Patent ID: 8100084
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A system configured to dispense ingestible items to one or more pets, comprising: one or more processors configured to determine a predefined weight of the ingestible items to be dispensed into at least one pet food container during a given time interval based on at least one of a variable about the one or more pets and a variable about the ingestible items, wherein the at least one pet food container is configured to measure a current weight of ingestible items within the at least one pet food container; the one or more processors further configured to determine whether the current weight is within a threshold weight range of the predefined weight; in response to determining that the current weight is not within the threshold weight range of the predefined weight, moving means configured to move one or more ingestible items into the at least one pet food container; in response to moving the one or more ingestible items into the at least one pet food container, the at least one pet food container further configured to measure a new current weight of the ingestible items within the at least one pet food container and the one or more processors further configured to determine whether the new current weight is within the threshold weight range of the predefined weight; and the moving means further configured to prevent additional ingestible items from moving into the at least one pet food container during the given time interval in response to determining that the new current weight is within the threshold weight range of the predefined weight.