US2665664A - Pad for animal stalls - Google Patents

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J n 1954 BENJAMIN PAD FOR ANIMAL STALLS Filed Sept. 26, 1952 Leonard L Benjam in IN VEN TOR.

Patented Jan. 12, 1954 PAD FOR ANIMAL STALLS Leonard L. Benjamin, Cuba, N. Y., assignor of one-third to Donald D. Benjamin, Cuba, and one-third to Wesley W. Rasey, Olean, N. Y.

Application September 26, 1952, Serial No. 311,628

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful im provements and structural refinements in animal stalls such as are found in barns, etc., and the principal object of the invention is to substantially increase the comfort and well-being of the animal and to promote clean, sanitary conditions in the stall.

The above object is achieved by the provision of a resilient pad on the floor of the stall whereby the animal is no longer compelled to stand or lie on a hard, cold concrete floor and whereby the conventional practice of using dust-laden straw in the stall is eliminated.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity of construction, in its operation and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a plurality of stalls showing the invention installed therein;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view,

taken substantially in the plane of the line 2-2 in Figure 1; a

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially in the plane of the line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the pads used in the invention.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the general reference character l designates the usual concrete floor of a barn, or the like, the same affording a plurality of juxtaposed stalls l2, a gutter 14 at the rear end and a rail at the head end of the stalls, the rail carrying upstanding stanchions H3.

The invention contemplates the provision of a plurality of juxtaposed pads designated generally by the reference character 20, which are positioned on the floor of the respective stalls I2.

Each of the pads 20 comprises an elongated base 22 of semi-resilient material such as hard rubber, or the like, and a resilient cushion 24 of soft rubber, or the like, which is suitably secured to an intermediate portion of the base. As is best shown in Figure 2, the upper surface of the cushion 24 is somewhat convex and the end portions of the cushion are tapered so as to merge with the upper surface of the base in a relatively smooth fashion.

The bass 22 is provided at the head end thereof with an upstanding flange 26 which abuts the aforementioned stanchion rail I6 and a plurality of projecting detents 28 provided on the flange 26 fit into complemental sockets 30 in the rail [6, whereby to assist in sustaining the pad in position in the stall.

A portion of the base 22 between the flange 26 and the adjacent end of the cushion 24 is in the form of a channel 32 resting in a complemental channel 34 in the floor l0, while a downturned lip 36 is provided at the rear end of the base 22 and extends into the gutter M for purposes of additionally anchoring the entire pad in place.

It will be observed that the rear end portion of the base 22 is formed in the upper surface thereof with a plurality of spaced parallel moisture receiving channels or grooves 38 which slope toward and empty into the gutter M.

A plurality of elongated, upwardly projecting partition members 40 are used to separate the stalls, one from another, each of these members overlapping the adjacent side edges of the pads 20 and having embedded therein a downwardly projecting flange or bar 42 which is interposed between the adjacent side edges of the pads, as is clearly shown in Figure 3.

A plurality of tie rods 44 extend transversely through the bases 22 and through the flanges 42 whereby to secure the several pads in the respective stalls together.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

An animal barn comprising: a concrete floor having a gutter therein, an integral stanchion rail rising from the floor in spaced parallelism with the gutter and having sockets therein, a series of elongated resilient pads on the floor extending between the gutter and the stanchion rail, depending anchoring lips on one end of the pads engaged in the gutter, upstanding flanges on the other ends of said pads abutting the stanchion rail, detents on said flanges engaged in the sockets, horizontal metallic bars mounted on the References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Spengler Nov. 12, 1901 Number Number 4 Name Date Lovely Feb. 25, 1919 Ferris Dec. 13, 1932 Heltzel Apr. 11, 1933 Jacobson et a1 Dec. 1, 1936 Kickenbush May 25, 1937 Henderson Mar. 15, 1938 Denman Aug. 24, 1943 Wilson Apr. 15, 1952

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