Patents by Inventor James Richard Kraft

James Richard Kraft has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070215056
    Abstract: A watering system for turkeys includes a channel assembly and a pipe assembly covered and supported by the channel assembly. A hangar is wrapped around the channel assembly and the pipe assembly and is secured to itself above the channel assembly. The hangar is secured to an assembly for raising of lowering the watering system. The hangar is also wrapped and secured around a previously installed anti-roost wire. Nipple assemblies are connected to the pipe assembly and provide the turkeys with access to the water within the pipe assembly when the birds trigger the nipple assemblies. Catch cup assemblies are secured to the channel assembly and have first and second catch basins. The first catch basin is provided below one of the nipple assemblies and the second catch basin is provided below an adjacent nipple assembly. The catch basins are thus positioned to catch water from the nipple assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: LIONEL L. KREGER, PHILIP C. WILFONG, ROGER S. KIPHART, TIMOTHY W. MOMONT, LAVONE LEVI MILLER, THEODORE J. COLE, JAMES RICHARD KRAFT, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD ROES
  • Patent number: 6938577
    Abstract: A system for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house that has a plurality of items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house. The system includes structure for supplying feed and/or water to the feeders and/or drinkers, respectively, structure for adjusting a height of the feeders and/or drinkers relative to a floor of the livestock house, and structure for transversely moving the feeders and/or drinkers within the livestock house. Operation of the different structures of the system within the livestock house does not interfere with the items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: CTB IP, Inc
    Inventors: James Richard Kraft, Roger S. Kiphart, Timothy William Momont
  • Publication number: 20040069236
    Abstract: A system for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house that has a plurality of items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house. The system includes structure for supplying feed and/or water to the feeders and/or drinkers, respectively, structure for adjusting a height of the feeders and/or drinkers relative to a floor of the livestock house, and structure for transversely moving the feeders and/or drinkers within the livestock house. Operation of the different structures of the system within the livestock house does not interfere with the items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: James Richard Kraft, Roger S. Kiphart, Timothy William Momont