US 12,389,878 B2
Support system
Lee Goodwyn, Jr., Colonial Heights, VA (US)
Assigned to HPBC, LLC., Colonial Heights, VA (US)
Filed by HPBC, LLC., Colonial Heights, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,690.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/461,944, filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,789, filed on Sep. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,400, filed on Sep. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081275 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 5/01 (2006.01); A01K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/0114 (2013.01) [A01K 15/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A feeding support system, comprising:
a bowl-shaped housing including an upper surface and a lower surface opposing the upper surface, the upper surface configured to retain at least one item for consumption by an animal;
an attachment arm distributed along a length of the bowl-shaped housing, the attachment arm configured to affix the lower surface of the bowl-shaped housing to hand of a user;
first and second handles extending from diametrically opposed sides of the bowl-shaped housing, the first and second handles defining elongate slots for receiving an end portion of the attachment arm; and
a central aperture defined in the lower surface of the bowl-shaped housing, the central aperture configured to expose a palm of the hand of the user to the animal, wherein the lower surface of the bowl-shaped housing is configured to shield at least one finger of the hand of the user when the hand is affixed thereto, wherein the central aperture includes an outwardly protruding lip configured to form a water-tight seal against the palm of the hand of the user, and
wherein the bowl-shaped housing, the first and second handles, and the central aperture are formed from a single component.