Patent Application
20210198023
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The disclosure relates to container devices and more particularly pertains to a new container device for storing and dispensing animal feed.
The prior art relates to container devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a feed container for containing animal feed. The feed container has a dispenser extending into an interior of the feed container to pour the animal feed outwardly therefrom for feeding an animal. A door is hingedly coupled to the feed container for opening and closing the dispenser. A first handle is coupled to the feed container for gripping and a second handle is coupled to the feed container for gripping. The second handle is positioned on a different side of the feed container with respect to the first handle wherein the first handle and the second handle are configured to facilitate a user to hold the feed container at an angle for pouring the animal feed from the feed container.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The feed container 12 has a top side 16, a first lateral side 18 and a front side 20. The dispenser 15 extends through the top side 16 and the dispenser 15 has a back side 28. The front side 20 has indicia 32 printed thereon and the indicia 32 may comprise words describing the contents of the feed container 12, a company logo, an image or any other indicia 32 associated with animal feed 14.
A membrane 34 is removably coupled to the feed container 12 and the membrane 34 covers the dispenser 15. The membrane 34 is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit air from entering the feed container 12 thereby enhancing freshness of the animal feed 14. Moreover, the membrane 34 is removable from the dispenser 15 to facilitate the animal feed 14 to be dispensed through the dispenser 15. The membrane 34 may be adhered to the feed container 12 or the membrane 34 may be removably retained on the feed container 12 in any suitable manner. Additionally, the membrane 34 may be comprised of foil or the like.
A door 36 is provided and the door 36 is hingedly coupled to the feed container 12. The door 36 covers the dispenser 15 when the door 36 is in a closed positioned. Conversely, the dispenser 15 is uncovered when the door 36 is opened. The door 36 has a rear edge 38 and the rear edge 38 is hingedly coupled to the back side 28 of the dispenser 15. The door rests on top of the dispenser when the door is closed
A first handle 46 is coupled to the feed container 12 for gripping and the first handle 46 is positioned on the top side 16 of the feed container 12. The first handle 46 may have a first end 48 and a second end 50, and each of the first end 48 and the second end 50 may be attached to the top side 16 having the first handle 46 forming an arc.
A second handle 52 is coupled to the feed container 12 for gripping. The second handle 52 is positioned on a different side of the feed container 12 with respect to the first handle 46. In this way the first handle 46 and the second handle 52 are facilitate a user to hold the feed container 12 at an angle for pouring the animal feed 14 from the feed container 12. The second handle 52 is positioned on the first lateral side 18 of the feed container 12. Additionally, the second handle 52 may have a primary end 54 and a secondary end 56, and each of the primary end 54 and the secondary end 56 may be attached to the first lateral side 18 of the feed container 12 having the second handle 52 forming an arc.
In use, the door 36 is opened and the membrane 34 is removed from the feed container 12. In this way the dispenser 15 is exposed for pouring a measured amount of the animal feed 14 from the feed container 12. Each of the first handle 46 and the second handle 52 are gripped for tilting the feed container 12 and subsequently pouring the measured amount of the animal feed 14 from the feed container 12. The door 36 is closed when the measured amount of animal feed 14 has been poured to close the dispenser 15, thereby retaining freshness of the animal feed 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
