Patent ID: 7055462

Claim:
Feeder apparatus adapted to be mounted to a cage, said feeder apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of walls connected to each other and thereby defining a feeder body and an inner space inside said feeder body and generally surrounded by said walls, (i) at least one of said walls further comprising a receiving structure, (ii) said feeder body having a first opening adapted to communicate with a corresponding opening in such cage, and a second opening adapted to receive and hold a feed holder (iii) at least one of said walls overlapping ones of said first and second openings (b) mounting structure connected to and extending away from said feeder body; and a feed holder having a bottom, and first and second sidewalls, each of said first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from said bottom of said feed holder, at least one of said first and second sidewalls comprising a slidable element, said slidable element being adapted to be slidingly received by said receiving structure, said feed holder selectably movable, along a generally straight-line linear path of travel, between a first feed holder position and a second feed holder position, said feed holder in said first feed holder position juxtaposed said mounting structure and said feed holder in said second feed position distal said mounting structure.