Patent ID: 8312842

Claim:
A feeder apparatus, comprising: a storage chamber having a cover portion with a top surface and at least one sidewall; a bottom end portion; and an elastic member removably securing the cover portion of the storage chamber, the sidewall of the storage chamber and the bottom end portion to each other by an elastic resistance of the elastic member, the elastic member being attached at a first end directly to the top surface of the cover portion of the storage chamber and at a second end to the bottom end portion; the elastic member extending through a hole defined in the top surface of the cover portion of the storage chamber and being restrained directly at the top surface of the cover portion by a first restraining device, the first restraining device being in direct contact with the top surface of the cover portion and proximate the first end of the elastic member so as to prevent the first end of the elastic member from sliding through the hole in the top surface of the cover portion in a direction toward the storage chamber, the elastic member extending through the entire storage chamber along an axis thereof from the top surface of the cover portion to the bottom end portion; when attached to the top surface of the cover portion and the bottom end portion, the elastic member exerts sufficient elastic force to retain the bottom end portion to the storage chamber.