ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,792, issued on May 19, was assigned to Wicked Feeder Solutions LLC (Rock Hill, S.C.).

"Animal feeder" was invented by Bobby Allen Freeman (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Robert Scott McCormick (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an animal feeder includes: cutting a plurality of blanks from sheet material, forming at least one flange in at least one of the blanks and forming at least one opening in at least one of the blanks, so as to define a plurality of components, the plurality of components configured to define the animal feeder when assembled, wherein the animal feeder includes: a tray assembly defining at least...