ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,703, issued on Feb. 10.
"Wildlife feeder" was invented by James Cardenas (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for protecting feed accumulated in feed troughs of a gravitationally fed, passive wildlife feeder are disclosed, including providing an apparatus comprising: a body, the body having an adapter configured to fit over a feed trough of the gravitationally fed, passive wildlife feeder; a plurality of pointed plates coupled to the body; arms attached to the body; and a first rotation member and a second rotation member rotatably supported to the body by the arms; wherein the plurality of pointed plat...