Patent ID: 7703447

Claim:
An animal food dispenser comprising: a body including: a grip portion, a hopper for retaining morsels of animal food, and a launching chamber, the launching chamber having an inlet for receiving one of the morsels of animal food from the hopper by gravity feed and an outlet for permitting the one morsel of animal food to pass out of the body; a propelling mechanism within the body for launching the one morsel of animal food out of the outlet, wherein the propelling mechanism comprises a plunger and a spring; a trigger mechanism associated with the grip portion for selectively activating the propelling mechanism; and a carriage slidably provided within the body, wherein the plunger is slidably received within the carriage, and further wherein the carriage is urged towards the launching chamber by a carriage biasing element provided between the carriage and the body and the plunger is urged towards the launching chamber by said spring provided between the carriage and the plunger.