US 12,356,961 B2
Dispensing device for animal food
Luke D. Wilson, Morning View, KY (US); and Pavan A. Bapu, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Houndsy, LLC, Morning View, KY (US)
Filed by Houndsy, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/736,098.
Application 18/736,098 is a continuation of application No. 17/825,984, filed on May 26, 2022, granted, now 12,004,490.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,342, filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0315198 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 5/01 (2006.01); B65D 83/18 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/0114 (2013.01) [B65D 83/18 (2025.01)] 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;
a sliding member that located below the container, wherein the sliding member includes a bowl support and a bowl removably supported by the bowl support, and wherein the sliding member is configured to move between a filling position and a serving position; and
an actuator including a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is operably coupled to the sliding member;
wherein, when the first 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 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.