ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,780, issued on Feb. 24.

"Pet feeding dish" was invented by Zhouchi Xiao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a pet feeding dish. The pet feeding dish includes a feeder body and a climbing column standing in the feeder body. The climbing column includes an upper climbing column and a lower climbing column. The upper climbing column and the lower climbing column are movably assembled through helical structures to adjust a height of the climbing column. The pet feeding dish of the present application has a flexible applicability."

The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2025, under Application No. 19/360,681.

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