US Patent Issued to AlgaeBarn on March 4 for "Feeding systems and apparatus for aquariums" (Colorado, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,108, issued on March 4, was assigned to AlgaeBarn LLC (Commerce City, Colo.).

"Feeding systems and apparatus for aquariums" was invented by Alex J. Maile (Avon, Minn.) and Sean L. Tadjeran (Commerce City, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aquarium feeding systems are disclosed. In one aspect, a system (10) includes a flotation base (20) adapted to float on water, and a feeding apparatus adapted to be repeatedly inserted into and removed from the flotation base (20). In one approach, the feeding apparatus comprises a flotation insert (30) and a food tray (40). The food tray (40) comprises a plurality of apertures (46) sized to allo...