Patents by Inventor Brian Ausman

Brian Ausman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for providing controlled food portions to an animal and assessing the animal's health
    Patent number: 10595507
    Abstract: A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; and a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member comprises at least one compartment to contain said food product on hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform; said hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Lioness Feeding Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ausman, Christine Stec
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTROLLED FOOD PORTIONS TO AN ANIMAL AND ASSESSING THE ANIMALS HEALTH
    Publication number: 20190216051
    Abstract: A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; and a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member comprises at least one compartment to contain said food product on hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform; said hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Lioness Feeding Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Brian AUSMAN, Christine STEC
  • Method and system for providing controlled food portions to an animal and assessing the animal's health
    Patent number: 10278363
    Abstract: A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; and a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member comprises at least one compartment to contain said food product on hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform; said hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LIONESS FEEDING TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Brian Ausman, Christine Stec
  • Automated method and system for feeding animals
    Patent number: 9795115
    Abstract: A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising: at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: LIONESS FEEDING TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Brian Ausman, Christine Stec
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTROLLED FOOD PORTIONS TO AN ANIMAL AND ASSESSING THE ANIMAL'S HEALTH
    Publication number: 20170223926
    Abstract: A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; and a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member comprises at least one compartment to contain said food product on hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform; said hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Brian AUSMAN, Christine STEC
  • AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FEEDING ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20160227738
    Abstract: A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising: at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Brian AUSMAN, Christine STEC
  • Feeding station
    Patent number: D739614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Lioness Feeding Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ausman, Christine Stec