Rail Supported Movable Enclosure Patents (Class 119/488)
  • Patent number: 10440935
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Pasturebird, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 9414573
    Abstract: A transporting unit for live poultry on board a truck includes a supporting frame and a plurality of drawer-type cages having a lateral wall without aeration openings and intended to be selectively positioned at one side or the opposite side of the supporting frame, depending on the climatic and environmental transport conditions. The drawer-type cages are arranged in a single pile or in two adjacent piles, and in both cases the arrangement is such to be able to occupy the entire width of the loading deck of a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: GIORDANO POULTRY PLAST S.P.A
    Inventor: Massimo Zanotti
  • Patent number: 7997233
    Abstract: A system for demarcating an area comprises a movable demarcating element, and a control system for determining the magnitude and/or the moment of a next move of the movable demarcating element. The system furthermore comprises one or more observation devices for observing an entity near the movable demarcating element, such as a position of a dairy animal or an amount of grass in the area. The observation devices are operatively connected to the control system for transmitting a signal from the observation means to the control system. The control system is designed to receive and process the signal from the observation means to determine the magnitude and/or the moment of the next move of the movable demarcating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Maasland N.V.
    Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Iwan Yves Vlaar, Jan Marinus Van Kuilenburg