Adjustable Elevated Feeder With Press-Fit Leg Slots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing elevated pet feeders are cumbersome, difficult to manufacture, assemble, and clean, and often lack adjustable height options to accommodate various sized domestic animals, leading to inefficiencies in design and operation.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable elevated feeder with a platform featuring parallel leg impingement slots and rectangular leg elements that allow for easy height adjustment through press-fitting, enabling a knock-down configuration for convenient packaging and use with different animal sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional elevated feeder assemblies are designed with multiple components for height adjustment, then height adaptability is improved, but device complexity and ease of manufacture deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components (legs, height adjustment mechanism, food storage, and platform support) into an integrated feeder assembly. The legs serve dual purposes as both structural support and height adjustment mechanism, eliminating the need for separate adjustment components. This merging reduces the total number of parts while maintaining height adaptability across different sizes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional elevated feeders include multiple adjustment components, then height adaptability is improved, but ease of assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The feeder is divided into modular segments (platform, legs, food storage containers) that can be independently manufactured and then easily assembled. The legs feature integrated height adjustment slots that allow for simple snap-fit or tool-free assembly, eliminating complex manufacturing steps while maintaining multiple height options for different animal sizes.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional elevated feeders are designed with fixed height options, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to various animal sizes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The feeder incorporates adjustable leg lengths with multiple fixed height positions, allowing the structure to dynamically adapt to different animal sizes. The legs include pre-drilled slots or adjustable joints that enable straightforward height changes without requiring complex mechanisms, thus maintaining manufacturing simplicity while achieving versatility.
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AI summary
An adjustable elevated feeder is provided having a platform for holding both a feeder and a water bowl. The underside of the platform surface has a pair of parallel disposed leg impingement slots formed therein. A pair of rectangular leg elements each having two dimension: a high dimension having a longer width and a low dimension having a shorter width. When the legs are press fitted into the slots about the shorter width, the high dimension raises the platform to an upper adjustment height. Alternately, when the legs are press fitted into the slots about the greater length, the low dimension lowers the platform to a lower adjustment height.