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US 7,513,216 B2Granted
Smart bowl system
AssigneeSmart Pet Products, LLC
InventorEric Alexus Neckel
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Abstract
An animal feeder which generates sensorially perceivable indicia upon the coincidence an alteration in food or water conditions and the proximity of a person to the animal feeder.
Claims21
An animal feeder, comprising:
- a. a feeder containing an amount of feed;
- b. a first sensor responsive to at least one altered feed characteristic of said amount of feed in said feeder;
- c. a second sensor responsive to a human locatable a distance from said feeder;
- d. a signal generator responsive to said first sensor and to said second sensor which generates a signal in response to the coincidence of said at least one altered feed characteristic and said human locatable a distance from said feeder;
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- e. an indicia generator which emits a sensorially perceivable indicia in response to said signal from said signal generator.
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A method of feeding an animal, comprising the steps of:
- a. containing an amount of feed in a feeder;
- b. sensing an alteration in a feed characteristic of said amount of feed contained in said feeder;
- c. sensing a human locatable a distance from said feeder;
- d. generating a signal in response to said alteration of said feed characteristic of said amount of feed contained in said feeder coincident with said human locatable a distance from said feeder;
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- e. emitting a sensorially perceivable indicia in response to said signal generated.
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A method of producing an animal feeder, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an animal feeder;
- b. locating a first sensor to respond to alteration of at least one feed characteristic of an amount of feed contained by said feeder;
- c. locating a second sensor to respond to a human locatable a distance from said feeder;
- d. coupling a signal generator to said first sensor and said second sensor, wherein said signal generator generates a signal in response to alteration of said at least one feed characteristic coincident with said human locatable a distance from said feeder;
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- e. coupling an indicia generator to said signal generator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.