US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 302
BROODER


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119 /   HD   ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

302BROODER {4}
303  DF  .~> Warmed by water (i.e., radiator or boiler)
304  DF  .~> Warmed by directed air {1}
308  DF  .~> Warmed by electrical component {1}
310  DF  .~> Warmed by fireless heater


DEFINITION

Classification: 119/302

BROODER:

(under the class definition) Subject matter including a small, warmed chick housing chamber, provided with a hover, hover chamber, or canopy to perform the function of a mother fowl in providing shelter and warmth to the chicks.

(1) Note. For original classification of a patent in this and indented subclasses, there must be claimed some structure, in addition to a heating or ventilation system, which particularizes the device for the confinement or protection of the chicks. Merely calling a device a brooder is insufficient disclosure for placement in this subclass. Examples of particularizing structures are attraction lights, dropping boards, and spacers, or other antismothering devices.

(2) Note. The hover structure is a component within the brooder chamber constructed of a flexible material, usually feathers. The hover is designed to lie in close proximity to the chicks, so that in brushing against their backs, it provides not only warmth but a sense of security.

(3) Note. A hover chamber is a smaller compartment containing a hover structure as defined above which is enclosed within and distinct from the brooder chamber.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

301, for a brooder combined with an incubator.

437+, for housing structure lacking a hover, hover chamber, or canopy structure. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation,

2+, and 6 for an environmental regulation device for an incubator or brooder.

237, Heating Systems,

3+, and 14+ for a heating system for use in a brooder or incubator.