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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370452 | Mat assembly for heavy equipment transit and support A mat assembly particularly suited for heavy equipment transit and support, such as roadway construction and the like. The mat assembly is made up of a number of structural members preferably having a “double I-beam” cross-sectional shape. Each I-beam has spaced... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353776 | Floor covering for an animal house Floor covering for an animal house for beef animals and dairy animals includes an elastomeric mat which can be fixed to a floor or floot slat by screws. Rigid strips are located at the base of the mat for securing the screws which are coverable by the mat when it is... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7185610 | Heated flooring module for livestock stables A heated flooring module is provided for livestock stables, which includes an upper plaque, for walking on, which is essentially level; a hollowed central section, with no bottom surface, whose upper surface is equipped with at least one continuous runnel, adapted t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181889 | System and method for fastening floor deck to semi-trailer cross members A cargo carrier includes a plurality of laterally extending and longitudinally spaced-apart cross members, a plurality of longitudinally extending decking extrusions supported on the cross members and forming a cargo deck, and retainers securing the decking extrusio... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7107935 | Floor covering for an animal house Floor covering (I) for an animal house for beef animals and dairy animals comprises an elastomeric mat (2) which can be fixed to a floor or floor slat by screws (8). Rigid strips (6) are located at the base (7) of mat (2) for secur... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7066111 | Animal pen flooring system An animal confinement pen flooring system, particularly adapted for swine farrowing operations, includes at least first and third rows of spaced-apart molded plastic foraminous flooring panels and an intermediate row of cast iron foraminous flooring panels, all of t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7003863 | Apparatus and method for mounting accessory devices to panels An apparatus for mounting accessories to a panel surface includes at least one accessory interface on the panel surface. An elongate engaging section is recessed within and lies generally parallel to a part of the panel surface. An accessory device has a utility par... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6941707 | Vented soffit panel A cladding product which includes a panel having at least one panel section and at least one longitudinal recess. The longitudinal recess includes a first channel portion adjacent to the panel section and a second channel portion adjacent to the first channel portio... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942419 | Grate assembly A preferred drainage system grate assembly (10) broadly comprises a grate (12), a frame (14) to support the grate (12), and a locking device (34) to hold the grate (12) within the frame (14). The grate (12) com... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6925961 | Pet litter apparatus A pet litter apparatus has an upper screen to retain litter and debris, a plurality of upper bars, a lower plurality of bars, mechanism for lowering the lower plurality of bars to define spaces for passage of particulate matter between the upper and lower bars, by r... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6898909 | Flooring Improved flooring is disclosed that is formed by concrete slabs (1) with several parallel ribs (11) on the upper surface, between which there are longitudinal channels (12) connected with a main channel (2) laid transversally, in relation... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6889631 | Animal pen flooring system An animal confinement pen flooring system, particularly adapted for swine farrowing operations, includes at least first and third rows of spaced-apart molded plastic foraminous flooring panels and an intermediate row of cast iron foraminous flooring panels, all of t... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6810834 | Agricultural floor panel An agricultural floor panel and system having a design for improved strength and cleaning is described. The floor panel is designed for support on at least two cross beams. The floor panel has two opposing edges, each edge having a plurality of flanges for supportin... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6450125 | Floor overlay and drainage chute for livestock enclosures The present invention is directed to an enclosure for the containment of livestock. Preferably, the livestock enclosure includes a floor assembly forming a planar floor surface and an overlay assembly operably coupled to the floor assembly for selectable ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6413005 | Fastener having a self-centering and self-aligning capability for one-sided insertion and tightening on a slat floor A fastener for securing objects to a slat floor, having a self-centering and self-aligning capability. A first embodiment comprises a body formed of a durable material and having a top surface, a lower surface, at least one side surface, and a central hol... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6095235 | Heating element for a floor A heating element (12) is described for use in flooring, preferably for pigstys (3). The heating elements consist of a liquid filled chamber (16). The liquid in the chamber is brought into heat transmitting connection with a conduit (24) connected with a ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6079366 | Removable dairy free stall base A mat for a free stall, the mat having a series of body supports and a series of connectors or spacers. The body support members are in a spaced apart relationship that defines a series of compartments. The connectors or spacers interconnect the body supp... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6047663 | Modular flooring system for an animal housing A modular flooring system for an animal housing is provided, the flooring being particularly suited to pig housings due to the structure of the flooring which minimizes spacings in which manure, and its attendant bacteria, could collect. A plurality of in... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5862779 | Flooring apparatus for an animal pen A slat for forming a flooring structure for a hog pen and particularly the area under the sow in a farrowing crate is rectangular with side edges which abut side edges of adjacent slats to align the slats in a row. Each side edge has tabs projecting outwa... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5813365 | Modular flooring system A flooring system for use in an animal shelter. The flooring system is modular and includes a disassemblable base frame having, as components thereof, a pair of end crossbars, a plurality of longitudinally extending support members, and interconnecting el... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5766466 | Sectors for rotary disc filters having flow channels that are parallel and aligned toward elongate side channels at radial sides of the sector The present invention pertains to rotary disc filters and in particular to sectors for such filters. Drainage channels are formed in broad, planar surfaces of the filter media support member of the sector, with the drainage channels being parallel and ali... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5758462 | Air floor grating system An air floor for curing compost made of a series of light weight, relatively short grates each containing a plural of air slits narrow at the top of the grate openings and progressively widening toward the bottom of the opening and structure supporting th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5687534 | Frame element and insertion element for stables A modular flooring system for stables is made up of a plurality of modules that each include a frame element (1) and an insertion element (30). Each frame element (1) is equipped with supporting profiles (6,7) intended for the support of the insertion ele... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5456209 | Preformed heated flooring system for stables and other animal shelters The present invention is a preformed, shaped part that forms a surface for farm animals to stand on in stables. The preformed parts are made to interconnect into an intermediate floor for mounting on a grating. The preformed, shaped part, when assembled, ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5438955 | Drainage grate for livestock trailers An apparatus for providing an enlarged drainage hole for the removal of animal bodily waste and other debris from the inside of livestock trailers including a grate assembly which slides into a grate housing that is adapted to receive the grate assembly. ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5351458 | Spaced-plank floor system for animal enclosures The floor system comprises spaced parallel horizontal planks, each including a metal inverted channel comprising a deck member having two spaced depending structural flanges and two laterally projecting edge channels thereon, each having a depending leg a... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5113794 | Animal shelter flooring apparatus Flooring for an animal shelter uses inwardly sloping wedge shaped flooring members held in a spaced apart parallel relationship by wedge shaped center spacers and end spacers having an outward slope. These wedge shapes match such that when the inclined su... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4135339 | Slatted floor system According to the present invention, a slatted floor system comprises a plurality of elongated, spaced, generally parallel slats. Each slat has a top, load-carrying surface with spaced apart, opposite outer edges; a bottom surface substantially parallel to... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4048960 | Slotted surface flooring for use in animal husbandry A floor for use in animal husbandry is provided consisting of a number of elongated extruded aluminum floor lengths each of which has a slotted top surface with longitudinally and transversely spaced apart slots, each length having a multiplicity of integ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4018271 | Flooring system A flooring system for sties and other animal shelters having thermoplastic slats, means provided in the slats for circulating a heat exchange fluid therethrough to heat or cool the flooring, means for joining the slats into a floor panel, and manifolds fo... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4018188 | Reinforced concrete slat floor A load distributing and interconnecting slat floor wherein each slat has an interlocking connection with adjacent slats at several locations along the length of the slats to distribute loads imposed on any one slat to the adjacent slats and a method utili... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3995593 | Flooring system A floor structure is provided having a plurality of downwardly open U-shaped channel members arranged in a parallel spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacer members and retainer members secured to the spacer members. Each spacer member has a lineal ... | 12/07/1976 |
