ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,176, issued on March 3, was assigned to PERDUE FOODS LLC.
"Semirigid poultry and/or swine enclosure" was invented by Raymond Paul Greive (Murrieta, Calif.), Jeffrey Lane McDaniel (Murrieta, Calif.) and Daniel J. Coady (Warmer Springs, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An at least partially floorless semirigid poultry enclosure configured to flex and/or adjust to accommodate undulating terrain during movement across a field. The semirigid poultry enclosure may comprise a semirigid foundation. The semirigid foundation may include one or more flexible portions disposed between two or more rigid structural elements. The semirigid pou...