US Patent Issued to LELY PATENT on April 15 for "System, vehicle and method for removing manure from a stall floor" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,236, issued on April 15, was assigned to LELY PATENT N.V. (Maassluis, Netherlands).

"System, vehicle and method for removing manure from a stall floor" was invented by Robin Andreas Albertus Van Kester (Maassluis, Netherlands) and Frank Hendrik Steeneveld (Maassluis, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing manure from a floor in an animal shed includes an autonomous manure removal vehicle with a manure storage container, which is provided with an interior, and a manure discharge opening for discharging manure from the interior of the manure storage container. A manure introduction device is configured for intr...