Patent ID: 9226478
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. An elevated pet feeding apparatus comprising: an elevated base having an upper surface, a lower surface, a right front side, a left front side, a right back side, and a left back side; a plurality of legs comprising a right front leg, a left front leg, a right back leg, and a left back leg, each of the right front leg, the left front leg, the right back leg, and the left back leg attached to the base lower surface proximal the right front side, the left front side, the right back side, and the left back side, respectively; a pair of lower support columns comprising a right lower support column and a left lower support column, each of the right lower support column and the left lower support column having a bottom end, a top end, a right side, and a left side, the bottom end of each of the right lower support column and the left lower support column attached to the base upper surface proximal the right back side and the left back side, respectively; a pair of openings comprising a right opening and a left opening, each of the right opening and the left opening disposed within the right lower support column and the left lower support column, respectively, from the top end to the bottom end; a pair of orifices comprising a right orifice and a left orifice, each of the right orifice and the left orifice disposed through the right lower support column right side and the left lower support column left side, respectively, proximal the top end; a pair of upper support columns comprising a right upper support column and a left upper support column, each of the right upper support column and the left upper support column slidably engaged within the right opening and the left opening, respectively; a plurality of a pair of slots, each of the pair of slots comprising a right slot colinearly disposed with a left slot, wherein the right slot of each of the pair of slots is disposed through the right upper support column, wherein the left slot of each of the pair of slots is disposed through the left upper support column; wherein a circumference of one of the right orifice and the left orifice substantially conforms to a circumference of one of a right slot and a left slot; a pair of pins comprising a right pin and a left pin, wherein the right pin is disposed through the right orifice and one of a right slot, wherein the left pin is disposed through the left orifice and one of a left slot; wherein the right pin is configured to adjustably mount the right upper support column within the right lower support column; wherein the left pin is configured to adjustably mount the left upper support column within the left lower support column; a pair of V-shaped support frames comprising a right support frame and a left support frame, each of the right support frame and the left support frame rotatably secured to a top side of the right upper support column and the left upper support column, respectively, with a respective right wingnut and a left wingnut; a platform disposed atop the pair of support frames, the platform having a top area, a bottom area, a right surface, and a left surface; and a pair of circular apertures comprising a right aperture and a left aperture, each of the right aperture and the left aperture disposed in the platform proximal the right surface and the left surface, respectively, from the top area to the bottom area; wherein the pair of apertures is configured to hold a pair of pet food bowls within the platform; wherein the pair of support frames is configured to allow a user to manually adjust an angle of the platform toward and alternately away from a pet in order to properly align the pair of pet food bowls based on a height of the pet.