Patent ID: 7228816
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An animal feeding device, comprising: a housing including a food dispensing mechanism, a drawer movable between a first position inside the housing and a second position outside the housing, a device for moving food from the food dispensing mechanism to the drawer; a radio frequency receiver; a radio frequency transmitter, spaced from the housing, and worn by an animal to send a signal to the receiver; and a controller, which receives confirmation from the receiver that a signal has been received from the transmitter, said controller recognizing the transmitter as an authorized transmitter and discriminating between said authorized transmitter, for which the controller moves the drawer into the second position, and an unauthorized transmitter, for which the controller does not move the drawer into the second position, or for which the controller moves the drawer from the second position to the first position.