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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
Automated Pet Care Products, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jacob Zuppke, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Brad Baxter, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Ronge, Munich, DE;
Mark Zeh, Munich, DE;
Jason Weihman, Troy, MI (US);
Garrison Hefter, Clawson, MI (US);
Jason Smith, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A feeding, container, system and methods configured to automatically present food to an animal for consumption. A feeding assembly () including: a) a container storage subassembly () configured to store one or more containers () of the food therein; b) a container handling subassembly () and/or a transport subassembly () configured to retrieve and/or receive from the container storage subassembly and transfer to a feeding area (); c) a container opening subassembly () configured to open the container while being transferred to the feeding area from the container storage subassembly; d) optionally, a waste collection subassembly () configured to receive the one or more containers after being presented at the feeding area. The feeding assembly may provide a container opening subassembly () configured to peel a lid away () from a container () prior to presenting the container in a feeding area.