Patent ID: 8327800
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A livestock feeder, comprising: a pair of feed troughs positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline of the feeder, each of said feed troughs supported at opposite ends by a pivot structure, and each of said feed troughs having an outer side wall and a floor for holding loose livestock feed or the like in the feed troughs; a center deflector extending along the longitudinal centerline of the feeder between the pair of feed troughs; a pair of racks positioned with one rack above each of the feed troughs, said racks comprising a plurality of spaced members for holding hay above the troughs; and a means for tilting the feed troughs between a normal feeding position in which the floors engage the center deflector to hold feed within the troughs, and a tilted position in which the floors are spaced from the center deflector and slope downwardly and inwardly toward the longitudinal centerline of the feeder for dumping the troughs out the bottom of the feeder.