Patent ID: 8607739

Claim:
A lying box for a loose house for keeping cattle, the lying box including: a rear end that is permanently open to allow a cow into and out of an area of the lying box; and a front end at an end of the lying box remote from the rear end, the lying box being provided with side guides for sideways guiding of cows entering and exiting the lying box and, in the area of the front end of the lying box, a limiting device for limiting forward freedom of movement of the cow in the lying box in a direction towards the front end of the lying box, which limiting device is designed as an obstacle placed near the front end, on and projecting from a bottom of the lying box, and at least a top part of the limiting device being pivotably movable between: a limiting position, projecting in condition of use from the bottom for limiting freedom of movement of the cow standing in the lying box towards the front end of the lying box, and a releasing position, for leaving clear, for the purpose of the front legs of the cow lying down, at least a part of the space the limiting device occupies in the limiting position, and wherein the limiting device is configured to move, in response to a cow lying down in the lying box, from the limiting position to the releasing position.