Patents Assigned to SureFlap Ltd
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Patent number: 11464205Abstract: A pet monitoring device (101) for monitoring a sub-dermal RFID microchip (103), the pet monitoring device comprising: a wearable item (1) bearing 1 to 5 turns of electrical conductor (7) wound circumferentially to form a wearable item resonator; and an RFID reader (9) attachable and detachable to said wearable item, wherein said RFID reader comprises: a driving circuit (1100) comprising a primary inductance (Lp) inductively coupled to said wearable item when said RFID reader is attached to said wearable item; a secondary inductance (Ls) and resonance capacitor (Cs) conductively coupled to said wearable item when said RFID reader is attached to said wearable item, wherein the secondary inductance and resonance capacitor form the wearable item resonator with said electrical conductor, wherein the wearable item resonator comprises a circuit (1004) to automatically adjust said resonance capacitor to compensate for a size of said wearable item when fitted to said pet; wherein the driving circuit is operable to driType: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SureFlap Ltd.Inventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Publication number: 20210345579Abstract: This invention general relates to animal feeders, an animal feeding monitor and a method of training an animal to use a feeder. An animal feeder may have a housing comprising an aperture for a food bowl (8) and having a door for covering the aperture, the feeder comprising a door mechanism to control movement of the door over the aperture, wherein the feeder comprises a sensor to detect when an animal has moved away from the aperture, and the feeder is configured to be operable in a training mode wherein the door mechanism is operable to control the door to cover a portion of the aperture in response to a said detection and to respond to one or more later said detections by controlling the door to cover a portion of the aperture larger than the preceding said portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: SureFlap LtdInventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Publication number: 20210000071Abstract: This invention general relates to animal feeders, an animal feeding monitor and a method of training an animal to use a feeder. An animal feeder may have a housing comprising an aperture for a food bowl (8) and having a door for covering the aperture, the feeder comprising a door mechanism to control movement of the door over the aperture, wherein the feeder comprises a sensor to detect when an animal has moved away from the aperture, and the feeder is configured to be operable in a training mode wherein the door mechanism is operable to control the door to cover a portion of the aperture in response to a said detection and to respond to one or more later said detections by controlling the door to cover a portion of the aperture larger than the preceding said portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: SureFlap LtdInventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Patent number: 10849312Abstract: This invention generally relates to animal feeders, an animal feeding monitor and a method of training an animal to use a feeder. An animal feeder may have a housing with an aperture for a food bowl and a door for covering the aperture. The feeder can further include a door mechanism to control movement of the door over the aperture and a sensor to detect when an animal has moved away from the aperture. The feeder is configured to be operable in a training mode wherein the door mechanism is operable to control the door to cover a portion of the aperture in response to the detection and to respond to one or more later detections by controlling the door to cover a portion of the aperture larger than the preceding portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SureFlap LtdInventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Publication number: 20160212971Abstract: An animal feeding monitor and a method of training an animal to use a feeder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: SureFlap LtdInventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Patent number: D719705Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: SureFlap LtdInventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Patent number: D743113Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: SUREFLAP LTD.Inventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
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Patent number: D782450Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SUREFLAP LTDInventor: Alex Jones
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Patent number: D792033Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SureFlap LtdInventors: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill, Ian Darnell, Joseph Brunton
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Patent number: D872383Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: SUREFLAP LTDInventors: Ian Darnell, Arnaud Arduini
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Patent number: D914304Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SureFlap Ltd.Inventors: Ian Darnell, Peter Lea
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Patent number: D985857Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SureFlap Ltd.Inventor: Paul Robert Oxley