Patent ID: 6578517
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A game animal feeder comprising:a hollow cylindrical hopper having a first and second end, an annular flange, a truncated outer cone, an actuator, and a baffle; wherein said annular flange surrounds and is integral with said first end; wherein said truncated outer cone reduces the diameter of said hopper terminating in a circular opening at said second end; wherein said truncated outer cone includes at least one vent perforating the wall of said outer cone; wherein said actuator consists of a spherical ball of larger diameter than the circular opening at said second end; wherein said actuator is located inside said hopper at said second end; wherein said actuator can move freely within said hopper; wherein said baffle consists of a second truncated cone attached to or integral with the inner surface of said hopper, said baffle slopes toward said second end of the device and terminates in a baffle opening.