US 12,433,248 B2
Smart pet feeder
Paul B. Sides, San Antonio, TX (US); Brett Jarriel, Aiken, SC (US); and Christopher Lewis Blood, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to TH Products, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by TH Products, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/434,758.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/445,629, filed on Feb. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268341 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 5/02 (2006.01); A01K 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/0225 (2013.01) [A01K 5/0114 (2013.01); A01K 5/0275 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart pet feeder system, comprising:
a hopper;
a spin plate configured to receive feed from the hopper;
a diverter blade extending along an upper portion of the spin plate, the diverter blade including a feed engagement portion having forward and rearward edges angled relative to a center line of the diverter blade at a ramp angle between zero degrees and thirty degrees;
a motor attached to the spin plate, wherein the motor is operatively connected to a programable circuit board; and
a feed chute configured to receive feed from the spin plate and direct the feed to a bowl.