Farrowing pen

Claim 2

A farrowing pen comprising a pair of upright legs, an end wall supported on said legs, a second pair of upright legs spaced forwardly from said first pair of upright legs, a gate panel, means hingedly securing said gate panel to one of said legs, means locking said gate panel to the other of said upright legs with said gate panel being detachable from said last named means by vertical sliding movement, means connected to said second pair of upright legs for latching said gate panel against vertical sliding movement, a pair of oppositely disposed side panels, means mounting said side panels on said legs for vertical adjustment thereon, a top panel, means detachably securing said top panel to said legs, a tail board pivotally secured to the lower edge of oNe of said side panels and extending transversely across said farrowing pen in engagement with the other of said side panels, means on said tailboard for engagement with the upper edge of said side panel to detachably secure said tailboard in raised position.

Claim 3

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein generally rectangular panels connect adjacent front and rear portions of adjacent farrowing pens in spaced parallel relation, a plurality of divider boards extend between said last named panels separating said adjacent farrowing pens and means on said last named panels support said divider boards in upright position.

Claim 4

A device as claimed in claim 2 wherein a plurality of L-shaped attaching pins are secured to said generally rectangular panels and a plurality of sockets are secured to said farrowing pens to receive said L-shaped attaching pins.

Claim 5

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein resilient means detachably, and pivotally connects one end of said tailbaord to the lower edge of said one of said panels.

Claim 6

A device as claimed in claim 4 wherein the means on said tailboard for engagement with the upper portion of said side panel comprises a resilient detent.

Claim 7

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said side panels are spaced above the ground and include a pair of vertically spaced side rails and a plurality of vertically extending bars rigidly connected thereto.

Claim 8

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said top panel includes a pair of oppositely disposed side rails and a plurality of transversely extending bars rigidly secured to said side rails in spaced parallel relation.

Claim 9

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said end wall includes a metallic mesh and means are provided securing said metallic mesh to said first named legs.

Claim 10

A farrowing pen comprising a pair of upright legs, an end wall supported on said legs, a second pair of upright legs spaced forwardly from said first pair of upright legs, a gate panel, means hingedly securing said gate panel to one of said legs, means locking said gate panel to the other of said upright legs with said gate panel being detachable from said last named means by vertical sliding movement, means connected to said second pair of upright legs for latching said gate panel against vertical sliding movement, a pair of oppositely disposed side panels, means mounting said side panels on said legs for vertical adjustment thereon, a top panel, means detachably securing said top panel to said legs, said means hingedly securing said gate panel to one of said legs comprises a pair of vertically spaced aligned socket members on one of said legs, a pair of inverted L-shaped hinge members fixedly secured to one side of said gate panel in vertically spaced aligned relation and each having a vertical pintle portion, said pintle portions having a length susbstantially twice the length of said socket members and being pivotally mounted in said socket members.

Claim 11

A farrowing pen comprising a pair of upright legs, an end wall supported on said legs, a second pair of upright legs spaced forwardly from said first pair of upright legs, a gate panel, means hingedly securing said gate panel to one of said legs, means locking said gate panel to the other of said upright legs with said gate panel being detachable from said last named means by vertical sliding movement, means connected to said second pair of upright legs for latching said gate panel against vertical sliding movement, a pair of oppositely disposed side panels, means mounting said side panels on said legs for vertical adjustment thereon, a top panel, means detachably securing said top panel to said legs, said means hingedly securing said gate panel to one of said legs comprises a pair of vertically spaced aligned socket members on one of said legs, a pair of inverted L-shaped hinge members fixedly secured to one side of said gate panel in vertically spaced aligned relation and each having a vertical pintle portion, said pintle portions having a length susbstantially twice the length of said socket members and being pivotally mounted in said socket members.

Claim 12

A device as claimed in claim 9 wherein, the means locking said gate panel to the other of said legs comprises a pair of vertically spaced aligned socket members on the other of said legs, a pair of inverted L-shaped lock members fixedly secured to the other side of said gate panel in vertically spaced aligned relation and each having a vertical pintle portion, said pintle portion having a length substantially the same as said socket member and being vertically slidably therein whereby upon vertical sliding movement of said gate panel said lock members are disengaged from their respective socket members and said gate panel is free to pivot about the hinge members in said first named socket members, said gate panel being reversable mounting the pintles of said hinge members in either of said sets of sockets for pivotal movement thereon.