Patent ID: 8459204

Claim:
An animal feeder, comprising: a feed hopper having side walls, end walls, a bottom assembly, and an opening at a top portion; a moveable gate positioned to extend below a lower edge of at least one of said side walls and being slidably mounted upon said one side wall; said bottom assembly including a feed trough under said gate and in communication with said feed hopper; an adjustment mechanism for effecting vertical adjustment of said gate relative to said feed trough, said adjustment mechanism including an upwardly extending rod connected at its lower end to said gate and at its upper end to one end of a crank lever, said crank lever being rotatable about a pivot provided on a bracket perpendicularly attached to one of said end walls of said feed hopper, and a handle extending through a slot provided in an arcuate panel attached to the bracket for effecting rotational movement of said crank lever about said pivot to cause vertical adjustment of said gate; and a pawl attached to the handle for locking the handle in any of a plurality of different angular positions of adjustment, said slot of said arcuate panel having a plurality of notches located on an edge thereof into which the pawl of said handle is movable to secure said handle against inadvertent movement.