Animal feeder raising & lowering apparatus

摘要

An animal feeder raising and lowering apparatus characterized in a preferred embodiment by an elongated boom pivotally and removably supported by a pair of support legs extending from a support base and having a bifurcated feeder mount mounted on the upper end for removably carrying an animal feeder and a counterweight or counterweight container attached to the bottom end of the boom. In another preferred embodiment a boom stabilizer is upward-standing from the support base and is spaced-apart from the support legs for supporting and stabilizing the boom when the boom is pivoted into the horizontal position, to facilitate loading and/or unloading the feeder. A winch may be secured to the boom stabilizer with the winch line extending to the boom for pivoting the boom on the support legs. In yet another preferred embodiment the feeder is removably secured to the bifurcated feeder mount by means of slots provided in the feeder mount and cradle pins extending from the slots to a cradle carrying the feeder. The boom is typically pivotally and removably attached to the upward-standing boom support legs by means of a boom pin or pins extending through companion slots provided in each of the boom support legs.