Patent ID: 7520247
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An animal food and treat dispenser for dispensing edible bone-shaped treats, the dispenser comprising: a section for storing the bone-shaped treats to be dispensed comprising a housing with an interior into which a vertical stack of the bone-shaped treats is placed and a door for accessing the interior of the housing; a spindle for dispensing the bone-shaped treats from the section for storing the bone-shaped treats to be dispensed through an output chute, wherein the spindle comprises a cylinder having a spindle chamber formed lengthwise on the outer surface of the cylinder, the spindle chamber having a bone-shaped shape and volume corresponding to the shape and volume of the bone-shaped treats and into which only one of the bone-shaped treats at least partially fits, and wherein when the spindle is rotated to dispense the bone-shaped treat, at least one wall of the spindle chamber forces the bone-shaped treat from the section for storing the bone-shaped treats to the output chute; a magazine for holding the bone-shaped treats to be dispensed comprising a vertical chute having right and left side walls for storage of the bone-shaped treats in a uniform and orderly manner and for mating with the spindle chamber, wherein the magazine is retained within the interior of the housing of the dispenser such that the bone-shaped treats fall into the spindle chamber; and a curved out section located at the bottom end of the right and left side walls of the magazine and extending up into a portion of the magazine for mating up with side walls of the spindle chamber.