Patent ID: 8453592

Claim:
An animal feeding reminder system, comprising: a food handling apparatus; date or time indicia associated with the apparatus; a marker associated with the apparatus and moveable relative to the indicia, wherein the marker selectively identifies a distinct date or time from the date or time indicia; and a marker positioning mechanism associated with the marker, the apparatus, or both, for securely holding the marker so as to identify the distinct date or time and prevent accidental or unintended movement of the marker to another date or time; wherein the marker is selectively moved to identify the distinct date or time after each use of the food handling apparatus to remind a user of a last time an animal was fed; wherein the food handling apparatus comprises a food scoop for the transportation, selling, purchasing, or feeding of animal food; and wherein the food scoop comprises a handle attached to a scoop, wherein the scoop is pivotable relative to the handle, and wherein the handle comprises a cover disposed about the spoop cooperating to form a closed position.