Mark Holmes Robbins

US Patent:

8146539, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Apr 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/433331

Inventors:

Mark Alan Robbins - Sundance WY, US

Assignee:

Ridley Block Operations, Inc. - Mankato MN

International Classification:

A01K 15/00

US Classification:

119712, 119174

Abstract:

A method of reducing herbaceous fuels may include identifying a region to reduce herbaceous fuels, dividing the region into susceptible areas, placing the susceptible areas in an order, and introducing an ingestible into a first susceptible area in the order. The method may also include selecting an ungulate group and the ingestible may be highly palatable, portable, and self-limiting. Placing the susceptible areas in an order may include analyzing the susceptible areas for a level of susceptibility, prioritizing the susceptible areas based on each area's conditions and surroundings, and/or considering practical aspects of treating all of the susceptible areas of the region. The ingestible may be moved throughout the region to reduce herbaceous fuels.

US Patent:

20170143007, May 25, 2017

Filed:

Feb 1, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/421942

Inventors:

- Mankato MN, US
Chunjiang Fu - St. Peter MN, US
Mark Allen Robbins - Beulah WY, US

Assignee:

Ridley USA Inc. - Mankato MN

International Classification:

A23K 50/10
A23K 10/40
A23K 20/147
A23K 40/20
A23K 20/174
A23K 20/24
A23K 20/20
A23K 10/30
A23K 20/158

Abstract:

A consumption-regulated feed block for controlled consumption of animal feed, comprises a mass of controlled feed material, the consumption of which is to be controlled, in compressed block, chemical block or hybrid block form; and an intake control matrix of low moisture block material positioned in the controlled feed material and forming consumption control pockets to regulate consumption of the controlled feed material by requiring an animal to consume by licking portions of low moisture block material in order to consume controlled feed material in an adjacent consumption control pocket.

US Patent:

20160366907, Dec 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun 22, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/745647

Inventors:

- Mankato MN, US
Chunjiang Fu - St. Peter MN, US
Mark Allen Robbins - Beulah WY, US

International Classification:

A23K 1/18
A23K 1/16
A23K 1/175
A23K 1/00

Abstract:

A consumption-regulated feed block for controlled consumption of animal feed, comprises a mass of controlled feed material, the consumption of which is to be controlled, in compressed block, chemical block or hybrid block form; and an intake control matrix of low moisture block material positioned in the controlled feed material and forming consumption control pockets to regulate consumption of the controlled feed material by requiring an animal to consume by licking portions of low moisture block material in order to consume controlled feed material in an adjacent consumption control pocket. Methods of making such a block are also disclosed.