US 11,751,531 B2
Livestock transport container
Michael Kloepfer, Delhi (CA); Dan Cohoe, Burgessville (CA); Bryan Morris Bracewell, Woodstock (CA); and Andrew Joseph Maertens, Delhi (CA)
Assigned to Titan Trailers Inc., Delhi (CA)
Appl. No. 17/766,196
Filed by Titan Trailers Inc., Delhi (CA)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/051302
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/062534, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,506, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394948 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/04 (2006.01); B62D 33/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0035 (2013.01) [B60P 3/04 (2013.01); B62D 33/042 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A livestock container comprising:
a floor;
a roof;
sidewalls spanning the floor and the roof;
a front wall spanning the floor and the roof;
a tailgate operative selectively to close a rear opening defined by the sidewalls, the floor, and the roof;
at least one pair of convertible platforms mounted pairwise to respectively corresponding sidewalls and moveable selectively between a stored position and a deployed position to form an elevated level floor spanning the sidewalls; and
a plurality of compartment doors mounted to the sidewalls moveable selectively between an open position and a closed position to form compartments,
wherein at least one of the convertible platforms is a bi-fold platform positioned to be supported from below when in the deployed position by a corresponding compartment door when in the closed position; and
wherein the bi-fold platform has a foot proximal a lower edge of the bi-fold platform, and the foot is positioned to rest on an upper surface of the corresponding compartment door to support the bi-fold platform when the bi-fold platform is in the deployed position and the corresponding compartment door is in the closed position.