ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,565, issued on Nov. 18.
"Animal feeding system having a mountable feeding bucket" was invented by Constance Jean Overholt (Cleveland, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal feeding system that includes a feed bucket having a receptacle with a base, sidewalls, and a rim that defines an opening opposite the base. The base and the sidewalls define a space configured to receive and store feed. A mounting portion of the feed bucket has an upper wall extending from the sidewalls and an outer wall extending from the upper wall and spaced apart from the sidewalls to define a recess therebetween. The mounting portion has a slot adjace...