Patent ID: 9345230
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. An animal feeder comprising: a panel, and a bumper having a central access opening in its top and designed to secure to a top edge of an open top feed bin, the bumper having at least one horizontal slit in one of its sides such that the at least one slit is sufficiently large to admit said panel through the slit and into the open top feed bin to which the bumper is designed to secure, said at least one slit receiving said panel, said panel being smaller than the inside dimension of the open top feed bin to which the bumper is designed to secure, and said panel being larger than the central access opening provided in the bumper so that the panel disengages the bumper once it is admitted through the at least one slit and is located under the central access opening in the top of the bumper, said panel being provided with openings there through which allow an animal to access feed located under the panel through the openings in the panel, and said panel being freely movable beneath the bumper such that it moves downward from the bumper under the influence of gravity as feed is removed from beneath the panel by an animal.