Patent ID: 8297229

Claim:
A method for utilizing a feed container, having a storage area defined by a bottom wall and a sidewall, for retaining animal feed within the storage area when the feed is in a solid phase and the feed container is in a non-upward resting position, the method comprising: forming a member extending from the interior surface of the sidewall a limited distance into the storage area and at a distance from the bottom wall sufficient to retain the entirety of the animal feed within the storage area when the animal feed is in its solid phase and the feed container is in the non-upward resting position, and pouring the animal feed in its liquid phase to fill the storage area completely below the extending member and at a desired distance above the extending member, whereby, the extending member will retain all of the animal feed in its solid phase that is below the extending member and the remaining animal feed that is in its solid phase above the extending member when the feed container is in the non-upward resting position.