Manually maneuverable cattle feeding cart

Claim 1

A MOBILE MANUALLY MANEUVERABLE CART ADAPTED TO BE PUSHED ALONG A WALKWAY WHILE TRANSPORTING AND DISPENSING DAIRY FEED TO A CATTLE MANGER COMPRISING: A WHEELSUPPORTED HOPPER FOR THE FEED (IN EITHER GROUND OR PELLET FORM) SAID HOPPER HAVING A WHOLLY OPEN TOP PORTION AND BEING OF A VERTICAL HEIGHT THAT THE WALKING ATTENDANT CAN LOAD THE CONTAINER PORTION AT A CONVENIENT LEVEL AND CAN WALK BEHIND THE CART AND PUSH IT ALONG UNHAMPERED IN WATEVER DIRECTION AND MANNER DESIRED, SAID HOPPER HAVING SLOPING FEED GRAVITATING WALLS AND A DISCHARGE SLOT AT ITS BOTTOM DISCHARGING INTO A TROUGH UNDERLYING AND ALIGNED WITH SAID SLOT, SAID TROUGH BEING CLOSED AT ONE END AND OPEN AND PROVIDED AT ITS OTHER END WITH AN ALIGNED DISCHARGE SPOUT, THE LATTER PROJECTING A LIMITED DISTANCE BEYOND THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE ADJACENT VERTICAL HOPPER WALL, SAID SPOUT BEING RIGID AND POSITIONED AT THE DISPENSING LEVEL DESIRED, A SCREW CONVEYOR CONFINED AND MOUNTED FOR ROTATION IN SAID TROUGH AND FOR AUGERING AND DELIVERING THE FEED FROM THE TROUGH AND EMPTYING THE SAME BY WAY OF SAID SPOUT, AND OPERATING MEANS FOR SAID CONVEYOR SUPPORTED ON AN EXTERIOR SIDE WALL OF THE HOPPER AND HAVING A HANDCRANK LOCATED AT A REARWARD UPPER CORNER PORTION OF SAID HOPPER SO THAT THE ATTENDANT HAS CONTROL OF THE RATE OF DELIVERY AND AMOUNT OF FEED WHICH IS TO BE DISPENSED AT A GIVEN TIME AND PLACE, WHEREBY CATTLE CAN BE SELECTIVELY FED IN KEEPING WITH THE INTENTIONS OF THE ATTENDANT.