Feeding system for household pet animals has closure to preserve freshness of feed and sensor to detect proximity of animal to expose feed

摘要

The animal feeding unit (10) has a hinged cover (12) over the rectangular base (14) which has two bowls (18,20) which may be individually temperature regulated by a control (24) on one face (22) and a sensing system (28) by which the cover is opened by the proximity of the animal.