Patent ID: 9137967
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A feed dispensing apparatus, comprising: a feed storage portion having a bottom surface, the feed storage portion defining a feed receiving volume for receiving a feed bag, the feed storage portion having walls that define a rectangular shape when viewed along a vertical reference axis, the walls being angled such that the walls are oblique to the vertical reference axis and an upper end of the feed receiving volume is wider than a lower end of the feed receiving volume; and, a feed presentation portion having another bottom surface that is lower than the bottom surface of the feed storage portion, wherein the feed storage portion is open to the feed presentation portion via a feed control passage that defines an opening proximate to the feed receiving volume through which a user can open the feed bag effective that feed automatically dispenses from the feed bag, through the feed control passage, and into the feed presentation portion in a self-regulating manner, further wherein the feed dispensing apparatus is configured to be nestably stackable such that the feed storage portion is able to nestably receive a feed storage portion of a second feed dispensing apparatus when the feed dispensing apparatus is stacked over the second feed dispensing apparatus.