Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125263 | Pet Watering and Feeding Device A nutrient dispensing device for animals includes an access basin and a support portion attached to the access basin. The dispensing device includes a ramp spanning between the access basin and the support portion. A storage tank is disposed on the support portion, and ... | 05/24/2012 |
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| 20110239947 | Sow feeder A sow feeder includes a feed storage hopper comprising an upper funnel, an intermediate feed discharging tube, and a ring fixedly secured under the feed discharging tube; a feed transport mechanism comprising a cylindrical solid post having a diameter less than inner di... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110220029 | WILD BIRD FEEDER A wild bird feeder configured with perches and seed openings that are positioned to encourage certain sizes and species of birds and/or discourage certain sizes and species of birds. A wild bird feeder including a watering station and a feeding station. A wild bird feed... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110192350 | Squirrel-proof bird feeder and feed level control device A squirrel-proof bird feeder and feed level control device is described. The bird feeder includes a vertically disposed inner housing member which is positioned within a vertically disposed outer housing member with each of the housing members including a plurality of v... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110107973 | Animal Feeder and Method of Use Thereof An animal feeder formed from assembling a corrugated tube to a base portion. The feeder has an orifice underneath a corrugation of the tube for exit of feed, thereby protecting the feed exit orifice from the effects of inclement weather. The animal feeder may have a wei... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110094447 | Feed Dispenser with a Wear-Resistant Pecking Area for Feeding Birds The invention relates to a feed dispenser for birds with a wear-resistant pecking area. This feed dispenser comprises a dispensing pan with a raised mid-section, that is surrounded entirely by a base plate. This base plate is built up of a plastic base material and a su... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20100269756 | SQUIRREL PROOF BIRDFEEDER A bird feeder for effectively deterring squirrels and other unwanted animals from accessing the bird feed deposited therein. The bird feeder includes a pair of feeder bins positioned at generally opposite ends of the feeder and a pivot device positioned approximately mi... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100258054 | Bird feeder A bird feeder comprises a feed container, a connector having an open passage therethrough, a feeding tray, a funnel and a collection container. The feeding tray includes a sleeve into which the connector extends to provide a self refilling feed mound from which birds ea... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100192863 | FEEDER PAN FOR POULTRY The invention relates to a feeder pan for poultry, comprising a sunk bottom (8) and an edge (9) surrounding the bottom, the bottom being resiliently transformable and the edge being rigid. The bottom can be made of a relatively soft plastic, such as a ther... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100180825 | ANIMAL FEEDER WITH ADJUSTMENT OF A FEED DISCHARGE OPENING An animal feeder includes a hopper above a shelf onto which feed can fall to be taken by the animal or dropped into a trough below the shelf. The height of the shelf is adjustable in a course movement to move the shelf from a low height for smaller animals to a raised h... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100107983 | Wildlife feeder A wildlife feeder having a hopper, a manifold, and a removed head at a removed end of the manifold. The hopper is designed to enclose particulate feed, such as corn, for dispensing through the manifold and head to wildlife. The head has a multiplicity of feed troughs an... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100101498 | Dog feeder and dog waterer A dog feeder and dog waterer is provided wherein the dog feeder and dog waterer may be moved individually from operative positions to stored positions and which may be detachably secured together when in their stored or transport positions to enable the feeder and water... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100083905 | STRIP WEATHER SHIELDED FEEDER An animal feeder includes a base, a feeding trough supported by the base, the feeding trough having an outer rim. A feed hopper is situated over the feeding trough to deliver feed to the feeding trough. A roof extends laterally at least over the feeding trough outer rim... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100031891 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING FEED A device is provided for dispensing feed to feed troughs for animals such as cows. In one embodiment, the feed troughs are separate from the frame. Furthermore, the frame may be provided with a number of storage boxes for storing a supply of feed. The storage box has an... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100031890 | Modular bird feeder system A modular bird feeder system has a plurality of different modular bird feeder components which can be interchangeably connected based on user preference. All components are slideably mounted on a vertically standing pole. The slideable components include a feed filling ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090288607 | Modular bird feeder A modular bird feeder system which is particularly adapted for an individual to assemble and maintain. The system includes at least one bird feeder and means to catch bird seed located below the bird feeders. The bird feeders are mounted onto a central pole. An animal d... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090283046 | BIRD FEEDING PORT ASSEMBLY A bird feeding port assembly (1) for mounting to a bird feed containment housing (2) through an opening in the wall of the housing (2), the assembly (1) defining a feeding area (4) having an opening to the housing (2), a support... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090260575 | Refilling feature for use in an animal feeder In a feeder for dispensing flowable feed material, such as potable liquids and particulate solids, to birds and other animals, in which a hopper supplies such feed material to an access port in a feeding station positioned below the hopper, a refilling feature permits f... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090241843 | PET FEEDING CONTAINMENT SYSTEM A pet feeding containment system adapted to hold food and water bowls comprises a base with at least one wall defining an interior space. The front section comprises a low portion and at least one high portion. The low portion provides a pet with access to food and wate... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090159008 | Liquid reservoir and bird feeder incorporating the same A nutrient dispensing apparatus for birds having a hanger and two interchangeable dispensers supported by the hanger. Each dispenser includes a bottle for holding liquid or solid nutrients, and at least one basin into which the liquid or solid nutrients, water and bird ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090126640 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE INTAKE OF FOOD BY ANIMALS An animal feeder comprising a hopper for storing pieces of food is provided. The hopper includes an opening and a gate movable with respect to the hopper between an open position rendering the opening at least partially accessible to an animal and a closed position at l... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090078209 | Feeding System and Methods Relating to Feeding of Livestock Feeding systems and methods relating to feeding of livestock use illumination to attract the livestock to feed.... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090000555 | Dispenser Tray for Feed Dispenser Feed dispenser for feeding birds, comprising a dispenser tray (1) having a centre section (2) which is raised relative to the bottom surface (3). The raised centre section interacts with a downpipe (7) in such a way that a supplied volume of ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080210172 | Squirrell-proof bird feeder An anti-squirrel bird feeder comprising a feed cylinder and an anti-squirrel carousel. The carousel is spring biased in an open position wherein feed opening in the feed cylinder may be accessed by birds resting on perches disposed on the carousel. Upon receiving a weig... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080202436 | ANIMAL FEED STORAGE VESSEL A feed storage vessel for an animal feeder, constituted of an inverted truncated cone-shaped hopper whose smaller lower base features a generally cylindrically-shaped end elongation, and of two lateral supporting sections, apparently identical to each other, each of whi... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080190370 | Axially stacked double barrel animal feeder system A wildlife feeder system is disclosed comprised of a first barrel having an open top and an open bottom, a second barrel having an open top and a substantially closed bottom (having orifices as necessary to dispense feed), said barrels being, for example, 30, 55 or 85 g... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080178816 | Animal Feeding Apparatus Gravity flow animal feed dispensing apparatus includes feed supply tubes depending from a bottom wall of a feed storage hopper supported by a frame elevated above ground level. Feed dispensing tubes or a plate are connected to the feed supply tubes and flow control baff... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080178815 | Animal Feeding Apparatus Gravity flow animal feed dispensing apparatus includes feed supply tubes depending from a bottom wall of a feed storage hopper supported by a frame elevated above ground level. Feed dispensing tubes or a plate are connected to the feed supply tubes and flow control baff... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080087224 | Portable animal feed and water dispenser and feeding method A feeding device used in conjunction with a feed containing reservoir defines an open-trough structure defining a pooling space in which contents from the reservoir can be selectively transferred. The device is removably mountable to the bottle such that the device at l... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20070277746 | DOG TRAINING AND EXERCISE APPARATUS A device for use in connection with training a dog to retrieve a ball that allows the user to repeatedly launch the ball with a reduced amount of effort while also eliminating the need for the user to physically touch the ball. The device includes a ball receiving porti... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070163505 | Dispenser feeder with removable rain guard extension A self-dispensing feeder having a hopper, a feed trough arranged to receive feed from the hopper, and a rain guard. The feeder includes a movable rain guard extension that shields the feed trough from directional rain. The feeder also includes a shielding, overlapping s... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070119378 | PET WATER OR FOOD STORAGE UNIT WITH STOWABLE BOWL A pet sustenance device (30, 96) provided includes an upright container (32, 98) which holds a supply of pet sustenance, together with an underlying dish (34, 102). The dish (34, 102) is pivotally coupled to the associated container (32, 9... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070028844 | Animal feeder An animal feeder for supplying a feed to an animal of choice for feeding the animal of choice in an unprotected environment such as the outdoors. The feeder comprising a base for support the feeder on a ground surface, a support frame extending upwardly from the base an... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060231037 | Feeder for weanling pigs A feeder for piglets has a flat base tray resting on the floor surface with an outer wall on the base tray surrounding a central feed area of the base tray defined by an upstanding plastic tube. The piglet can step over the outer wall to locate its front feet inside to ... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060196433 | Pet waterer and feeder A pair of pet waterers, a pair of pet feeders or a pet feeder and a pet waterer are disclosed that are adapted to be packaged together in a manner that reduces the amount of volume occupied by the combination compared to if they were packaged separately. The pet feeder ... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060137617 | Regulating feeder for a horse A regulating feeder for a horse, with a funnel shaped bottom, which may be attached to a feed delivery tube extending into the feed trough or toward a feeding surface. At the distal end of the feed delivery tube is at least one protrusion extending parallel to the axis ... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20050284384 | Feeder EZ, feeder hanging or suspension system Feeder EZ is the only Game feeder hanging system that can hold a 30 or 55 gallon drum dispensing system containing up to 300 lbs of grain or feed from the (Trunk) of a single tree. The only other feeder hanging system that is used on a tree is done so by hanging a 10 ga... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050284385 | Portable deer feeder A mechanism for feeding deer is disclosed. The invention comprises an annular feed trough for holding food; food storage means above the feed trough for replenishing the feed trough by gravity; an electrified standpipe comprising a plurality of legs for vertically eleva... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050132966 | Fowl feeding device A fowl feeding device is used to provide a long duration feeding solution in a natural habitat. The feeding device includes a reserve supply of food product to last substantially a month in situations where the fowl are in a natural habitat. The feeding device design pr... | 06/23/2005 |
