Alfred E Benton Deceased24 S La Senda Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

6440478, Aug 27, 2002

Nov 22, 1996

08/755150

Alfred E. Benton - South Laguna CA
Chester D. Beintema - West Covina CA

K.E.S. Associates - Walnut CA

A23B 403

426471, 426233, 426648, 426658

An improved feed block is produced by a novel process in which a fluid mixture comprising molasses, additives and other nutrients is produced into a dehydration vessel operating under a partial vacuum. The fluid mixture is heated to a temperature less than about 130Â F. and agitated within the dehydration vessel to drive water from the fluid mixture. The water vapor is cooled, condensed and removed from the dehydration vessel to a condensate collector where the amount of water removed can be measured to determine the degree of dehydration. Once an appropriate amount of water has been removed, the dehydrated fluid mixture is produced from the dehydration vessel, formed into block shapes and cooled to form feed blocks. The resulting feed blocks are high in nutritional value because the low temperature dehydration process prevents the nutrients from being thermally destroyed.

6787150, Sep 7, 2004

Jul 22, 2002

10/200693

Alfred E. Benton - Laguna Beach CA

KES Associates - Laguna Beach CA

A23K 1100

424438, 424 934, 424496, 424498, 424750, 424757, 435179, 47 576

Pasture grass and legume seeds are protected with an outer coating of insoluble fatty acid salts. The coated seeds are fed to ruminants and bypass their digestive tract. When the coated seeds exit the digestive tract in the manure, they provide ranchers a no-till broadcast technique to easily reseed or improve pasture forage. Legume seeds are preferably coated twice, first with Rhizobia and then with the insoluble fatty acid salts. The Rhizobia coating will improve the legume rate of growth. Alternatively, discreet particles of Rhizobia can be coated with insoluble fatty acid salts and fed to the ruminants along with coated legume seeds.

2005000, Jan 13, 2005

Jul 23, 2004

10/912366

Alfred Benton - Laguna Beach CA, US

A01N025/26

504100000

Pasture grass and legume seeds are protected with an outer coating of insoluble fatty acid salts. The coated seeds are fed to ruminants and bypass their digestive tract. When the coated seeds exit the digestive tract in the manure, they provide ranchers a no-till broadcast technique to easily reseed or improve pasture forage. Legume seeds are preferably coated twice, first with and then with the insoluble fatty acid salts. The coating will improve the legume rate of growth. Alternatively, discreet particles of can be coated with insoluble fatty acid salts and fed to the ruminants along with coated legume seeds.

5622739, Apr 22, 1997

Jun 6, 1995

8/466264

Alfred E. Benton - Walnut CA
Chester D. Beintema - West Covina CA

K.E.S. Associates - Walnut CA

A23K 118
A23K 116
A23K 102
A23K 1175

426 74

An improved feed block provides discrete portions of mineral supplement and feed supplement in the same feed block. The mineral supplement is provided as an inner package that is surrounded by a shell of feed supplement such as a dehydrated molasses feed supplement. By so providing the two different supplements, the amount of consumption of each can be accurately controlled. Moreover, different feed blocks can be tailored depending on the desired ratio between the two different supplements.