Patent ID: 8534224
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A removable multipurpose adapter to facilitate manual filling of an animal feeder using at least one bag of feed weighing about 50 pounds , the adapter being suitable for use with a barrel type animal feeder and a bulk type animal feeder, the adapter comprising: a truncated funnel defining an adapter inlet and an adapter outlet, the adapter outlet sized and arranged to engage the animal feeder inlet of both a barrel type and a bulk type animal feeder; an elongate slot formed in the truncated funnel, the elongate slot defining a passageway through an upstanding portion of the adapter and through the truncated funnel to the adapter outlet, the elongate slot sized and arranged to allow a wire rope to pass through the slot to the adapter outlet to facilitate placement of the removable multipurpose adapter on the upper rim of a barrel type animal feeder which is raised and lowered by the wire rope; an elongate non-tubular blade arising from an inside surface of the truncated funnel, the elongate non-tubular blade arranged to puncture each bag of feed placed on the elongate non-tubular blade by an individual to allow the feed to discharge from the bag, through the adapter and into the barrel type animal feeder and a bulk type animal feeder; and at least a portion of a length of the elongate slot extends generally parallel to the X axis of the adapter and a length of the elongate non-tubular blade extends generally parallel to the Z axis of the adapter.