Patent ID: 7146933
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A calving enclosure, comprising: a generally horizontally disposed lower frame having a rearward end, a forward end, a first side and a second side; an upper frame positioned above said lower frame having a rearward end, a forward end, a first side and a second side; a plurality of upstanding, horizontally spaced-apart first supports, having upper and lower ends; said lower ends of said first supports being secured to said lower frame; said upper ends of said first supports being operatively connected to said upper frame; said first supports having a height sufficient to permit persons and cows to move within the enclosure; a front wall at the forward ends of said lower and upper frames; a rear wall at the rearward ends of said lower and upper frames; an upstanding first side wall at said first side of said lower frame; an upstanding second side wall at said second side of said lower frame; said first side wall being comprised of a plurality of individually hingedly mounted panels; a plurality of individually hingedly mounted panels secured to and extending between said first and second side walls to define a plurality of pens within the enclosure which are accessible when said panels of said first side wall are hingedly opened; and a tack or warming room provided in the enclosure; and an alleyway assembly selectively pivotally mounted on said first side wall; said alleyway assembly being movable from a stowed position adjacent said first side wall to an operative position outwardly of said first side wall to create an alleyway having forward and rearward ends outwardly of said first side wall.