With Structure For Attaching To A Vertical Support, E.g., Wall, Stand Patents (Class 119/61.57)
  • Patent number: 7004110
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus aimed at efficiently supplying feed to chicks in a chick box, which can hold the feed in the chick box and can supply the feed to the chicks in the chick box, wherein the feed is supplied to the chicks in the chick box by means of a feeding apparatus which can maintain the feed at the height of the chicks' beaks when they are standing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Itochu Feed Mills Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshimichi Morikoshi, Tamotsu Suzuki, Hiroshi Horikawa
  • Patent number: 6990925
    Abstract: A portable deer and game feeder includes a tub-like feeder box, a support frame for supporting the feeder box, the support frame including a plurality of removable legs for supporting the feeder box above the ground, and a roof extending over the feeder box and being large enough to overhang the edges of the feeder box. A plurality of removable roof support posts are provided for supporting the roof over the feeder box, and the removable legs and the removable roof supports are sized and configured to be detached and stowed in the feeder box for transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Inventors: J. Lamar Banks, Jefferson Lamar Banks, III, Patrick Hayes
  • Patent number: 6988464
    Abstract: A manually operated dog treat dispensing machine capable of dispensing dog treats one at a time. The dispenser consist of a rectangular housing with a hinged housing door and hinged capital that serves as a food supply reservoir which is gravity fed into a spring loaded spindle chamber mounted on an axel and hand crank. Treats exit the dispenser through a chute output consisting of a hinged chute lid, two side walls and a base block. A retaining plate mounted in the end of the chute lid and adjacent to the spindle chamber acts as a stop preventing dispensing of more than one dog treat at a time. The dispenser can also function using a magazine that is inserted inside the rectangular housing area once the rear interior wall is changed out to accommodate the depth of the magazine. Magazine stop tabs at the base of the magazines along with the retaining plate mounted on the chute lid prevent the dispenser from dispensing more than one dog treat at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Inventor: Jerry Donald Rutledge
  • Patent number: 6901880
    Abstract: A pet food feeder, comprising a connecting member coupled to a support rod, a first connecting surface vertically disposed on the connecting member, a second connecting surface vertically disposed on a containing member of a food bin, a pivotal axis and an axial hole respectively disposed on the first and second connecting surfaces respectively, such that the entire pet food feeder passing through the pivotal axis and the axial hole to combine the containing member and the support rod, and a positioning latch on the second connecting surface being extended into a fixing hole on the first connecting surface to fix an angle of elevation for the opening of the food bin. The positioning latch can be extended into other fixing hole to adjust the angle of elevation of the opening of the food bin to collect the food towards the utmost bottom of the food bin and facilitate the feeding of pets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Markus Hammer