Patent ID: 9288965
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A01K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A livestock feeder, comprising: (a) a polymeric cylinder with an open top, an interior surface, and at least one feeding portal with a lower ledge in a vertical arcuate sidewall section, wherein the polymeric cylinder has a molded polymeric structure of vertical polymer reinforcing posts on the interior surface; and (b) a reinforcing annulus located along the interior surface beneath the lower ledge of the at least one feeding portal, the reinforcing annulus comprising multiple arcuate segments and having a radius of curvature substantially the same as a radius of curvature of the polymer cylinder at the interior surface, wherein the reinforcing annulus is secured by fasteners to the interior surface of the polymeric cylinder and provides horizontal hoop strength at the elevation of the lower ledge on the interior surface.