Wall-mounted feeding system for boxes and stables for large animals such as horses

Abstract

Feeding device (10) for wall mounting in boxes and stables (11) for large animals, such as horses (13), comprising a flexible boundary (16) which is at least partially attached to at least one wall, wherein the flexible boundary (16) is arranged on the walls with fastening means (17, 18, 19) which ensures that the fastening is released when a certain tensile force is exceeded, characterized in that the flexible boundary (16) is designed as a plastic sheet which has a bead (24) filled with compressible material on the upper side.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a feeding device for wall mounting in boxes and stables for large animals such as horses, consisting of a flexible boundary which is at least partially attached to at least one wall, wherein the flexible boundary is arranged on the walls with fastening means which ensure the release of the fastening when a certain tensile force is exceeded,

[0002] Such a feeding device is already known, for example, from DE 20 2011 104 797 U1. This known feeding device has a flexible barrier formed from a tarpaulin or the like facing the horse, thereby reducing the risk of a horse injuring itself on the hay rack. Furthermore, US Pat. No. 7,152,551 B1 discloses a feeding device that includes a curved, arched section made of plastic or another semi-rigid material, which is shaped to fit into the corner of an animal stall or other animal pen.

[0003] However, practice has shown that such feeding equipment still poses a risk of injury and has a short lifespan.

[0004] The object of the invention is therefore to create a new feeding device for wall mounting in boxes and stables for large animals, such as horses, which no longer poses a risk of injury and which has a significantly longer service life.

[0005] The solution to the problem results from the following features of claim 1: Feeding device for wall mounting in boxes and stables for large animals, such as horses, consisting of a flexible boundary which is at least partially fastened to at least one wall, wherein the flexible boundary is arranged on the walls with fastening means which ensure the release of the fastening when a certain tensile force is exceeded, characterized in that the flexible boundary is designed as a plastic tarpaulin which has a bead filled with compressible material on the upper side.

[0006] The solution according to the invention has the significant advantage that the flexible barrier on the walls is arranged in such a way that the fastening releases when a certain tensile force is applied. Therefore, if a horse, for example, enters the feeding device with a front leg, there is no risk of injury because the fastening of the hay feeding device releases very quickly when the horse applies force.

[0007] An advantage of the invention is that in order to reduce the further risk of injury, the plastic tarpaulin designed as a flexible barrier has a bead on the upper side filled with compressible material.

[0008] In an advantageous embodiment, the fastening is further designed such that the fastening means ensures non-destructive release of the fastening, thereby significantly extending the service life of the feeding device.

[0009] The feeding device according to the invention can be arranged on a wall or preferably also be attached to the walls on both sides at a distance from a box or stable corner.

[0010] In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, a piping flag with sewn-in piping is arranged at least partially on the flexible boundary to the walls, wherein the flexible boundary is detachably fastened on both sides in a piping rail arranged on the wall, whereby a non-destructive release of the fastening is made possible when a defined tensile force is applied to the flexible boundary.

[0011] This embodiment according to the invention not only reliably prevents a horse from getting caught in the feeding device and possibly injuring itself, but it is also very easy to restore the feeding device after the connection has been released due to the action of greater forces by re-threading the piping into the piping rail.

[0012] In a further embodiment, at least one additional flexible strut is arranged on the inside of the plastic tarpaulin below the bead, which strut is formed from a plastic tube filled with compressible material, which is fastened by means of a snap hook to an eyelet screw arranged in the wall, wherein the eyelet screw bends when a certain tensile force is exceeded.

[0013] The additional, usually two-piece flexible struts reliably prevent horses from throwing any hay out of the feeding device. Furthermore, thanks to their design as a plastic tube filled with compressible material and their attachment with an eyebolt that bends when a certain tensile force is applied, they minimize the risk of injury to the horse. Such devices are also suitable for horses with lively feeding habits.

[0014] Finally, it is also possible for the feeding device to have a bag-shaped inner part with at least one large hole in the cover, which covers the feeding device all the way to the wall, whereby the animals being fed can remove a limited amount of hay from the feeding device through the at least one hole. On the one hand, this bag-shaped inner part is intended to prevent feed from falling out and thus preventing contamination with dirt on the floor. On the other hand, this bag-shaped inner part is arranged on the flexible wall border in such a way that it also releases automatically when a certain force is exceeded, thus preventing any additional risk of injury.Such a device is also suitable for horses with demanding eating habits, whereby the mostly evenly distributed holes in the bag-shaped inner part prevent hasty eating without causing feeding frustration.

[0015] Further advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of two embodiments.

[0016] They show: Fig. 1 a plan view of a horse stable, Fig. 2 a top view of a mobile horse box, Fig. 3 a side view of a horse box with feeding equipment arranged in a corner of the box or stable, Fig. 4 a view of the flexible boundary of a feeding facility from the corner of the stable, Fig. 5 a schematic representation of a feeding device arranged on a wall, Fig. 6 a corner feeding device with a tarpaulin provided with feeding holes for covering, Fig. 7 the edge area of ​​a flexible border of the feeding device with sewn-on piping, Fig. 8 Sectional view of a piping rail arranged on the wall, Fig. 9 Sectional view according to Fig. 8 with piping arranged in the piping rail and Fig. 10 an enlarged detail drawing of the fastening of the flexible struts with a snap hook in a box or stable corner.

[0017] In the drawings, a feeding device for wall mounting in boxes and stables for large animals such as horses is designated overall by the reference number 10.

[0018] In the Fig. 1 shows a top view of a box or stable 11 with a gate 12 for a horse 13, with a feeding device 10 being arranged in a corner of the box 11.

[0019] In addition, the Fig. 2 shows an indicated towing vehicle 14, on which a trailer 15 designed as a box or stable with the horse 13 can be seen. Here, too, a feeding device 10 is arranged in a box or corner of the stable.

[0020] In addition, the Fig. 3 is a side view of a feeding device 10 arranged in a corner including the horse 13. Alternatively to this arrangement, as in Fig. As shown in Figure 5, the feeding device 10 can also be arranged against a wall. It can be seen that the feeding device 10 is filled with hay H.

[0021] The exact structure and type of fastening of the feeding device 10 results in particular from the Fig. 4, Fig. 8, Fig. 9 and Fig. 10.

[0022] In the Fig. 4 shows the flexible boundary 16, which can be formed, for example, from a plastic sheet. The flexible boundary 16 has an approximately trapezoidal shape, with a so-called piping flag 17 with arranged piping 18 being attached to each of the two side edges by seams N (see in particular also Fig. 7-9).

[0023] To secure the flexible barrier 16 in the corner area of ​​a horse box 11, a piping rail 19 is additionally arranged on both sides of the wall, running diagonally from top to bottom and, accordingly, having a significantly smaller distance from each other at the lower end of the flexible barrier 16 than at the upper end. The piping rail 19 has a piping strip 20 (see Fig. 8 and Fig. 9), which is fixed to the wall with screws 21. In addition, a piping holder 22 is integrally formed on the piping strip 20, which has a piping opening 23 whose opening width is smaller than the width b of the piping 18 (see Fig. 7).

[0024] After fastening the flexible barrier 16 laterally in the piping rails 19 arranged on the walls, an opening (not shown) remains in the floor area of ​​the feeding device 10 so that the fine components of the feed can fall towards the stable floor.

[0025] The described form of feeding device 10 for wall mounting in the corner area of ​​a box 11 has a capacity of 13 kg of hay H. Due to the mounting height of 1.1 m, a horse 13 is able to eat hay H without a particular downward or tilted posture of the head and neck, which prevents tension in the lower neck and back muscles.

[0026] Should the horse's front legs 13 overload the mounting of the feeding device 10, the flexible barrier 16 automatically detaches from the wall and can then be reattached. This minimizes the risk of injury from the feeding device 10.

[0027] In the interior view of the flexible boundary 16 according to Fig. 4 one can see, on the one hand, the trapezoidal cut and, on the other hand, that a piping flag 17 including piping 18 has been sewn onto the lateral border of the flexible border 16. In addition, a bead 24 is present on the upper side of the flexible border, with an additional piping flag 17 including piping 18 being provided below the bead 24 for fastening the, for example, in the Fig. 5 is sewn onto the flexible struts 25. The flexible struts 25 can be attached thereto in a manner not shown.

[0028] In the Fig. 10 also shows how the flexible struts 25 are attached to an eyelet screw 27 by means of a snap hook 26. The eyelet screw 27 is dimensioned such that it automatically bends when a defined tensile force is applied, so that there is no risk of injury to a horse 13 that gets caught in the feeding device 10 with its foreleg.

[0029] In the Fig. Figure 5 schematically shows a variant of the feeding device 10 that is not located in a corner of a box 11, but rather against a wall. This feeding device 10 is also formed from a flexible barrier 16, which has a special tensile force and is attached to the wall by means of piping rails 19. In addition, this feeding device 10 has two flexible struts 25 arranged below the bead 24, which are attached to the wall by means of snap hooks 26 and eyebolts 27.

[0030] Ultimately, the Fig. 6 shows a feeding device 10 arranged in a corner of the horse stable 11 and having a sack-shaped inner part 28 including a top cover. In this case, the cover 28 is provided with two large holes 29 through which the horses 13 can remove hay H from the feeding device 10. This arrangement is intended to prevent the horses 13 from eating too quickly and from throwing the hay H onto the floor of the stable 11. List of reference symbols 10 Feeding device 11 Box / Stable 12 goals 13 Horse 14 towing vehicle 15 followers 16 flexible limits 17 piping flag 18 piping 19 piping rail 20 piping strip 21 screws 22 piping holder 23 welt opening 24 bulge 25 flexible strut 26 snap hooks 27 Eyelet screw 28 sack-shaped inner part 29 holes in the cover of the sack-shaped inner part b width H Hay N seams

Claims

[1] Feeding device (10) for wall mounting in boxes and stables (11) for large animals, such as horses (13), comprising a flexible boundary (16) which is at least partially attached to at least one wall, wherein the flexible boundary (16) is arranged on the walls with fastening means (17, 18, 19) which ensure the release of the fastening when a certain tensile force is exceeded, characterized by that the flexible boundary (16) is designed as a plastic tarpaulin which has a bead (24) filled with compressible material on the upper side. [2] Feeding device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the fastening means (17, 18, 19) ensures non-destructive release of the fastening. [3] Feeding device (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the flexible boundary (16) is attached to the walls on both sides at a distance from a corner of the box or stable. [4] Feeding device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that a piping flag (17) with sewn-in piping (18) is arranged at least partially on the flexible boundary (16) facing the walls, wherein the flexible boundary (16) is detachably fastened on both sides in a piping rail (19) arranged on the wall, whereby a non-destructive release of the fastening is made possible when a defined tensile force is exerted on the flexible boundary (16). [5] Feeding device (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by that at least one additional flexible strut (25) is arranged on the inside of the plastic tarpaulin below the bead (24), which strut is formed from a plastic tube filled with compressible material, which is fastened by means of a snap hook (26) to an eyelet screw (27) arranged in the wall, wherein the eyelet screw (27) bends when a certain tensile force is exceeded. [6] Feeding device (10) according to claim 5, characterized bythat on the plastic tarpaulin (16) in the area of the bead (24) two additional struts (25) are arranged on the inside, each spaced apart from one another, which can be fastened in the wall by means of the snap hook (26) engaging in the eyelet screw (27). [7] Feeding device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the feeding device (10) has a bag-shaped inner part (28) including a top cover. [8] Feeding device (10) according to claim 7, characterized by that the top cover forms at least one large hole (29), wherein the animals to be fed can remove hay (H) from the feeding device (10) to a limited extent through the at least one hole (29).

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