Patent ID: 8511519

Claim:
An apparatus for pet food and pet-related item storage comprising: a base; a wall surrounding the base and extending from the base upward in a vertical direction to define an interior chamber; a divider inside the interior chamber and extending upward in a vertical direction to divide the interior chamber into first and second chambers, said first and second chamber extending parallel to each other from the base to the top of the wall surrounding the base, the first chamber comprising a food storage chamber and the second chamber comprising a food measurement compartment, the food storage chamber with a top opening; a means for raising food in the food storage chamber; the food measurement compartment laterally disposed relative to the food storage chamber, the food measurement compartment having a top opening that is adjacent the top opening of the food storage chamber, but laterally spaced therefrom; a food chute coupled to the food measurement chamber; a means for adjusting volume in the food measurement compartment; a food dispensing handle operatively connected to a shut off cover such that: (a) actuation of the food dispensing handle moves the shut off cover to separate the food measurement compartment from the food storage chamber and dispenses food from the food measurement compartment to the foot chute; (b) release of the food dispensing handle from its actuated state moves the shut off cover to open the path between the food measurement compartment and the food storage chamber thereby permitting the food measurement compartment to be refilled from the food storage chamber; and the second chamber further comprising one or more storage compartments disposed below the food measurement chamber.