Pet feeding system

A pet feeding system comprising:

• a stand having a front, a back opposed to the front, first and second sides joining the front to the back, and a top connecting the front, back and first and second sides, at least one sidewall of the stand extending downwardly from the top and terminating in at least one stand base;
• at least one bowl receptacle formed in the top, formed around a vertical axis and having a periphery;
• a top surface of the top having first and second zones, the first zone disposed to be adjacent to the periphery of said at least one bowl receptacle, the first zone having an upwardly convex ring that laterally surrounds the periphery of the at least one bowl receptacle, the upwardly convex ring having an upper limit, the second zone disposed to adjoin and extend radially outwardly from the first zone, the second zone being disposed below the upper limit of the convex ring;
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• at least one bowl adapted to be installed into and removed from the at least one bowl receptacle by a user of the system and having a peripheral lip, a lower surface of the peripheral lip formed as a concave ring that fits over the convex ring of the at least one bowl receptacle.

A pet feeding system comprising:

• a mat having an upper surface;
• a central pier integrally molded with the mat, a sidewall of the pier upwardly extending from the upper surface of the mat to a top surface of the pier;
• at least one bowl receptacle formed in the top surface of the pier and on a vertical axis, a first zone of the top surface of the pier disposed adjacent to the at least one bowl receptacle, the first zone including an upwardly convex ring laterally surrounding the at least one bowl receptacle, a second zone of the top surface of the pier formed to adjoin the first zone and to radially outwardly extend from the first zone, the second zone of the top surface of the pier being either flat or radially outwardly and downwardly sloped, a third zone of the top surface of the pier laterally surrounding the second zone, all points on the third zone of the top surface of the pier being radially outwardly and downwardly sloped;
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• at least one bowl adapted to be received in the at least one bowl receptacle, a lower surface of a peripheral lip of the bowl forming a downwardly concave ring fitting over the upwardly convex ring of the at least one bowl receptacle.