Stall design of feeding station

Abstract

An animal feeding station having an improved design to facilitate feeding of the animal. In particular, a manger that has a bottom portion approximating a hemispherical shape, side wall portions extending upward from the bottom portion as a conical tangent of the hemisphere, a front wall portion which extends vertically upward and is tangential to the aforesaid hemispherical portion and a rearwardly, upwardly sloped flat surface portion which generally conforms to the position of the animal's lower jaw when ingesting its food. Further, a shroud is provided over the manger which has a top wall sloped and disposed in a manner which restricts the vertical movement of the animal's head until the animal moves rearwardly. Another feature of the stall is the provision of slidably removable side panels, which permit the animal to eat in relative isolation and without the eye distraction caused by being able to see animals outside the stall. Further, a bar shaped in the form of an arch extends over the rear portion of the animal so as to preclude mounting of the feeding animal by stable mates. For use with electronic automatic feed control systems, there is provided a front panel through which the animal extends it head, which houses an encapsulated antenna having a metal reflector.