Floor Patents (Class 119/525)
  • Patent number: 10021856
    Abstract: A flooring system includes a flooring panel and a support element. The flooring panel has an outer periphery and defines an upper panel plane and a lower panel plane that is offset from the upper panel plane. The flooring panel includes a plurality of openings formed therethrough within the outer periphery. The support element extends lengthwise between opposing ends and includes an upper edge and a lower edge. The support element extends through and operatively connects with the flooring panel such that the upper edge is disposed in approximate alignment with the upper panel plane and the lower edge is disposed in offset relation to the lower panel plane in a direction opposite the upper panel plane. Methods of assembly are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: J&L Wire Cloth, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Duppong
  • Publication number: 20140230749
    Abstract: Animal keeping installation comprising a floor (11) provided with a mat (12) on which the animal treads when setting foot on the floor(11) and which mat (12) is arranged to be intermittently propelled by a drive roll (13) placed internally in relation to the mat (12), wherein the drive roll (13) is connected to and mounted in bearing journals (15) for rotation about its centre axis in a pendulum(14) which allows the drive roll (13), on the one hand, to bear against the inner side of the mat (12) and, on the other hand, to be released from the said bearing contact in dependence on the position of the pendulum (14), and wherein the drive roll (13) is connected to a drive member (18, 19, 15, 62) for driving the roll (13) at least into a position where the drive roll (13) bears against the mat (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Tommy Lindvall
  • Patent number: 8707903
    Abstract: Devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods related to animal enclosures. Specifically, the disclosed devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods relate to animal enclosure floor seal systems that may be coupled to an animal enclosure wall and may impede, restrict and/or reduce debris from entering or exiting the animal enclosure. In this manner, likelihood of contamination of the animal enclosure may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Mason Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Silvis, Gregory N. Taylor, Jeffrey J. Ballman
  • Patent number: 8707904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heatable floor for livestock stalls comprising a plurality of hollow, right-angled plate elements whose hollow spaces are filled with a heat transfer fluid and can be heated by means of heating lines (11) running through the hollow spaces, wherein each plate element comprises one upper shell (1) having an inlet opening (5) and forming a standing surface for the livestock and one lower shell (7) supporting the upper shell (1), the shells being connected to one another liquid-tight at their edges and having means for suspending carriers and being supported on one another by supports (6, 9) that run through the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mik International AG
    Inventors: Thomas Ertel, Johannes Weber-Monecke, Roland Frank, Andreas Menne, Werner Drees
  • Patent number: 8607739
    Abstract: A limiting device (9) for limiting the freedom of movement of a standing cow in a lying box (1) in a loose house for keeping cattle, in a direction towards a front end (8) of the lying box. The limiting device (9) is intended to be placed near the front end, on and projecting from the bottom (11) of the lying box. At least one top part (13) of the limiting device is movable between a limiting position operatively projecting from the bottom for limiting the freedom of movement of the standing cow towards the front end of the lying box, and a releasing position, for leaving, for the purpose of the front legs of the cow lying down, at least a part of the space the limiting device occupies in the limiting position. A lying box and a loose house with such limiting device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: R. Andringa Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Rinse Andringa
  • Patent number: 8402922
    Abstract: A livestock breeding system including a breeding place enclosed by a fence for breeding livestock; layers of wood chips spread over and stacked up on the surface of the earth in the breeding place; and a feedstuff for breeding the livestock, and in this system, the feedstuff is prepared by mixing wood fine chips containing sawdust and/or wood fibers with large quantities of fermentation tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Miike Tekkosho
    Inventors: Ichiro Iiyama, Yoshikazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8225749
    Abstract: A cubicle (10) for an animal, a system for an arrangement within the cubicle and a method for mounting said arrangement. The cubicle (10) has an open side (12) though which the animal enters the cubicle (10) and an opposite end for the animal's head. The cubicle (10) includes a brisket board (13) for positioning the animal in the right position within the cubicle (10) and a mattress (16) placed on a cubicle floor (14) for the animal to rest on. One side of the mattress (16), and one side of the brisket board (13) are secured to the cubical floor (14) by an elongated profile (25) securing both the mattress (16) and the brisket board (13) to the floor (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventor: Staffan Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20110259279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heatable floor for livestock stalls comprising a plurality of hollow, right-angled plate elements whose hollow spaces are filled with a heat transfer fluid and can be heated by means of heating lines (11) running through the hollow spaces, wherein each plate element comprises one upper shell (1) having an inlet opening (5) and forming a standing surface for the livestock and one lower shell (7) supporting the upper shell (1), the shells being connected to one another liquid-tight at their edges and having means for suspending carriers and being supported on one another by supports (6, 9) that run through the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Ertel, Johannes Weber-Monecke, Roland Frank, Andreas Menne, Werner Drees
  • Publication number: 20100186678
    Abstract: A cubicle (10) for an animal, a system for an arrangement within the cubicle and a method for mounting said arrangement. The cubicle (10) has an open side (12) though which the animal enters the cubicle (10) and an opposite end for the animal's head. The cubicle (10) includes a brisket board (13) for positioning the animal in the right position within the cubicle (10) and a mattress (16) placed on a cubicle floor (14) for the animal to rest on. One side of the mattress (16), and one side of the brisket board (13) are secured to the cubical floor (14) by an elongated profile (25) securing both the mattress (16) and the brisket board (13) to the floor (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: DELAVAL HOLDING AB
    Inventor: Staffan Nilsson
  • Patent number: 7401441
    Abstract: A floor covering main body comprising an intermediate channeled surface. A plurality of non-contiguous but adjacent lugs extends upwardly from the intermediate channeled surface. A substantially planar composite upper surface is disposed above the intermediate surface and is defined by the top surfaces of the lugs. The intermediate channeled surface carries or channels liquid away from the upper walking surface. A plurality of floor covering main bodies can be aligned to form a flooring system. In another configuration, some or all of the lugs may be contiguous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Johnny W. Zimmerle, Todd C. Starr, Wyatt A. Cline
  • Publication number: 20080072839
    Abstract: A brisket barrier for an animal stall comprises a ridge-shaped body having recessed sections formed therein and extending into the ridge. The recessed sections include a transversely extending slot adapted to receive a fixing device such as a screw. The recessed sections include a base portion in which the slot is formed, the base portion being arranged to engage with, in use, a ground surface on which said barrier is mounted. The barrier is adjustable, when fitted, in a direction perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: J WILSON AGRICULTURAL LTD
    Inventor: Bob Campbell
  • Patent number: 7185610
    Abstract: 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 to contain a heat source that enters and exits the runnel through respective entry and exit tubular segments, with the abovementioned hollowed central section equipped with suspension elements for being suspended from resistant elements such as the bars of a horizontal grid; and an optional under-lid, all of the above arranged in such a way that, when the upper plaque is welded to the upper surface of the hollowed central section, the continuous runnel forms an enclosed circuit which contains the heat source inside, leaving the under-lid fitted into the underside of the hollowed central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Rotecna, S.A.
    Inventor: Gener Romeu Guardia
  • Patent number: 6935273
    Abstract: An improved bedding for livestock of this invention provides a bed strip for livestock having at least two elastomeric belts bonded together, one on top of the other, to form at least one bed with at least two chambers, front and rear, expandable under fluid pressure, that, once properly filled with a working volume of fluid, will each attain a convex pillow-like shape. The fluid volume in the chambers is such that when an animal steps on the rear chamber of the bed the top belt makes contact with the bottom belt to provide a stable base for the animal's foot, yet, when the animal drops to its knees on the front chamber of the bed, during the process of lying down or rising to standing, the knees are supported by a fluid cushion between the top and bottom belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Advance Comfort Technology LLC
    Inventors: Dean R. Throndsen, Kenneth T. D'Angelo
  • Patent number: 6470831
    Abstract: A confinement device for a four-legged animal is provided. The confinement device comprises a frame to receive the animal and a floor plate for the rear legs of the animal. The floor plate is arranged such that it is stable only when both rear legs of the animal bear down on the floor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventor: William Taylor
  • Publication number: 20020144478
    Abstract: The floor is composed of a series of plates (3), of quadrangular shape and provided with rounded slots (4), which are installed resting on the lower inner flange (2) of a perimeter frame (1) and the side flanges (6) of a shape acting as a middle divider (5), these plates (3) having grooves (8) in two of the adjoining edges and shoulders (9) on the other two, complementary to one another to permit the matched jointing of said plates when they are installed on the frame (1), being secured in place by means of a finish cover (7) on the intermediate shape (5) and a lock plate (10) fitted on the edge corresponding to the frame (1), through which the plates (3) are inserted and removed. The grid floor obtained forms a surface for covering an empty space as well as a support to permit, for instance, the washing of a domestic animal by hand, so that the water and dirt pass through the slots with which the plates (3) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Alfonso Itoiz Oroz
  • Patent number: 6279509
    Abstract: A pigsty includes a horizontal base member and a fence member extending upwardly from the base member and cooperating with the base member to confine a raising space adapted for accommodating and raising pigs therein. The base member is configured to have an excretion area within the raising space. The excretion area is provided with a plurality of upward projections. The distance between two adjacent ones of the upward projections is substantially shorter than the width of each of the pigs raised in the raising space so as to be adapted to prevent the pigs from lying down on the excretion area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Shung-Tien Chiu
  • Patent number: 6095235
    Abstract: 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 heat source. The connection between the conduit (24) and the chamber (16) do not have to be pressure tight, as no pressure occurs in the chamber (16). Therefore, a relatively simple connection may be established and there will only be a small risk of leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Inventor: Bjarne Kongsgaard
  • Patent number: 6079366
    Abstract: 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 supports. The mat may optionally include a series of connecting strands, that threadably pass through at least one body support and one connector. In one described embodiment the body supports are a series of elongated strips of recycled tire carcasses in an approximately parallel and spaced apart relationship to each other. Each body support is spaced apart from the next body support by connectors. The described embodiment has a connector positioned near each end of elongated body support and at least one additional connector positioned approximately midway between the two connectors located near the ends of body support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Bruce A. Telleen
  • Patent number: 5967092
    Abstract: A base for a feed lot composed of baled rubber material such as waste tires. The bales are placed beneath the surface of the feed lot and covered with earth. Any gaps between bales are filled with sand to provide for good drainage of the lot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventor: Les Pederson
  • Patent number: 5865145
    Abstract: A new livestock flooring system for providing an inexpensive, durable, and convenient floor for animal pens such as the pens used for pigs, horses, cows and calves. The inventive device includes a rammed sand base, and a cement and pine chock floor, sloped for drainage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventor: Abram Kofman
  • Patent number: 5724916
    Abstract: A floor/wall matting suitable for but not limited to animal stables, stalls, floats, etc. The floor/wall matting comprises a compressible support layer covered with an upper cover layer of puncture resistant moisture impervious material. The matting is formed with a plurality of apertures sized to allow passage of animal waste or debris from the upper surface of the matting to a plurality of drainage channels extending along an underside of the matting. The matting provides excellent physical and thermal insulation and hygienic conditions. The inventive floor/wall matting may be used in conjunction with a flushing system positioned adjacent the drainage channels to flush waste and debris which has passed through the apertures of the matting out of the drainage channels to a septic or sewerage outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Inventors: Scott Brodie, Dean Corke
  • Patent number: 5596951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal box floor comprising facilities for the evacuation of excrement formed on the surface of the said floor (1), the said floor (1) being mounted above the facilities, such as a ditch, for the gathering of the excrement. According to the invention, the arrangement is characterised by the fact that the said facilities are comprised of at least a section of the said floor (1) which is inclined in relation to the surface of the said floor (1), towards an evacuation orifice (23) for the excrement, located in an approximately vertical plane and emptying onto the said facilities for gathering the excrement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Galvelpor SA
    Inventor: Jean Lagadec
  • Patent number: 5553569
    Abstract: An animal stall in which an animal is presented for milking with the udder and teats moved forward from the position when the animal stands normally to a position improving access for milking including a forward floor part fixable higher than a rear, entry, floor part whereby the animal adopts a posture other than that of the animal on a level floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: British Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael J. Street, Toby T. F. Mottram