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Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);

Inventors:

Doug Foreman, Springdale, AR (US);

Stephen Brannan, Wesley, AR (US);

James Ruff, Farmington, AR (US);

David Lee Mantooth, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Theodore Burnett, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Assignee:

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 31/07 (2006.01); A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A01K 31/00 (2006.01); A01K 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 45/005 (2013.01); A01K 31/005 (2013.01); A01K 31/07 (2013.01); A01K 31/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A colony basket and method of using the same for handling poultry from DOC through the growing process and on to a production facility comprising a harvesting system, a loading system, a transport system, an unloading and storing system, hanging system and cleaning system. The system and method performs the steps of harvesting and colonizing live poultry into a singly stackable and transportable colony basket, stacking and loading the trays on a transport, unloading and temporarily storing the poultry for subsequent processing.


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