Patent ID: 7866279
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bear training apparatus suitable to train a bear to visit a specific location at a specific time interval, comprising: at least two feeding compartments; a first one of said at least two feeding compartments having an enclosure blocking animal access to contents stored therein, at least one access port in a first state permitting said bear access into said enclosure for gaining access to said contents through said access port while simultaneously resisting animal access and in a second state preventing access into said enclosure, and a lock selectively maintaining said access port in said second state when said lock is in a locked state and permitting said access port to change from said first state to said second state when in an unlocked state, wherein said at least one first feeding compartment access port further comprises means for providing preferential access to a bear, wherein said means for providing preferential access to a bear further comprises a means for providing nominal resistance to opening said at least one first feeding compartment access port, wherein said nominal resistance is greater than can ordinarily be generated by small rodents; a second one of said at least two feeding compartments having an enclosure blocking animal access to contents stored therein, at least one access port in a first state permitting said bear access into said enclosure for gaining access to said contents through said access port while simultaneously resisting animal access and in a second state preventing access into said enclosure, and a lock selectively maintaining said access port in said second state when said lock is in a locked state and permitting said access port to change from said first state to said second state when in an unlocked state; a stimulus indicative of the availability of food; a stimulus control generating said stimulus; a lock control coupled with a first generating of said stimulus for changing said first feeding compartment lock from said locked state to said unlocked state and, after a first predetermined time interval, automatically changing said first feeding compartment lock from said unlocked state to said locked state, said lock control coupled with a second generating of said stimulus at a second predetermined time interval subsequent to changing said first feeding compartment lock from said unlocked state to said locked state for automatically changing said second feeding compartment lock from said locked state to said unlocked state.