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US 5,492,083 AGranted
Pest-proof feeding device
OwnerPeggy A. Holladayinventor
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A pest-proof feeding device for containing food for an animal and preventing pests such as snails, ants, birds and roaches from scavenging or contaminating the food, while enabling a pet or other animal to access the food. In a preferred embodiment, the pest-proof feeding device is characterized by a generally dome-shaped housing which is divided into a posterior food storage compartment and an anterior food access compartment having a food access opening which is reversibly sealed by a food access panel pivotally mounted on the housing. The housing may be threadably mounted on a food bowl or shaped in one piece and pelletized animal food is loaded in the food storage compartment and food bowl through a threaded opening provided in the apex of the housing. An animal such as a dog or cat accesses the food in the food bowl by pushing against the food access panel to pivot the food access panel from a closed position into the food access compartment. As the animal eats the food, additional food is dispensed by gravity from the food storage compartment into the food bowl. When the animal finishes eating and removes its head from the food bowl, the food access panel returns to the closed, sealing position, preventing entry of pests into the food bowl.
A pest-proof feeding device for containing flavorable, solid food for an animal and preventing pests from scavenging and contaminating the food while enabling an animal to access the food, said pest-proof feeding device comprising a housing having a food access opening, a food compartment provided in said housing, said food compartment provided in communication with said food access opening and a food access panel pivotally carried by said housing for reversibly closing said food access opening by gravity, whereby said food access panel is pivoted by the animal from a first position substantially sealing said food access opening, to a second position in said housing, for accessing the food contained in said food compartment, partition means extending through the interior of said housing to define a food access compartment and a food storage compartment for storing and gravity-dispensing the food into said food compartment responsive to consumption of the food by the animal, a housing opening provided in said housing in communication with said food storage compartment for loading the food into said food storage compartment and bias means carried by said housing and engaging said food access panel for normally biasing said food access panel against said housing.
A pest-proof feeding device for containing flavorable, solid food for an animal and excluding pests from the food while enabling an animal to access the food, said pest-proof feeding device comprising a substantially dome-shaped housing having a food access opening;
A pest-proof feeding device for containing flavorable, solid animal food and excluding pests from the animal food while allowing an animal to access the animal food, said pest-proof feeding device comprising a food bowl having a bowl interior for containing the animal food;
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