Patent ID: 11903364
Assignee: ICM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. An animal-containment facility comprising:
a floor; and
one or more penning systems, wherein each of the one or more penning systems is for an area along an elongate barrier and over the floor and comprises:
movable-barriers;
partitions which carry the movable-barriers; and
partition-mountings which mount the partitions to the elongate barrier such that the partitions swing about the partition-mountings;

wherein the partitions, and the movable-barriers, of each of the one or more penning systems are movable:
from a deployed configuration,
in which the partitions are spaced along the elongate barrier, extend transversely to the elongate barrier, and extend outwardly from the partition-mountings and the elongate-barrier to partition the area into spaces comprising a respective space between each adjacent two of the partitions, and
the movable-barriers enclose the spaces to define pens for penning animals, each of the pens being defined by the elongate-barrier, first and second ones of the partitions and at least one of the movable-barriers;

to a collapsed configuration wherein the partitions and movable-barriers are collapsed for cleaning the floor; and

the partition-mountings of each of the one or more penning systems are configured to cantilever the partitions to hold the partitions and the movable-barriers clear of bedding material and debris on the floor such that the partitions and movable-barriers are supported only by the partition-mountings.