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Granted Patent B2
US 10,980,219 · App. 16/274,262 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop, having easy-access ventilated roosting system, automatic-egg-collecting-and-indicating-teeter-totter nesting system, cable draw-ramp system, automatic-hook sliding-door system, easy-access pivotable feeder-and-water system, extendable chicken-run system, anti-pushing anti-growing anti-digging anti-rotting shield systems, and automatic-relatching-twistable-compressable-spring latch systems

Inventor: Dee Volin (Gresham, OR)
A01K31/165A01K31/18A01K31/04A01K31/10A01K31/20A01M29/30
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Patent No.
US 10,980,219
App. No.
16/274,262
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop, comprising: a first and a second and a third and a fourth roosting walls attached to one another, a roosting roof attached to the first and the second and the third and the fourth roosting wall, a passage opening formed in the fourth roosting wall, a first nesting wall attached to the third roosting wall along the opposite passage-opening edges, a second nesting wall attached to the first nesting wall, a third nesting wall attached to the second nesting wall, a slanted nesting floor attached to the first nesting wall and the third nesting wall, a teeter-totter axle attached to the slanted nesting floor, an automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter seesawingly attached to the teeter-totter axle, an automatic egg-laying indicator attached to one of the two opposite teeter-totter ends, a teeter-totter-angle-adjusting screw threadedly attached to another one of the two opposite teeter-totter ends, a draw-ramp opening formed in the first roosting wall, two rails respectively attached to the first roosting wall along the top and the bottom of the draw-ramp opening edges, a sliding door slidably attached to and between the two rails, a door rod attached to the sliding door, a door-rod handle attached to the door rod, an automatic spring-loaded handle hook seesawingly attached to the door-rod handle, a handle-hook ring attached to the second roosting wall, a plurality of wall panels respectively attached to one another or the first roosting wall or the second roosting wall or the third roosting wall or the fourth roosting wall, a door panel hinged to one of the wall panels, a latch-tip brace attached to one of the wall panels, a latch-body brace attached to the door panel, a C-shaped cut-out formed in the latch-body brace, a latch pivotably and slidably attached to the latch-body brace, a latch lever molded to the latch, a spring housing molded to the latch-body brace, an automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring attached to the latch at one of the two opposite spring ends and attached to the spring housing at another one of the two opposite spring ends, a wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield positioned on the inside of the chicken coop against the wall panels and the door panel, a panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield molded to the wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and positioned under the wall panels or the door panel, a plurality of wire-panel-coupling hooks respectively molded on or formed on the wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield, a plurality of panel-raising anti-rotting ridges respectively molded on or formed on the wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and the panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield, a plurality of water-evaporation-inducing alleys respectively formed between the panel-raising anti-rotting ridges, and a plurality of water-draining holes respectively drilled in or formed in the wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield or the panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield.

Claims (726)

1. A draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop, comprising:

a first roosting wall

having

two opposite first-roosting-wall edges;

a second roosting wall

having

a second-roosting-wall edge;

a third roosting wall

having

a third-roosting-wall edge,

said first roosting wall attached to and between said second roosting wall and third roosting wall along said two first-roosting-wall opposite edges;

a fourth roosting wall,

said second roosting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said second-roosting-wall edge,

said third roosting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said third-roosting-wall edge;

a roosting rod

attached to and between said second roosting wall and said third roosting wall;

a roosting roof

attached to said first roosting wall, said second roosting wall, said third roosting wall, and said fourth roosting wall;

an easy-access opening

having

an easy-access-opening edge,

said easy-access opening formed in said second roosting wall;

a plurality of easy-access door hinges

respectively attached to said second roosting wall along said easy-access-opening edge;

an easy-access door

pivotably attached to said easy-access door hinges;

a window opening

having

four window-opening edges,

said window opening formed in said easy-access door;

a window wire panel

attached to said easy-access door along said four window-opening edges;

a ventilation opening

having

a top ventilation-opening edge and

a bottom ventilation-opening edge,

said ventilation opening formed in said third roosting wall 104 ;

two ventilation-opening rails

respectively attached to said third roosting wall 104 along said top and said bottom ventilation-opening edges;

a ventilation-opening sliding door

slidably attached to and between said two ventilation-opening rails;

a waste-tray opening

formed in said third roosting wall;

a waste tray

inserted through said waste-tray opening;

a waste-tray handle

attached to said waste tray;

a passage opening

having

a left passage-opening edge,

a right passage-opening edge, and

a top passage-opening edge

said passage opening formed in said fourth roosting wall above said waste-tray opening;

a first nesting wall

having

a bottom first-nesting-wall edge,

said first nesting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall 105 along said left passage-opening edge;

a second nesting wall

having

a bottom second-nesting-wall edge,

said second nesting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said right passage-opening edge;

a third nesting wall

attached to and between said first nesting wall and said second nesting wall;

a slanted nesting floor

attached to said first nesting wall and said second nesting wall along said bottom first-nesting-wall edge and said bottom second-nesting-wall edge;

a plurality of nesting-roof hinges

respectively attached to said fourth roosting wall along said top passage-opening edge;

a nesting roof

pivotably attached to said nesting-roof hinges;

a nesting divider

attached to said slanted nesting floor and said fourth roosting wall 105 ;

an automatic-egg-collecting-teeter-totter axle

attached to said slanted nesting floor and said third nesting wall;

an automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter

having

two opposite teeter-totter ends and a slanted teeter-totter angle,

said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter seesawingly attached to said automatic-egg-collecting-teeter-totter axle

for collecting eggs, and

for allowing eggs to roll down to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends;

an automatic egg-laying indicator

attached to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends

for being lowered out of said chicken coop by said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter when there is at least one egg inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter

to indicate and to let a user from inside a house know that there is at least one egg laid inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter, without the needs for getting out of a house, walking to said chicken coop to check and see whether or not there is any egg laid, and

for eliminating the needs for a user to get out of a house to walk to said said chicken coop to check and see whether or not there is any egg laid inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter;

a teeter-totter-angle-adjusting screw

threadedly attached to another one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends,

for adjusting said slanted teeter-totter angle

to allow eggs to roll down to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends,

to allow said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter to lower said automatic egg-laying indicator out of said chicken coop

to indicate that there is at least one egg inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter;

a draw-ramp opening

having

a top draw-ramp-opening edge and

a bottom draw-ramp-opening edge,

said draw-ramp opening formed in said first roosting wall;

a plurality of draw-ramp hinges

respectively attached to said first roosting wall along said bottom draw-ramp-opening edge;

a draw ramp

having

a first draw-ramp end,

a second draw-ramp end, and

a draw-ramp surface,

said draw ramp pivotably attached to said draw-ramp hinges along said first draw-ramp end;

a plurality of draw-ramp steps

respectively attached to said draw-ramp surface;

a draw-ramp cable

having

a first cable end and

a second cable end,

said draw-ramp cable attached to said second draw-ramp end via said first cable end;

a cable tunnel

formed through said first roosting wall,

said draw-ramp cable threaded through said cable tunnel;

a cable ring

attached to said second cable end;

a cable hook;

two draw-ramp-opening rails

respectively attached to said first roosting wall along said top draw-ramp-opening edge and said bottom draw-ramp-opening edge;

a draw-ramp-opening sliding door

slidably attached to and between said two draw-ramp-opening rails;

a plurality of door-rod braces

respectively attached to said draw-ramp-opening sliding door;

a door-rod hole

formed through said second roosting wall;

a first door rod

attached to said door-rod braces and

inserted through said door-rod hole;

a second door rod;

a door-rod joint

pivotably coupled to said first door rod and said second door rod;

a door-rod handle

attached to said second door rod;

a handle-hook ring

attached to said second roosting wall;

an automatic spring-loaded handle hook

seesawingly attached to said door-rod handle

for releasably and automatically hooking on said handle-hook ring

when said door-rod handle is pushed toward said handle-hook ring;

a plurality of wire wall panels

respectively attached to one another, or

said first roosting wall, or

said second roosting wall, or

said third roosting wall, or

said fourth roosting wall;

at least one wire roof panel

attached to at least one of said wire wall panels,

said cable hook attached to

one of said wire wall panels or

one of said at least one wire roof panel;

a plurality of wire-door-panel hinges

respectively attached to one of said wire wall panels;

a wire door panel

pivotably attached to said wire-door-panel hinges;

a latch-tip brace

attached to said second roosting wall, or

said second nesting wall, or

one of said wire wall panels;

a latch-body brace

attached to said easy-access door, or

said nesting roof, or

said wire door panel;

a C-shaped cut-out

formed in said latch-body brace;

a latch

having

a latch locking position and a latch tip,

said latch pivotably and slidably attached to said latch-body brace;

a latch lever

having

a latch-lever locking position,

said latch lever molded to said latch;

a spring housing

molded to said latch-body brace; and

an automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

having

two opposite spring ends,

said automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

attached to said latch at one of said two opposite spring ends and

attached to said spring housing at another one of said two opposite spring ends,

said automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

for twisting said latch lever back into said latch-lever locking position

when said latch lever is lifted up out of said latch-lever locking position, and

for pushing and twisting said latch lever back into said latch-lever locking position when said latch lever is lifted up and slid out of said latch-lever locking position

to push and twist said latch back into said latch locking position

to relatch said latch tip inside said latch-tip brace.

2. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 1 ,

said chicken coop

having

a chicken-coop inside,

said chicken coop

further comprising:

a wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

positioned on said chicken-coop inside against said wire wall panels and said wire door panel;

a panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

molded to said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield, and

positioned under said wire wall panels or said wire door panel;

a plurality of wire-panel-coupling hooks

respectively molded on or formed on said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield;

a plurality of panel-raising anti-rotting ridges

respectively molded on or formed on said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical

shield and said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield;

a plurality of water-evaporation-inducing alleys

respectively formed between said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges; and

a plurality of water-draining holes

respectively drilled in or formed in said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical

shield or said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield is

for strengthening said wire wall panels and said wire door panel,

for preventing said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

from being pushed inward by wild animals, and

for retaining the designed shape of said chicken coop,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield is

for raising said wire wall panels and said wire door panel above the ground

to allow water to drain and evaporate and

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

for preventing wild animals from digging under said wire wall panels and

said wire door panel into said chicken coop, and

for preventing grass from growing around and close to said chicken coop,

wherein

said wire-panel-coupling hooks respectively are

for hooking on said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

to couple said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield to said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

to strengthen and stabilize said chicken coop,

wherein

said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges respectively are

for raising said wire wall panels and said wire door panel above the ground

to allow water to drain and evaporate

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

wherein

said water-evaporation-inducing alleys respectively are

for creating empty space between said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges

to allow water to drain and evaporate

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

wherein

said water-draining holes respectively are

for allowing water to drain

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away.

3. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 2 ,

further comprising:

a plurality of stake holes

respectively drilled in or formed in said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield;

a plurality of stake handles; and

a plurality of spiral stakes

having

a plurality of stake ends,

said spiral stakes respectively screwed or driven through said

stake holes into the ground,

said stake handles respectively molded to said stake ends,

wherein

said stake holes respectively are

for driving or hammering said spiral stakes

therethrough

to secure said chicken coop to the ground,

wherein

said spiral stakes are

for securing said chicken coop to the ground,

for securing said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield to the ground, and

for securing said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield to the ground.

4. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 1 ,

further comprising:

a pivotable-arm brace

attached to said first roosting wall;

a pivotable L-shaped arm

pivotably attached to said pivotable-arm brace;

a feeder ring

slid on said pivotable L-shaped arm;

a conventional feeder

attached to said feeder ring;

a water-container ring

slid on said pivotable L-shaped arm; and

a conventional water-container

attached to said water-container ring,

wherein

said pivotable L-shaped arm is

for conveniently hanging said conventional feeder and said conventional water-container thereon,

for conveniently swinging said conventional feeder and said conventional water-container to different locations, and

for conveniently swinging said conventional feeder and said conventional water-container to said wire door panel to conveniently replenish food and water for chickens.

5. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 2 ,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield is formed into a square or a rectangular shape.

6. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 2 ,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

is made of metallic or plastic material.

7. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 2 ,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

is formed into a square or a rectangular shape.

8. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 2 ,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

is made of metallic or plastic material.

9. The draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 1 ,

wherein

said chicken coop

is made of metal, plastic, wood, composite material, or a combination thereof.

10. An egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop, comprising:

a first roosting wall

having

two opposite first-roosting-wall edges;

a second roosting wall

having

a second-roosting-wall edge;

a third roosting wall

having

a third-roosting-wall edge,

said first roosting wall attached to and between said second roosting wall and

third roosting wall along said two first-roosting-wall opposite edges;

a fourth roosting wall,

said second roosting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said second-roosting-wall edge,

said third roosting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said third-roosting-wall edge;

a roosting roof

attached to said first roosting wall, said second roosting wall, said third roosting wall, and said fourth roosting wall;

a waste-tray opening

formed in said third roosting wall;

a waste tray

inserted through said waste-tray opening;

a waste-tray handle

attached to said waste tray;

a passage opening

having

a left passage-opening edge,

a right passage-opening edge, and

a top passage-opening edge

said passage opening formed in said fourth roosting wall above said waste-tray opening;

a first nesting wall

having

a bottom first-nesting-wall edge,

said first nesting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall 105 along said left passage-opening edge;

a second nesting wall

having

a bottom second-nesting-wall edge,

said second nesting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said right passage-opening edge;

a third nesting wall

attached to and between said first nesting wall and said second nesting wall;

a slanted nesting floor

attached to said first nesting wall and said second nesting wall along said bottom first-nesting-wall edge and said bottom second-nesting-wall edge;

an automatic-egg-collecting-teeter-totter axle

attached to said slanted nesting floor and said third nesting wall;

an automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter

having

two opposite teeter-totter ends and a slanted teeter-totter angle,

said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter seesawingly attached to said automatic-egg-collecting-teeter-totter axle

for collecting eggs, and

for allowing eggs to roll down to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends;

an automatic egg-laying indicator

attached to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends

for being lowered out of said chicken coop by said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter when there is at least one egg inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter

to indicate and to let a user from inside a house know that there is at least one egg laid inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter, without the needs for getting out of a house, walking to said chicken coop to check and see whether or not there is any egg laid, and

for eliminating the needs for a user to get out of a house to walk to said

said chicken coop to check and see whether or not there is any egg laid inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter;

a teeter-totter-angle adjusting screw

threadedly attached to another one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends,

for adjusting said slanted teeter-totter angle

to allow eggs to roll down to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends,

to allow said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter to lower said automatic egg-laying indicator out of said chicken coop

to indicate that there is at least one egg inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter;

a draw-ramp opening

having

a top draw-ramp-opening edge and

a bottom draw-ramp-opening edge,

said draw-ramp opening formed in said first roosting wall;

a plurality of draw-ramp hinges

respectively attached to said first roosting wall along said bottom draw-ramp-opening edge;

a draw ramp

having

a first draw-ramp end,

a second draw-ramp end, and

a draw-ramp surface,

said draw ramp pivotably attached to said draw-ramp hinges along said first draw-ramp end;

a plurality of draw-ramp steps

respectively attached to said draw-ramp surface;

a draw-ramp cable

having

a first cable end and

a second cable end,

said draw-ramp cable attached to said second draw-ramp end via said first cable end;

a cable tunnel

formed through said first roosting wall,

said draw-ramp cable threaded through said cable tunnel;

a cable ring

attached to said second cable end;

a cable hook;

two draw-ramp-opening rails

respectively attached to said first roosting wall along said top draw-ramp-opening edge and said bottom draw-ramp-opening edge;

a draw-ramp-opening sliding door

slidably attached to and between said two draw-ramp-opening rails;

a plurality of door-rod braces

respectively attached to said draw-ramp-opening sliding door;

a door-rod hole

formed through said second roosting wall;

a door rod

attached to said door-rod braces and

inserted through said door-rod hole;

a door-rod handle

attached to said door rod;

a handle-hook ring

attached to said second roosting wall;

an automatic spring-loaded handle hook

seesawingly attached to said door-rod handle

for releasably and automatically hooking on said handle-hook ring

when said door-rod handle is pushed toward said handle-hook ring;

a plurality of wire wall panels

respectively attached to one another, or

said first roosting wall, or

said second roosting wall, or

said third roosting wall, or

said fourth roosting wall;

a plurality of wire-door-panel hinges

respectively attached to one of said wire wall panels;

a wire door panel

pivotably attached to said wire-door-panel hinges;

a latch-tip brace

attached to said second roosting wall, or

said second nesting wall, or

one of said wire wall panels;

a latch-body brace

attached to said wire door panel;

a C-shaped cut-out

formed in said latch-body brace;

a latch

having

a latch locking position and a latch tip,

said latch pivotably and slidably attached to said latch-body brace;

a latch lever

having

a latch-lever locking position,

said latch lever molded to said latch;

a spring housing

molded to said latch-body brace; and

an automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

having

two opposite spring ends,

said automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

attached to said latch at one of said two opposite spring ends and

attached to said spring housing at another one of said two opposite spring ends,

said automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

for twisting said latch lever back into said latch-lever locking position when said latch lever is lifted up out of said latch-lever locking position, and

for pushing and twisting said latch lever back into said latch-lever locking position when said latch lever is lifted up and slid out of said latch-lever locking position

to push and twist said latch back into said latch locking position

to relatch said latch tip inside said latch-tip brace.

11. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 10 ,

said chicken coop

having

a chicken-coop inside,

said chicken coop

further comprising:

a wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

positioned on said chicken-coop inside against said wire wall panels and said wire door panel;

a panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

molded to said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield, and

positioned under said wire wall panels or said wire door panel;

a plurality of wire-panel-coupling hooks

respectively molded on or formed on said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield;

a plurality of panel-raising anti-rotting ridges

respectively molded on or formed on said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield;

a plurality of water-evaporation-inducing alleys

respectively formed between said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges; and

a plurality of water-draining holes

respectively drilled in or formed in said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield or said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield is

for strengthening said wire wall panels and said wire door panel,

for preventing said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

from being pushed inward by wild animals, and

for retaining the designed shape of said chicken coop,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield is

for raising said wire wall panels and said wire door panel above the ground

to allow water to drain and evaporate and

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

for preventing wild animals from digging under said wire wall panels and

said wire door panel into said chicken coop, and

for preventing grass from growing around and close to said chicken coop,

wherein

said wire-panel-coupling hooks respectively are

for hooking on said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

to couple said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield to said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

to strengthen and stabilize said chicken coop,

wherein

said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges respectively are

for raising said wire wall panels and said wire door panel above the ground

to allow water to drain and evaporate

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

wherein

said water-evaporation-inducing alleys respectively are

for creating empty space between said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges

to allow water to drain and evaporate

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

wherein

said water-draining holes respectively are

for allowing water to drain

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away.

12. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 11 ,

further comprising:

a plurality of stake holes

respectively drilled in or formed in said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield;

a plurality of stake handles; and

a plurality of spiral stakes

having

a plurality of stake ends,

said spiral stakes respectively screwed or driven through said

stake holes into the ground,

said stake handles respectively molded to said stake ends,

wherein

said stake holes respectively are

for driving or hammering said spiral stakes

therethrough

to secure said chicken coop to the ground,

wherein

said spiral stakes are

for securing said chicken coop to the ground,

for securing said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

to the ground, and

for securing said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield to the ground.

13. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 10 ,

further comprising:

a pivotable-arm brace

attached to said first roosting wall;

a pivotable L-shaped arm

pivotably attached to said pivotable-arm brace;

a feeder ring

slid on said pivotable L-shaped arm;

a conventional feeder

attached to said feeder ring;

a water-container ring

slid on said pivotable L-shaped arm; and

a conventional water-container

attached to said water-container ring,

wherein

said pivotable L-shaped arm is

for conveniently hanging said conventional feeder and said conventional water-container thereon,

for conveniently swinging said conventional feeder and said conventional water-container to different locations, and

for conveniently swinging said conventional feeder and said conventional water-container to said wire door panel to conveniently replenish food and water for chickens.

14. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 11 ,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

is formed into a square or a rectangular shape.

15. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 11 ,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

is made of metallic or plastic material.

16. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 11 ,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

is formed into a square or a rectangular shape.

17. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 11 ,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

is made of metallic or plastic material.

18. The egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop of claim 10 ,

wherein

said chicken coop

is made of metal, plastic, wood, composite material, or a combination thereof.

19. An egg-teeter-totter animal-shield chicken coop, comprising:

a first roosting wall

having

two opposite first-roosting-wall edges;

a second roosting wall

having

a second-roosting-wall edge;

a third roosting wall

having

a third-roosting-wall edge,

said first roosting wall attached to and between said second roosting wall and

third roosting wall along said two first-roosting-wall opposite edges;

a fourth roosting wall,

said second roosting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said second-roosting-wall edge,

said third roosting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said third-roosting-wall edge;

a roosting roof

attached to said first roosting wall, said second roosting wall, said third roosting wall, and said fourth roosting wall;

a passage opening

having

a left passage-opening edge,

a right passage-opening edge, and

a top passage-opening edge

said passage opening formed in said fourth roosting wall above said waste-tray opening;

a first nesting wall

having

a bottom first-nesting-wall edge,

said first nesting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall 105 along said left passage-opening edge;

a second nesting wall

having

a bottom second-nesting-wall edge,

said second nesting wall attached to said fourth roosting wall along said right passage-opening edge;

a third nesting wall

attached to and between said first nesting wall and said second nesting wall;

a slanted nesting floor

attached to said first nesting wall and said second nesting wall along said bottom first-nesting-wall edge and said bottom second-nesting-wall edge;

an automatic-egg-collecting-teeter-totter axle

attached to said slanted nesting floor and said third nesting wall;

an automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter

having

two opposite teeter-totter ends and a slanted teeter-totter angle,

said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter seesawingly attached to said automatic-egg-collecting-teeter-totter axle,

for collecting eggs, and

for allowing eggs to roll down to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends;

an automatic egg-laying indicator

attached to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends

for being lowered out of said chicken coop by said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter when there is at least one egg inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter

to indicate and to let a user from inside a house know that there is at least one egg laid inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter, without the needs for getting out of a house, walking to said chicken coop to check and see whether or not there is any egg laid, and

for eliminating the needs for a user to get out of a house to walk to said said chicken coop to check and see whether or not there is any egg laid inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter;

a teeter-totter-angle-adjusting screw

threadedly attached to another one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends,

for adjusting said slanted teeter-totter angle

to allow eggs to roll down to one of said two opposite teeter-totter ends,

to allow said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter to lower said automatic egg-laying indicator out of said chicken coop

to indicate that there is at least one egg inside said automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter;

a draw-ramp opening

having

a top draw-ramp-opening edge and

a bottom draw-ramp-opening edge,

said draw-ramp opening formed in said first roosting wall;

a plurality of draw-ramp hinges

respectively attached to said first roosting wall along said bottom draw-ramp-opening edge;

a draw ramp

having

a first draw-ramp end,

a second draw-ramp end, and

a draw-ramp surface,

said draw ramp pivotably attached to said draw-ramp hinges along said first draw-ramp end;

a draw-ramp cable

having

a first cable end and

a second cable end,

said draw-ramp cable attached to said second draw-ramp end via said first cable end;

a cable tunnel

formed through said first roosting wall,

said draw-ramp cable threaded through said cable tunnel;

a cable ring

attached to said second cable end;

a cable hook;

a plurality of wire wall panels

respectively attached to one another, or

said first roosting wall, or

said second roosting wall, or

said third roosting wall, or

said fourth roosting wall;

a plurality of wire-door-panel hinges

respectively attached to one of said wire wall panels;

a wire door panel

pivotably attached to said wire-door-panel hinges;

a latch-tip brace

attached to said second roosting wall, or

said second nesting wall, or

one of said wire wall panels;

a latch-body brace

attached to said wire door panel;

a C-shaped cut-out

formed in said latch-body brace;

a latch

having

a latch locking position and a latch tip,

said latch pivotably and slidably attached to said latch-body brace;

a latch lever

having

a latch-lever locking position,

said latch lever molded to said latch;

a spring housing

molded to said latch-body brace; and

an automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

having

two opposite spring ends,

said automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

attached to said latch at one of said two opposite spring ends and

attached to said spring housing at another one of said two opposite spring ends,

said automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring

for twisting said latch lever back into said latch-lever locking position

when said latch lever is lifted up out of said latch-lever locking position, and

for pushing and twisting said latch lever back into said latch-lever locking position when said latch lever is lifted up and slid out of said latch-lever locking position

to push and twist said latch back into said latch locking position

to relatch said latch tip inside said latch-tip brace.

20. The egg-teeter-totter animal-shield chicken coop of claim 19 ,

said chicken coop

having

a chicken-coop inside,

said chicken coop

further comprising:

a wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield

positioned on said chicken-coop inside against said wire wall panels and said wire door panel;

a panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield

molded to said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield, and

positioned under said wire wall panels or said wire door panel;

a plurality of wire-panel-coupling hooks

respectively molded on or formed on said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield;

a plurality of panel-raising anti-rotting ridges

respectively molded on or formed on said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield;

a plurality of water-evaporation-inducing alleys

respectively formed between said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges; and

a plurality of water-draining holes

respectively drilled in or formed in said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield or said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield,

wherein

said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield is

for strengthening said wire wall panels and said wire door panel,

for preventing said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

from being pushed inward by wild animals, and

for retaining the designed shape of said chicken coop,

wherein

said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield is

for raising said wire wall panels and said wire door panel above the ground

to allow water to drain and evaporate and

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

for preventing wild animals from digging under said wire wall panels and

said wire door panel into said chicken coop, and

for preventing grass from growing around and close to said chicken coop,

wherein

said wire-panel-coupling hooks respectively are

for hooking on said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

to couple said wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and said panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield to said wire wall panels and said wire door panel

to strengthen and stabilize said chicken coop,

wherein

said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges respectively are

for raising said wire wall panels and said wire door panel above the ground

to allow water to drain and evaporate

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

wherein

said water-evaporation-inducing alleys respectively are

for creating empty space between said panel-raising anti-rotting ridges

to allow water to drain and evaporate

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away,

wherein

said water-draining holes respectively are

for allowing water to drain

to prevent said wire wall panels and said wire door panel from rotting away.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: VOLIN, DEE
To: JC USA INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62633079 · Feb 21, 2018
Related Publication 20190254261A1 · Aug 22, 2019
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