Patent ID: 8225749

Claim:
A system for an arrangement in a cubicle ( 10 ) for an animal, the cubicle ( 10 ) having a floor ( 14 ), an open side ( 12 ) through which the animal enters the cubicle ( 10 ), and an opposite end for the animal head, said system comprising: a mattress ( 16 ) placed on the cubicle floor ( 14 ); a brisket board ( 13 ) for positioning the animal longitudinally within the cubicle ( 10 ); and an elongated profile ( 25 ) for securing one side of the brisket board ( 13 ) to the floor ( 14 ) of the cubicle ( 10 ) and for securing a head end of the mattress ( 16 ) to the floor ( 14 ) of the cubicle, the mattress having an outer perimeter, within the outer perimeter the mattress comprising the head end and a remaining portion extending away from the head end, the mattress being sized for having the animal lay thereon on the remaining portion, wherein, when installed in the cubicle, a longitudinal part of the head end of the mattress runs in a first direction, the head end of the mattress being secured to the floor by the elongated profile along the first direction, leaving the remaining portion of the mattress placed on the floor and unsecured to the floor, the outer perimeter of the remaining portion being unsecured to the floor, the brisket board comprises a substantially triangular cross section with a base of the triangular cross section having a first flange ( 24 ) and a spaced apart second flange ( 34 ), the first and second flanges running in the first direction, wherein, when installed in the cubicle, the head end of the mattress is located between the first flange ( 24 ) of the brisket board ( 13 ) and the floor, the head end of the mattress, the first flange ( 24 ), and the elongated profile ( 25 ) run in the first direction along a common line with the first flange ( 24 ) being located intermediate the elongated profile ( 25 ) and the head end of the mattress.