Patents Assigned to AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC
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Patent number: 11925169Abstract: An automated litter device having: a base; and a chamber configured for retaining a litter and rotatably supported by the support base, wherein the chamber includes: an entry opening so that an animal can enter and exit the chamber; and a waste opening generally opposing the entry opening configured so that an animal waste passes through the waste opening into the base upon rotation of the chamber; wherein the automated litter device includes one or more of: i) one or more sensors located adjacent to the entry opening which are adapted to sense the presence of the animal within the chamber, the presence of the waste in the base, a level of litter in the chamber, a position of the chamber relative to the base, or any combination thereof; ii) a filtering system configured for reducing, eliminating, and/or preventing, malodors building in the base; and/or iii) a litter dispenser in communication with the chamber to transfer some of the litter to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Brad Baxter, Jason Smith, Jason Weihman
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Patent number: 11910786Abstract: A feeder including: a) a base portion having a serving area; b) a chamber portion supported by the base portion and configured to retain a granular material within a chamber interior; c) a dispenser configured to segregate a portion of the granular material from the chamber interior and transfer the portion of the granular material from the chamber portion to the serving area, wherein the dispenser includes: i) a rocker body; and ii) one or more fins projecting from the rocker body; and wherein the feeder includes one or more of: i) the fin(s) are flexible; ii) sensing device(s) part of a sensing tower configured to sense the presence, distance, and/or amount of the granular material within the chamber portion; and/or iii) sensing device(s) configured to sense the presence, distance, and/or amount of the granular material within the serving area.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Brad Baxter, Jason Smith, Jason Weihman
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Patent number: 11523586Abstract: An automated litter device having: a base; and a chamber configured for retaining a litter and rotatably supported by the support base, wherein the chamber includes: an entry opening so that an animal can enter and exit the chamber; and a waste opening generally opposing the entry opening configured so that an animal waste passes through the waste opening into the base upon rotation of the chamber; wherein the automated litter device includes one or more of: i) one or more sensors located adjacent to the entry opening which are adapted to sense the presence of the animal within the chamber, the presence of the waste in the base, a level of litter in the chamber, a position of the chamber relative to the base, or any combination thereof; ii) a filtering system configured for reducing, eliminating, and/or preventing, malodors building in the base; and/or iii) a litter dispenser in communication with the chamber to transfer some of the litter to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Brad Baxter, Jason Smith, Jason Weihman
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Patent number: 11399502Abstract: An automated litter device having: a) a chamber configured to hold litter to allow an animal to enter and excrete waste; b) a waste drawer in communication with the chamber and configured to receive the waste; c) one or more sensors configured to detect one or more conditions of the device and transmit one or more signals related to the one or more conditions; d) a controller in communication with the one or more sensors which is adapted to receive the one or more signals, wherein the controller is configured to determine one or more positions of the chamber based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors and interpret the one or more signals as one or more status signals; e) a communication module in communication with the controller and adapted to communicate with a user interface via a network to transmit the one or more status signals to the user interface, receive one or more instruction signals via the user interface, or both; wherein the user interface is adapted to transmit theType: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Brad Baxter, Jacob Zuppke
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Patent number: 11224202Abstract: A feeder including: a) a base portion having a serving area; b) a chamber portion supported by the base portion and configured to retain a granular material within a chamber interior; c) a dispenser configured to segregate a portion of the granular material from the chamber interior and transfer the portion of the granular material from the chamber portion to the serving area, wherein the dispenser includes: i) a rocker body; and ii) one or more fins projecting from the rocker body; and wherein the feeder includes one or more of: i) the fin(s) are flexible; ii) sensing device(s) part of a sensing tower configured to sense the presence, distance, and/or amount of the granular material within the chamber portion; and/or iii) sensing device(s) configured to sense the presence, distance, and/or amount of the granular material within the serving area.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Brad Baxter, Jason Smith, Jason Weihman
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Patent number: D897610Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Brad Baxter, Jason Smith, Jason Weihman
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Patent number: D963253Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Jacob Zuppke, Matthew Wyman, Mark Strayer
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Patent number: D965919Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC, SAUDER WOODWORKING CO.Inventors: Jacob Zuppke, Matthew Wyman, Mark Strayer
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Patent number: D975383Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Jason Smith, Brad Baxter
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Patent number: D975939Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Jason Smith, Brad Baxter
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Patent number: D977207Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Troy Bell, Jason Smith, Brad Baxter
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Patent number: D976501Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Jason Smith, Brad Baxter
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Patent number: D982254Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC, SAUDER WOODWORKING CO.Inventors: Jacob Zuppke, Matthew Wyman, Mark Strayer