Patent ID: 7909000

Claim:
A plastic universal panel member for forming feeder structures for the feeding of forage material to animals, comprising: a body portion formed in a hollow, double-walled configuration and defining a plane having a first pair of opposing sides and a second pair of opposing sides, said body portion also having a thickness dimension, said body portion including insertion openings extending through said body portion corresponding to said thickness dimension; a pair of insertion legs extending within said plane from said body portion at each said side of said first pair of opposing sides of said body portion, said insertion legs being sized to pass through said insertion openings, each said insertion leg having a length dimension measured from said body portion that is greater than said thickness dimension of said body portion; and a pair of connecting legs extending perpendicularly to said plane from said body portion at each said side of said second pair of opposing sides of said body portion, each said connecting leg having a length dimension substantially equal to said length dimension of said insertion legs.