ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,577, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Dongguan ZhiYHong Hardware & Plastic Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Pet feeder" was invented by Zhiqi Xue (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet feeder includes a base, a food tank and a driving mechanism; the driving mechanism is fixedly connected to the base and movably connected to outer circumferential wall of the food tank, and is used for supporting the food tank and driving the food tank to rotate; a food discharging assembly is arranged in the food tank; when the driving mechanism drives the food tank to rotate, pet foods in the food tank can be outputted to outside of the ...