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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carter Thomson, Grinnell, IA (US);
Assignee:
Ahrens Agricultural Industries, Inc., Grinnell, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119 74 ; 119 73 ;
Abstract
An animal watering tank includes a spherical ball closure member which is returnable to its closed position by a track which extends laterally and downwardly into the water. The track is of one piece construction and is secured to the bottom side of the top wall of the tank in an upwardly extending locating recess.