Patent ID: 8430065
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bail element for bail apparatus, the bail apparatus being of the type for separating animals and comprising an elongated longitudinally extending overhead support member, the bail element comprising a partition element, a coupling means adapted for coupling the bail element to the overhead support member with the bail element depending downwardly therefrom and with the partition element extending substantially transversely relative to the overhead support member and defining with respect to the overhead support member an angle of less than 90°, and with the partition element defining with a spaced apart partition element of an adjacent bail element an animal accommodating location, and a mounting means being provided for selectively mounting the partition element in one of a first orientation and a second orientation extending in respective directions relative to the overhead support member and defining with respect to the overhead support member respective ones of the angle of less than 90°, so that in the first orientation of the partition element the bail apparatus is adapted for receiving animals from a first direction parallel to the overhead support member, and in the second orientation of the partition element the bail apparatus is adapted for receiving the animals from a second direction parallel to the overhead support member and opposite to the first direction.