Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Mark

Wayne R. Mark 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: 20230043074
    Abstract: An adjustable feeder pan system for feeding poultry and a related method is provided The feeder pan system includes a cone portion, an excluder portion that includes a number of anti-rake and radially disposed fins, a skirt, a feed pan, a cap, and optionally a feed shut-off component The cone includes a pair of stops that may selectively engage with one of a number of pairs of corresponding slots of varying depths on the excluder portion so as to provide multiple feed levels as desired and depending upon the size and age of the poultry being fed
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Wayne R. Mark
  • Publication number: 20220095592
    Abstract: The invention is a system and method for controlled distribution of livestock feed to a plurality feeders along a feed line in a livestock enclosure. In a preferred embodiment, the feed is conveyed in predetermined quantities from a receptacle through the feed line to the feeders connected to the feed line. The feeders preferably comprise a portion configured to receive a measured quantity of feed from an orifice in the feed line and allow the flow of feed through the feeder, a pan, and a damper member housed by the feeder and configured to controllably block the flow of feed through the feeder into the pan. The respective damper members of the feeders are preferably controlled by an actuation mechanism that, when actuated, simultaneously moves the damper members from the feed flow blocking position in the feeders to an open position, thereby allowing feed to flow into all respective pans of the plurality of feeders along the feed line simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Wayne R. Mark
  • Publication number: 20210204524
    Abstract: An adjustable feeder pan system for feeding poultry and a related method is provided. The feeder pan system includes a cone portion, an excluder portion that includes a number of anti-rake and radially disposed fins, a skirt, a feed pan, a cap, and optionally a feed shut-off component. The cone includes a pair of stops that may selectively engage with one of a number of pairs of corresponding slots of varying depths on the excluder portion so as to provide multiple feed levels as desired and depending upon the size and age of the poultry being fed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Wayne R. Mark
  • Patent number: 10827728
    Abstract: An adjustable feeder pan system for feeding poultry and a related method is provided. The feeder pan system includes a cone portion, an excluder portion that includes a number of anti-rake and radially disposed fins, a skirt, a feed pan, a cap, and optionally a feed shut-off component. The cone includes a pair of stops that may selectively engage with one of a number of pairs of corresponding slots of varying depths on the excluder portion so as to provide multiple feed levels as desired and depending upon the size and age of the poultry being fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CTB, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne R. Mark
  • Publication number: 20180263221
    Abstract: An adjustable feeder pan system for feeding poultry and a related method is provided. The feeder pan system includes a cone portion, an excluder portion that includes a number of anti-rake and radially disposed fins, a skirt, a feed pan, a cap, and optionally a feed shut-off component. The cone includes a pair of stops that may selectively engage with one of a number of pairs of corresponding slots of varying depths on the excluder portion so as to provide multiple feed levels as desired and depending upon the size and age of the poultry being fed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Wayne R. Mark