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An assembly includes a rectilinear rail that has a backside connected to a side wall of the pet house. The rail is registered along a horizontal plane and elevated from a ground surface and has a chamfered top wall provided with a linear groove extending along a length of the rail. The groove is lat

An assembly includes a rectilinear rail that has a backside connected to a side wall of the pet house. The rail is registered along a horizontal plane and elevated from a ground surface and has a chamfered top wall provided with a linear groove extending along a length of the rail. The groove is laterally offset away from the back side and proximate to a near side of the rail. Coextensively shaped trays are slidably positional along the rail. The trays include monolithically formed fingers extending away from a center thereof that are intercalated within the groove. Each tray includes a spring-actuated mechanism for maintaining a predetermined tension between the fingers and an inner surface of the groove such that the trays are prohibited from displacing along the groove. The spring-actuated mechanism is permanently affixed to each of the trays.

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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A foodstuff containing assembly detachably connected to an outdoor pet house, said assembly comprising: an elongated and rectilinear rail having a backside directly connected to a side wall of the pet

What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A foodstuff containing assembly detachably connected to an outdoor pet house, said assembly comprising: an elongated and rectilinear rail having a backside directly connected to a side wall of the pet house, said rail being registered along a horizontal plane and elevated from a ground surface, said rail further having a chamfered top wall provided with a linear groove extending along an entire longitudinal length of said rail, said groove being oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of said rail wherein said groove is laterally offset away from said back side and proximate to a near side of said rail; and a plurality of trays slidably positional directly along said rail, said trays including monolithically formed fingers laterally extending away from a center of said trays and directly intercalated within said groove respectively, each said trays including spring-actuated means for maintaining a predetermined tension between said fingers and an inner surface of said groove such that said trays are prohibited from slidably displacing along said groove during eating conditions; wherein said spring-actuated means is directly connected to a back side of said trays and is intercalated between said near side of said rail and said back side of said trays, said spring-actuated means being manually adaptable along a fulcrum axis defined orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said rail between compressed and decompressed positions. 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said spring-actuated means comprises: an annular base member having a countersunk aperture centrally formed therein, said base member including an elongated and rectilinear arm monolithically formed therewith and radially protruding away therefrom, said arm having a corrugated distal end portion for providing a gripping surface on which the user may grasp said arm; at least one washer directly nested about said countersunk aperture; a beveled locking member directly seated onto said base member wherein said washer is intercalated therebetween, said locking member having a sloping plane gradually offset from a top surface thereof wherein said sloping plane concentrically travels about said top surface, said locking member further having a centrally registered hole formed therein and vertically aligned with said aperture of said base member; a cam lever having a pair of diametrically opposed flange portions protruding radially outward from an outer edge thereof and terminating at a predetermined distance offset from an outer perimeter of said locking member; a rigid seal seated directly on top of said cam lever; and a fastener vertically inserted through said aperture and said hole wherein said fastener maintains said locking member and said cam lever slidably engaged at the predetermined tension, said spring-actuated means being adapted to the compressed position when a user toggles said arm and rotates said locking member about said fastener. 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said rail comprises; male and female sections telescopically engageable along a linear path. 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said trays are independently and contemporaneously slidable along the longitudinal length of said rail. 5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein one said trays is provided with a plurality of apertures formed in a bottom surface thereof for channeling fluid and debris away therefrom. 6. A foodstuff containing assembly detachably connected to an outdoor pet house, said assembly comprising: an elongated and rectilinear rail having a backside directly connected to a side wall of the pet house, said rail being registered along a horizontal plane and elevated from a ground surface, said rail further having a chamfered top wall provided with a linear groove extending along an entire longitudinal length of said rail, said groove being oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of said rail wherein said groove is laterally offset away from said back side and proximate to a near side of said rail; and a plurality of coextensively shaped trays slidably positional directly along said rail, said trays including monolithically formed fingers laterally extending away from a center of said trays and directly intercalated within said groove respectively, each said trays including spring-actuated means for maintaining a predetermined tension between said fingers and an inner surface of said groove such that said trays are prohibited from slidably displacing along said groove during eating conditions; wherein said spring-actuated means is directly connected to a back side of said trays and is intercalated between said near side of said rail and said back side of said trays, said spring-actuated means being manually adaptable along a fulcrum axis defined orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said rail between compressed and decompressed positions. 7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein said spring-actuated means comprises: an annular base member having a countersunk aperture centrally formed therein, said base member including an elongated and rectilinear arm monolithically formed therewith and radially protruding away therefrom, said arm having a corrugated distal end portion for providing a gripping surface on which the user may grasp said arm; at least one washer directly nested about said countersunk aperture; a beveled locking member directly seated onto said base member wherein said washer is intercalated therebetween, said locking member having a sloping plane gradually offset from a top surface thereof wherein said sloping plane concentrically travels about said top surface, said locking member further having a centrally registered hole formed therein and vertically aligned with said aperture of said base member; a cam lever having a pair of diametrically opposed flange portions protruding radially outward from an outer edge thereof and terminating at a predetermined distance offset from an outer perimeter of said locking member; a rigid seal seated directly on top of said cam lever; and a fastener vertically inserted through said aperture and said hole wherein said fastener maintains said locking member and said cam lever slidably engaged at the predetermined tension, said spring-actuated means being adapted to the compressed position when a user toggles said arm and rotates said locking member about said fastener. 8. The assembly of claim 6, wherein said rail comprises: male and female sections telescopically engageable along a linear path. 9. The assembly of claim 6, wherein said trays are independently and contemporaneously slidable along the longitudinal length of said rail. 10. The assembly of claim 6, wherein one said trays is provided with a plurality of apertures formed in a bottom surface thereof for channeling fluid and debris away therefrom. 11. A foodstuff containing assembly detachably connected to an outdoor pet house, said assembly comprising: an elongated and rectilinear rail having a backside directly connected to a side wall of the pet house, said rail being registered along a horizontal plane and elevated from a ground surface, said rail further having a chamfered top wall provided with a linear groove extending along an entire longitudinal length of said rail, said groove being oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of said rail wherein said groove is laterally offset away from said back side and proximate to a near side of said rail; and a plurality of coextensively shaped trays slidably positional directly along said rail, said trays including monolithically formed fingers laterally extending away from a center of said trays and directly intercalated within said groove respectively, each said trays including spring-actuated means for maintaining a predetermined tension between said fingers and an inner surface of said groove such that said trays are prohibited from slidably displacing along said groove during eating conditions, wherein said spring-actuated means is permanently affixed directly to said trays respectively; wherein said spring-actuated means is directly connected to a back side of said trays and is intercalated between said near side of said rail and said back side of said trays, said spring-actuated means being manually adaptable along a fulcrum axis defined orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said rail between compressed and decompressed positions. 12. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said spring-actuated means comprises: an annular base member having a countersunk aperture centrally formed therein, said base member including an elongated and rectilinear arm monolithically formed therewith and radially protruding away therefrom, said arm having a corrugated distal end portion for providing a gripping surface on which the user may grasp said arm; at least one washer directly nested about said countersunk aperture; a beveled locking member directly seated onto said base member wherein said washer is intercalated therebetween, said locking member having a sloping plane gradually offset from a top surface thereof wherein said sloping plane concentrically travels about said top surface, said locking member further having a centrally registered hole formed therein and vertically aligned with said aperture of said base member; a cam lever having a pair of diametrically opposed flange portions protruding radially outward from an outer edge thereof and terminating at a predetermined distance offset from an outer perimeter of said locking member; a rigid seal seated directly on top of said cam lever; and a fastener vertically inserted through said aperture and said hole wherein said fastener maintains said locking member and said cam lever slidably engaged at the predetermined tension, said spring-actuated means being adapted to the compressed position when a user toggles said arm and rotates said locking member about said fastener. 13. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said rail comprises: male and female sections telescopically engageable along a linear path. 14. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said trays are independently and contemporaneously slidable along the longitudinal length of said rail. 15. The assembly of claim 11, wherein one said trays is provided with a plurality of apertures formed in a bottom surface thereof for channeling fluid and debris away therefrom.