Confinement feed method and apparatus therefor

Claim 1

ANIMAL ENVIRONMENT AND ARTICULATED FLOORING WHICH PRESENTS A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID SURFACE FOR ANIMAL SUPPORT AND PROVIDES FOR SEPARATE ACCUMULATION OF LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE MATTER COMPRISING FLOOR BOARD MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL ELONGATED FLOOR BOARDS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGE CONFIGURATION, CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR MEANS FOR THE FLOOR BOARD MEANS INCLUDING CONTINUOUS LINKAGE MEANS WITH INDIVIDUAL LINKS AND MEANS FOR SECURING INDIVIDUAL FLOOR BOARDS TO INDIVIDUAL LINKS TO PRESENT A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID SURFACE FOR ANIMAL SUPPORT WHEN THE CONTINUOUS LINKAGE MEANS TRAVELS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE, DRIVE MEANS FOR THE CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR MEANS INCLUDING COG MEANS FOR CONTACTING THE INDIVIDUAL LINKS TO MOVE THE CONTINUOUS LINKAGE MEANS OUT OF A HORIZONTAL PLANE WITHOUT DISTRIBUTING THE MEANS FOR SECURING INDIVIDUAL FLOOR BOARDS TO THE INDIVIDUAL LINKS, AND DRAINAGE PAN MEANS BETWEEN AN UPPER WORK PATH OF THE CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR MEANS AND A LOWER RETURN PATH OF THE CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR MEANS, THE DRAINAGE PAN MEANS BEING DISPOSED TO SERVICE SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE UPPER WORK PATH OF THE CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR MEANS.