Patent ID: 8302891
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A01K,B60P

Abstract:
1. A chicken litter scraper, hauler and compacter comprising: a frame including a front longitudinal member, two lateral longitudinal members, and a rear longitudinal member, said front, rear and two lateral longitudinal members forming a rectangle surrounding a chicken litter container, a first lateral upright frame member rigidly attached to and extending up from a rearward upper surface of one of lateral longitudinal members and a second lateral upright frame member rigidly attached to and extending up from a rearward upper surface of the other of said lateral longitudinal members, a first rear upright frame member and a second rear upright frame member rigidly attached to and extending up from an upper surface of said rear longitudinal member, said frame being supported at a rear end by a truck pivotally connected at a rear edge of said frame with frame lifting means pivotally connected between said truck and said frame, said truck comprising a truck frame, at least one axle and at least two wheels, said frame being supported at a rear end by an ‘H’ shaped truck, two upper free ends of said ‘H’ shaped truck being pivotally connected to lugs rigidly attached to a rear surface of said frame with frame lifting means pivotally connected between said truck and said frame, at least one axle rigidly attached to two lower free ends of said ‘H’ shaped truck, and at least two wheels on said at least one axle, said frame including a connecting means for connecting said frame to a towing vehicle, said connecting means comprising a first longitudinal member having one free end rigidly attached to a front surface of said frame and extending forward from said front surface of said frame, a hitch means rigidly attached to a second free end of said first longitudinal member for pivotally connecting said chicken litter scraper to said towing vehicle; said container comprising a base platform, two lateral upright walls rigidly secured to opposing lateral edges of said base, a second longitudinal member rigidly connecting an upper rear edge of a first one of said two lateral upright walls to an upper rear edge of a second one of said two lateral upright walls, said second longitudinal member extending distally beyond each of said lateral upright walls and free ends of said second longitudinal member being journalled for rotation on upper free ends of each of said lateral upright frame members, said lateral upright frame members being so positioned as to allow said container to empty contents held within in front of said truck as said container is pivoted upward, a rear wall forming a tailgate, said tailgate being hingedly attached to said second longitudinal member and capable of being held closed by a locking means against said rear upright edges of said two lateral walls and capable of being released to swing free on said hinged attachment at said upper rear edge of said two lateral walls; container tilting means pivotally connected to said frame and to said container; and a scraper blade attached to a leading edge of said base and canted thereon so that said blade is capable of scraping chicken litter from a chicken house floor and into said container as said container is urged across said floor.