Feeder trailer

• US 9,493,104 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Wayne Wainscott
• Original Assignee: Robert Wayne Wainscott
• Inventors: Wainscott, Robert Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): ALKER, KATHLEEN IWASAKI
• Application Number:
  US14/260,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20150305299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0035 Transportable or mobile animal shelters
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0281 Boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses especially adapted for transport in or on bicycles or motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 5/0225 Gravity replenishment from a reserve, e.g. a hopper for poultry A01K39/012
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/04 for transporting animals railway wagons adapted for carrying animals B61D3/163

Abstract

In some embodiments, a trailer feeder system may include a trailer. The trailer may transport animals during use. The trailer may include a first container which contains, during use, animal feed. The first container may include a dispensing mechanism for dispensing feed in the first container to a surface adjacent the trailer. The trailer may include a transport ramp. The transport ramp may connect the first container to an opening in a cover. The transport ramp may include a plurality of openings. The trailer may include a second container which functions to contain animal feed. In some embodiments, the plurality of openings may be sized to allow feed of a predetermined size and smaller to be conveyed from the opening to the second container. In some embodiments, the trailer may include a transport mechanism which functions to elevate a bale of hay off of a surface.

Claims

1. A trailer feeder system, comprising:

a trailer which transports, during use, animals, wherein the trailer couples, during use, to a vehicle, and wherein the trailer comprises;

a first container which contains, during use, animal feed, wherein the first container comprises a dispensing mechanism for dispensing, during use, feed in the first container to a surface adjacent the trailer;

a transport ramp which connects the first container to an opening in a cover which covers at least a portion of the trailer, wherein the transport ramp comprises a plurality of openings;

a second container which contains, during use, animal feed;

wherein the plurality of openings are sized to allow feed of a predetermined size and larger to be conveyed from the opening in the cover to the first container, and wherein the plurality of openings are sized to allow feed of a predetermined size and smaller to be conveyed from the opening in the cover to the second container.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a first remote trigger mechanism which activates, during use, the dispensing mechanism of the first container.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a positionable cover to inhibit, during use, entry in the opening in the cover.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second container decouples, during use, from the trailer such that transportation of any feed contained within is facilitated.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the transport ramp conveys feed from the opening in the cover to the first container via gravity.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the transport ramp conveys feed from the opening in the cover to the first container via a conveyor belt.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the trailer further comprises a transport mechanism configured to elevate a bale of hay off of a surface.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the transport mechanism is positioned at a second end of the trailer opposite of a first end, and wherein the first end comprises a coupling mechanism configured to couple the trailer to a vehicle.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the transport mechanism comprises at least one elongated member, and wherein at least one of the at least one elongated members is configured to penetrate a bale of hay.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising a second remote trigger mechanism which activates, during use, the transport mechanism such that a bale of hay is elevated off or lowered onto the surface.