Animal feeder apparatus
AssigneeAdam's Specialty Products, LLC
InventorAdam J. Keller
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Abstract
A feeder apparatus comprises a plurality of walls defining a feeder body, mounting structure, and a feed holder. The feeder body is hingedly, optionally hingedly and/or removably, mounted to the mounting structure. In some embodiments, the feeder apparatus further includes a blocking plate which is hingedly, optionally hingedly and removably, mounted to the mounting structure. One or more of the feeder body walls and the feed holder have cooperating sliding structures, enabling the feed holder to be slidingly received into, and/or removed from the remainder of the feeder apparatus.
Claims20
A feeder apparatus for mounting to a cage, comprising:
- a) mounting structure connected to said cage;
- b) a feeder body comprising a plurality of walls connected to each other and defining an inner space generally surrounded by said walls, said feeder body operatively communicating with said mounting structure and located generally outside said cage;
- c) a hinge assembly connecting said mounting structure and said feeder body;
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- d) a feed holder extending downwardly from said feeder body and slidingly housed therein;
- said hinge assembly hingedly attaching said feeder body to said mounting structure such that said feeder body hingedly actuates outside of said cage, the portion of said feed holder most proximate said cage being displaced from said cage by a distance which has a magnitude less than the magnitude of the length dimension of said feed holder.
A feeder apparatus for mounting to a cage, comprising:
- a) mounting structure connected to said cage;
- b) a feeder body comprising a plurality of walls connected to each other and defining an inner space generally surrounded by said walls, said feeder body operatively communicating with said mounting structure and located generally outside said cage;
- c) a hinge assembly removably connecting said mounting structure and said feeder body and enabling said feeder body to pivotably actuate with respect to said mounting structure;
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- d) a feed holder extending downwardly from said feeder body and slidingly housed therein.
A feeder apparatus for mounting to a wall of a cage, comprising:
- a) a mounting structure connected to said wall and defining an opening therethrough;
- b) a feeder body comprising a plurality of walls connected to each other and defining an inner space generally surrounded by said walls, said feeder body operatively communicating with said mounting structure and located generally outside said cage;
- c) a hinge assembly connecting said mounting structure and said feeder body, said hinge assembly hingedly attaching said feeder body to said mounting structure such that said feeder body hingedly actuates outside of said cage;
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- d) a feed holder extending downwardly from said feeder body and slidingly housed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.