ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,864, issued on April 21.
"Universal adjustable feeder" was invented by Orland M. Underwood Jr. (Kingwood, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal feeder for storing and dispensing multiple types of dry animal feed and for feeding multiple types of animals. A vertically movable covered container wall with a storage space is positioned over a feeder tray having both flat and sloped portions, with a wall adjuster attached to the container wall adapted to lift and lower the container wall relative to the feeder tray so as to open or close a feed dispensing slot formed between a lower end of the container wall and the flat porti...