheet having at least two layers: a compressible sublayer of a resilient and highly porous filamentary matting partly embedded in a top layer which is impermeable to moist... | 12/12/1978 |
| 3991717 | Kennel, circular facility This patent applies to a kennel which incorporates a number of wedge-shaped partially covered enclosures, annularly disposed in an outer ring and inner ring separated by covered corridors. It incorporates a series of gutters for waste removal which resists the... | 11/16/1976 |
