Patent ID: 7404376
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A feed dispenser unit for attachment to a vertical rotating shaft of a control unit of an animal feeder, comprising: a base plate, the base plate, the plurality of upright walls abutting one another as to form a continuous outer wall, the base plate and the continuous outer wall forming an enclosure having a top opening for receiving feed from the animal feeder, the enclosure for retaining feed from the animal feeder for receiving feed from the animal feeder; a plurality of upright walls, each upright wall being hingedly connected to a peripheral edge of the base plate; and a shaft attachment member, the shaft attachment member being disposed through and depending from the base plate for attaching the base plate to the rotating shaft of the control unit, such that when the rotating shaft rotates, the base plate spins, forcing the upright walls into a substantially horizontal position, allowing the feed to be dispensed.