Patent ID: 9635800
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A01K,B62B,Y02A

Claim:
1. An apparatus for handling biomass, and in particular equine manure, wherein said apparatus comprises: a rectangular robust frame, wherein the frame includes a left side, a right side, a front side, a back side, a bottom side, a floor and an open top side; wherein the left side of the frame is comprised of an elongate left side panel with a left bottom edge that curves upwards, a left sled runner attached to the left bottom edge of the left side panel, said left sled runner having a left straight section and a left forward upwardly turned section, a left fastening means located about mid-way in the left side panel; wherein the right side of the frame is comprised of an elongate right side panel with a right bottom edge that curves upwards, a right sled runner attached to the right bottom edge of the right side panel, said right sled runner having a right straight section and a right forward upwardly turned section, a right fastening means located about mid-way in the right side panel; a horizontal strength element on the front side that spans from a left forward edge and a left upper edge of the left side panel to the a right forward edge and a right upper edge of the right side panel, therein providing support for the left and right elongate side panels; a left guiding means and a right guiding means, wherein both are mounted on the horizontal strength element, wherein the left guiding means is proximate to an left end of the horizontal strength element and the right guiding means is proximate to a right end of the horizontal strength element; a flexible strength element threaded through the left guiding means and connected to the left fastening means, and a right flexible strength element threaded through the right guiding means and connected to the right fastening means; a forward horizontal multi-functional beveled bar spans from the left runner to the right runner, wherein the forward horizontal multi-functional bar has a leading edge portion that is a heavy duty blade with a rounded edge selected so that towed across grass, the grass is bend but is not cut, and a trailing edge portion provides forward support for elements attached to it; a set of horizontal and vertical bars on the back side, wherein the horizontal bars span from a rearward end of the left side panel to a rearward end of the right side, and are further supported by at least one vertical bar; a mesh that is about #4 gauge rod wire mesh having openings that are about two inches deep and about four inches wide, wherein a perimeter of the mesh is attached to the left and right runners, the trailing edge portion of the forward horizontal multi-functional beveled bar and a horizontal bar on the back side; and a plurality of overlying supporting elements parallel to the left and right side which provide additional support to the mesh and divide the mesh into at least two sectional spaces, wherein the floor comprises the left and the right straight sections, the mesh, the overlying supporting elements, the forward horizontal multi-functional beveled bar and a lowermost backside horizontal bar of the set of horizontal and vertical bars.