ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,998, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Wagler Resources Inc. (Montgomery, Ind.).
"Poultry combined watering and feeding device" was invented by Ron Michael Weltzien (Galesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined poultry watering and feeding device that includes a poultry feed pan having an open end and a poultry feed support basin, a poultry feed drop tube connecting the poultry feed pan to a poultry feed line and providing the feed pan with access to poultry feed from the feed line, and at least one poultry drinking cup positioned above and within a diameter of the open end of the feed pan to allow the poultry feed pan t...