Viscous pet food dispensing apparatus

摘要

An apparatus for dispensing viscous animal food includes a container and a dispensing sheet. The container includes a cavity formed by a sidewall, a concave bottom, and an open top. The sheet includes a perforated transverse wall or web with a downwardly curving profile that conforms to the concave bottom and a flange extending downwardly from the perimeter of the web. Rails are disposed along the sidewall to, along with conforming recesses in the perimeter of the sheet, guide movement of the sheet in the cavity. The flange interacts with the sidewall to resist pivotal movement of the sheet. A channel is provided about the perimeter of the concave bottom to receive the flange and enable receipt of the web on the concave bottom. Food disposed on the concave bottom is extruded through the sheet by downward forces applied by an animal during eating.

主权项

1. An apparatus for dispensing viscous food to an animal using its tongue, the apparatus comprising:
a container for holding the viscous food, the container having a cavity formed by a bottom wall, a sidewall, and an open top; a dispensing sheet having a web with a concave profile that curves downwardly toward a center of the web and toward the bottom wall of the container, the web having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough; and a flange extending from the perimeter of the web downwardly in the direction of the concave profile, the flange being slideable along the sidewall to enable movement of the sheet axially relative to the cavity in a direction substantially parallel to the flange, the flange resisting pivotal movement of the web.