Patent ID: 7472849

Claim:
A device mountable through the passenger side door window opening of an automobile for enabling the driver while in the driver's seat to deposit granulated material at a target location on the ground adjacent the passenger side door, comprising: a hopper having a discharge aperture and a valve for selectively opening and closing the discharge aperture; a pair of upper support arms extending laterally from the hopper and curved downwardly for positioning through the passenger side window opening to engage the inside panel of the door, and a pair of lower support arms extending obliquely from the hopper below the upper support arms for bearing on an exterior surface of the door panel, thereby supporting the hopper in lateral spaced relation to the door; a discharge tube having one end operatively associated with the hopper discharge aperture between the lower and upper support arms and extending downwardly approximately the height of said door to a discharge end, for receiving granulated material from the hopper and discharging the material substantially at ground level adjacent the door; a control assembly attached to the hopper and extending from the valve laterally of the hopper beyond the upper support arms, including a trigger for opening and closing the valve and thereby selectively depositing a controlled guantity of granular material at said location, the hopper has an open top with detachable cover, a mounting side for attachment of the upper and lower support arms, a front that faces the same direction as the vehicle, a back that faces opposite the front, an exposed side opposite the mounting side, and a bottom in which the discharge aperture and valve are situated, a pair of mounting brackets are attached to the mounting side of the hopper, and the upper and lower support arms are attached to the mounting brackets.