US 12,004,490 B2
Dispensing device for animal food
Luke D. Wilson, Morning View, KY (US); and Pavan A. Bapu, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Houndsy, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Houndsy, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,984.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,342, filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378014 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 5/01 (2006.01); B65D 83/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/0114 (2013.01) [B65D 83/201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing device comprising:
a container defining an interior storage chamber, wherein a bottom surface of the container includes a container opening providing access to the interior storage chamber;
one or more tracks located below the bottom surface of the container;
a sliding member that engages with the one or more tracks, wherein the sliding member includes a bowl support and a bowl removeably supported by the bowl support, and wherein the sliding member is configured to move between a filling position and a serving position; and
a lever including a first lever end and a second lever end, wherein the first lever end extends above the container housing and the second lever end is operably coupled to the sliding member;
wherein, when the first lever end is in a first position, the sliding member is in the filling position and the bowl support aligns the bowl and the container opening;
wherein, when the first lever end is in a second position, the sliding member is in the serving position and the bowl support positions the bowl in front of the container housing.