ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,653, issued on March 31, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Slow feeder for feeding forage to an equid" was invented by Patricia Harris (Ipswich, Great Britain), Emanuela Valle (Turin, Italy), Federica Raspa (Turin, Italy), Clara Bordin (Turin, Italy) and Andrea D. Ellis (West Bridgford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slow-feeder for feeding forage to an equid includes a container to hold the forage. The slow-feeder includes a feeding restrictor that is provided in the container on the forage, and that has apertures through which the equid extracts the forage from the container. The slow-feeder includes straps...