Patent ID: 8919287

Claim:
A housing for animal feedstuff, said housing including: an annular base; a cone-shaped roof extending over the base; an annular roof support member extending beneath the roof and connected to the roof so that the roof is able to maintain its cone shape when the housing is being transported or stored; tubular uprights spaced apart from one another and connected to the annular base and the annular roof support member such that the roof is pivotable between raised and lowered positions relative to the uprights, wherein each said upright has a vertically extending region having an upper end and a lower end, an arcuate region extending outwardly from the upper end towards the annular roof support member, and an arcuate region extending outwardly from the lower end to the annular base; a container having a base and being locatable between the uprights for containing feedstuff, wherein an animal accesses feedstuff within the container by way of spaces between the uprights; and a crosspiece extending between the uprights for supporting the container base above the annular base, wherein the annular base, crosspiece and uprights when connected to one another as a single first piece are stackable with identical first pieces of other housings identical to said housing such that the crosspieces are in contact with one another, the container is nestable with containers of other housings identical to said housing between the uprights of said first pieces, and the roof together with the annular roof support member are detachable from the uprights as a single second piece and nestable with identical second pieces of other housings identical to said housing and are stackable atop or below the first pieces, such that said housings are transportable or storable in a compact form.