Patent ID: 6951253
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for grooming the bedding material in an animal free stall, the animal free stall having a stall rail separating it from an adjacent animal free stall, the apparatus comprising: a boom adapted for connection to a vehicle, and having a proximal end and a distal end; a rotary arm rotatably attached to the distal end of the boom, the rotary arm having a lower surface with a plurality of grooming members attached to the lower surface for grooming the bedding material, and wherein a plane in which the rotary arm rotates is at an angle of 1–15 degrees with respect to a surface on which the vehicle is resting; and a motor for selectively rotating the rotary arm; the rotary arm and grooming members together having a sufficiently low profile that the grooming members can groom the bedding material under the stall rail.