Feeding system

A feeding system comprising:

• a housing that substantially forms an exterior surface of the feeding system, inside the housing comprising:
• an arm configured to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise to a plurality of positions, wherein the arm is configured to support a can comprising food contents, wherein the plurality of positions comprise a can-opening position, a feeding position, and a sealed-can placement position;
• a can opener at the can-opening position to provide an opened can;
• an opening of the housing at the feeding position, wherein the food contents of the opened can are accessible at the feeding position for feeding from the opened can, wherein the arm moves the can to the can-opening position and the feeding position;
• a sealed can barrel structure for housing a vertically disposed stack of sealed cans at the sealed-can placement position;
• a latch dispensing device associated with said sealed can barrel structure, the latch dispensing device extendable to support the stack of sealed cans within the sealed can barrel structure;
• a base support platform adapted to rotate, said arm disposed on said base support platform and rotatable therewith to locate the arm at each of the plurality of positions;
• and
• a retainer device disposed at a sidewall of said sealed can barrel, said retainer device extendable to retain one or more sealed cans disposed above a bottommost can of the stack of sealed cans at the sealed-can placement position;
• a cam structure mounted on the rotating base support platform for rotation therewith, wherein the latch dispensing device and retainer device are cam-operated, said retainer device having a cam-follower element disposed for engaging said cam structure while the base rotates to one or more of said plurality of positions;
• and
• said latch dispensing device having a cam-follower element disposed for engaging said cam structure while the base rotates to one or more of said plurality of positions, and the latch dispensing device cam-follower element engaging said cam structure to retract and release only the bottommost can of the stack from within the sealed can barrel onto the arm while the retainer device cam-follower element engages said cam structure to extend the retainer device to retain the sealed cans disposed above the bottommost sealed can being released onto the arm.