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US 8,944,007 B2Granted
Mealworm feeder
AssigneeZoo Med Laboratories, Inc.
InventorGary Wayne Bagnall
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Abstract
The present invention provides a feeding device for amphibians and reptiles that includes a food chamber in the form of a cup with a plurality of feeding holes formed in a bottom thereof. The preferred hole size is approximately 4 mm to accommodate the mealworm. The feeding device is made from transparent plastic allowing reptiles or amphibians sitting beneath the feeding device to see the mealworms contained therein.
Claims10
A feeding device for a reptile or amphibian, comprising:
- a food chamber in the form of a cup with a plurality of feeding holes, the food chamber including a support surface having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer edge about which is formed a side retaining wall, the feeding holes being formed in the support surface only in an outer periphery of the support surface, and entirely along the outer periphery and along a juncture of the support surface and the side retaining wall, and wherein the support surface is formed in a convex configuration such that the support surface is crowned with a center point of the support surface above the outer edge of the support surface;
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- a mounting bracket extending from an upper edge of the side retaining wall and laterally from the food chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.