Transportable poultry plant cart and method of using
CA 2020023 A1 · Owner: Melhorn, John W. · Inventors: Melhorn, John W.; Melhorn, J. Michael; Melhorn, John W.
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An easily transportable poultry or animal cart is constructed of a plurality of individual cages, each cage equipped with a horizontally bifolding door at one end and a horizontally sliding door along an adjacent side. The cages may be either permanently joined during construction or temporarily joined if a smaller cart or greater versatility is desired. The cart is wheeled for mobility. The carts may be constructed as "mirror images," so that two carts may be joined together with their respective bifold doors at opposite ends of the assembly and their respec-, tive sliding doors along a common side. The dual set of doors allow a method of transporting animals wherein one set is used to …
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- Filed June 27, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 27, 2010.
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