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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Product Ventures, Ltd., Fairfield, CT (US);
Inventors:
Peter Brian Clarke, Newtown, CT (US);
John K Clay, Milford, CT (US);
Trond Erik Tollefsen, London, GB;
Assignee:
Product Ventures, Ltd., Fairfield, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 5/0225 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); B65D 83/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A container is disclosed for maintaining, shipping and dispensing granular material such as but not limited to pet food. The container includes an aperture in the bottom which is sealed with a pull tab until the material is ready for dispensing. An automated dispenser of such granular materials is also disclosed such that an insert in a drawer located below an aperture in the dispenser controls the amount of material that is dispensed from the container that sits atop the dispenser.