US Patent Issued to Doskocil Manufacturing on Nov. 3 for "Gravity feeder and waterer" (Texas, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,076, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Doskocil Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Arlington, Texas).

"Gravity feeder and waterer" was invented by Melaney Northrop (Mansfield, Texas), Michael Harper (Fort Worth, Texas), Matthew Dubose Kidd (Fort Worth, Texas) and Ryan Paxson (Elk Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeder and waterer assembly include a feeder and waterer. The feeder includes a feeder base and a feeder bottle coupled to the feeder base. The feeder bottle is configured to provide gravity fed solid food to the feeder base. The waterer includes a waterer base and a waterer bottle. The feeder bottle is coupled to the water...