Patent ID: 8899178

Claim:
An animal feeder comprising: a feeder housing including a feed hopper and a feed trough positioned below the feed hopper and defining a feed access opening between the feed trough and the feed hopper; a feed gate movable relative to said feed gate opening and positionable in a plurality of positions; an adjustable feed gate mechanism supported on the feeder housing and including a feed gate movable relative to the feeder housing to reveal a feed gate opening and an adjuster for selectively positioning the feed gate in one of a plurality of feed gate positions; a feed agitator including an agitation grate disposed in the feed hopper and having a first end loosely coupled to a first side wall of said feed hopper and a second end loosely coupled to an agitation plate adjacent a second wall of said feed hopper; and an actuator operably coupled to the agitation plate and extending into the feed trough such that the actuator is accessible through the feeder access opening for moving the agitation grate relative to said feed hopper.