ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,245, issued on Oct. 7.
"Automatic hay feeder device" was invented by Tyrus Cobb (Leon, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an automatic hay feeder device. The device can be used with hay bales or other animal feed of the like and is comprised of a gravity fed feeder that is mobile and automatically feeds hay bales from a chute into the trailer body of the device for animal consumption. As a result, a farmer need not manually replenish hay bales on a regular basis."
The patent was filed on July 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/353,374.
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