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Class 119/61.3 - Covering, guard, or closure, e.g., to minimize roosting


Subclass of Class 119 - Animal husbandry
Definition: Subject matter including structure designed to fit over
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 01/08/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7316345Desktop change holder and wall mount
The present invention provides a bank storage unit that may be supported and/or mounted to a bank holder to allow a user to store the bank storage unit to any vertical surface. The holster includes one or more support strips that may present a surface to support the...
01/08/2008
7314023Animal feeder
An animal feeder and assembly method is provided wherein a removable top cover has a feeder bowl opening. A feeder bowl is aligned with the opening in the top cover and is pressed against the top cover by a suspension system. A sidewall is provided to which the remo...
01/01/2008
7308867Mechanism for prevention of diurnal feeding from wildlife treatment and feeding device
Deer and other nocturnal animals may be allowed to feed from a feeding device which also restricts feeding by squirrels, birds, and other diurnal feeders. The apparatus includes a walled enclosure having a sloped bottom for facilitating the gravity flow of animal fe...
12/18/2007
7284500Animal feeder
An animal feeder and assembly method is provided wherein a removable top cover has a feeder bowl opening. A feeder bowl is aligned with the opening in the top cover and is pressed against the top cover by a suspension system. A sidewall is provided to which the remo...
10/23/2007
7162973Grill member for use in a poultry feeder
A grill member for use in a poultry feeder assembly has a generally curved rim member having an outward side surface which varies in radial distance relative to a center of the grill member and a top surface which varies in vertical height relative to a generally pl...
01/16/2007
7017522Farrowing crate with a low profile feeder
A farrowing crate is defined by a cage having a main central flooring section for the sow and two side sections for the piglets. A feeder is located at the front wall for supplying feed to the sow when standing and includes a hopper mounted on a front gate outside t...
03/28/2006
6990925Deer and game feeder
A portable deer and game feeder includes a tub-like feeder box, a support frame for supporting the feeder box, the support frame including a plurality of removable legs for supporting the feeder box above the ground, and a roof extending over the feeder box and bein...
01/31/2006
6915761Weatherproof pet feeder
A weatherproof pet feeder (12) has an enclosure (14) pivotally mounted to a feeder base (16) by a hinge (18). Latches (22) secure the enclosure (14) in a downward position on the feeder base (16). The feeder base (...
07/12/2005
6691642Feed trough
A hay feed trough whose construction and materials render the trough more resistant to weather, as well as provides improved retention of fodder to reduce waste. The feed trough includes a support frame having longitudinal members oriented in a longitudin...
02/17/2004
5947055Movable livestock feeder for baled hay with solid trough
A livestock feeder has a trough having a downwardly sloping section of a feeding surface ending in a lowermost portion disposed below a suspended horizontal bottom hay bale stop bar. The horizontal bottom hay bale stop bar is positioned above and not in c...
09/07/1999
5870969Feed container with sliding cover lid and creep feeder cage
A feeding apparatus for feeding livestock. The apparatus includes a feed container having an upper opening. The container has two projecting lips extending along portions of a perimeter surrounding the upper opening. A sliding cover has two retaining chan...
02/16/1999
5749315Animal feeder
An animal feeder including a hopper portion and a trough portion. The hopper portion is removable from the trough portion to facilitate cleaning. By providing a plurality of trough portions having differing numbers of feed holes in one or both sides, the ...
05/12/1998
5738037Watering trough for horses and other animals
A drinking vessel is placed in a horse trailer. To prevent water from sloshing out of the vessel, an opening in the top of the vessel has a tube shaped shield extending into the vessel....
04/14/1998
5626096Truck tire cattle feeder
An improved mineral feeder for cattle utilizing three used truck tires and a metal roof. The mineral feeder design uses the durability and weight of truck tires to resist the abuse from cattle and ill effects of corrosion on the feeder while protecting th...
05/06/1997
5394832Equine feed bin
The invention is a feeder for horses comprising an elongate feeder housing with a feeding chamber. Feeder has a rounded front forming an elliptical arc in relation to the back with a feed access opening in the front. The feed access opening accommodates e...
03/07/1995
5335624Feed and drink feeder
Feeding trough for a group of animals intended for slaughter and having a size variation within a predetermined range comprises separate food and water compartments positioned at horizontally spaced apart locations within the feeding trough, A front wall ...
08/09/1994
5311839Poultry feeder
A poultry feeder (10) comprising a generally vertically disposed feed tube (18) adapted to be installed on a generally horizontal feed conveyor tube (14) for receiving feed from the feed conveyor tube. The feed tube has an upper portion (26) fixed with re...
05/17/1994
5224443Floor mounted animal feeding apparatus
A feeder for animals including a substantially concave food reservoir, supported by a base, which is manually attached to a slotted or mesh floor by a spring-biased hook. The hook is manually extended below the surface of the floor through an aperture, an...
07/06/1993
5000122Horse feeder
A horse feeder includes a ground supported frame with a basket portion pivotally mounted on the frame for holding hay or similar feeding material. The basket has forward and rearward walls formed of racks to allow horses to pull hay through the rack for f...
03/19/1991
4976222Horse feeder
A horse feeder that includes a receptacle surmounted by a grille. The grille includes an upstanding arch located near the back of the receptacle through which the hay is inserted into the feeder from the rear. The grille also includes bars that slope down...
12/11/1990
4955322Float guard for a livestock watering trough
A float guard for a float controlled watering trough includes a rigid rectangular frame covered by a steel wire mesh to prevent livestock from damaging the float control valve of a watering trough and wasting precious water. In a first embodiment, the gua...
09/11/1990
4457264Collapsible and portable manger
A portable and collapsible manger which is assembled from bottom, front, left and right side plates attached by means of piano hinges to a back plate wherein a manger enclosure is formed, together with a hay rack attached between the side plates to facili...
07/03/1984
4455967Animal feeding apparatus
Animal feeding apparatus including a base portion, a support portion, a divider portion and a trough portion; the base portion including a pair of spaced substantially horizontal longitudinal sections, the longitudinal sections being disposed substantiall...
06/26/1984
4324202Knock down weather and salt resistant salt and mineral feeder for cattle
A knock down salt and mineral feeder for cattle is formed of two oppositely facing sidewall subassemblies formed by vertical posts of different length, between which pasts span a trough sideboard. A side panel is factory preassembled to the trough sideboa...
04/13/1982
4261294Bird feeder
A bird feeder which is removably mounted on a window pane, having a bracket member with a shelf on which a removable feed tray nests. The feed tray for solid bird feed is an open-topped pan with a lip on which birds may perch and has a well section extend...
04/14/1981
4070991Feed bunk structure
An improved feed bunk assembly embodying a portable superstructure which can be quickly and easily assembled or disassembled as needs require. In a preferred embodiment the superstructure includes load supporting post means which may be slip fit in feed b...
01/31/1978
3946701Trough feeder with shield for growing fowl
A trough feeder is disclosed for use with growing fowl. The feeder is partially defined by a relatively low feed-retaining side wall located adjacent a row of retaining cages. Spaced above the cages at a first mounting position is a shield member. Small c...
03/30/1976
 
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