Patent ID: 7836855

Claim:
An apparatus for sorting animals comprising: a housing including a basket area having a measuring device arranged on a floor of the basket area, the floor extending along a floor plane; an entry gate mounted to the housing and moveable between open and closed positions; a sort gate mounted to the housing and moveable between a first and a second position based on a measurement taken by the measuring device; a trainer gate mounted to the housing through a trainer gate axle that defines a trainer gate axis that extends parallel to the floor plane, the trainer gate being rotatable around the trainer gate axis along an arcuate path between a first static position through an operating position to a second static position whereby the trainer gate moves into contact with an animal in the basket area and urges the animal toward the sort gate through the operating position; and a programmable controller communicating with the measuring device, the entry gate, the sort gate and the trainer gate and that controls actuation of the entry gate, the sort gate and the trainer gate.