Patent ID: 7124707

Claim:
A selective animal feeding apparatus for feeding a food of a first animal to a first animal and for restricting access to said food to a second animal, comprising: (a) a container adapted to house said food of said first animal, said container including means for preventing access to said food when said apparatus is in a quiescent state said means for preventing access including a signal receiver; (b) means for accessing said food attached to said first animal wherein said means for accessing includes a transmitter, wherein when said first animal and said means for accessing is disposed proximate said container, said quiescent state is changed by said means for accessing sufficient to allow access to said food in said container by said first animal, and when said first animal and said means for accessing is disposed sufficiently far from said container, said means for accessing is of no effect and said quiescent state is returned and access to said food in said container is denied; and including means for preventing injury to said first animal or said second animal whenever access to said food in said container is denied wherein said means for preventing injury includes a lid adapted to be urged into a first, open position to allow access to said food and into a second, closed position to deny access to said food, and an actuator adapted to be urged intermediate said first position and said second position, and a spring intermediate said actuator and said lid, and wherein said spring is attached directly to said lid and wherein said spring is adapted to prevent said injury from occurring.