Pet Bowl With Automatic Lid
AssigneePet Mate Limited
InventorsChristopher Peter Kirk, Jeremy Oates
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Abstract
An automatic animal feeder includes a bowl, a base unit which accepts the bowl, a lid which may be closed to cover the bowl and prevent access to it, or opened about a hinge to allow access to the bowl, a lid control mechanism capable of keeping the lid closed, or opening the lid, the bowl including a profile on its outer surface, on the side furthest from lid hinge, and a base unit including a corresponding profile on its inner surface. The bowl profile and the base profile interlock when the bowl is positioned in the base unit, such that the side of the bowl with the profile is constrained against being lifted substantially vertically.
Claims7
An automatic animal feeder comprising:
- a bowl,
- a base unit which accepts the bowl,
- a lid which may be closed to cover the bowl and prevent access to it, or opened about a hinge to allow access to the bowl,
- a lid control mechanism, capable of keeping the lid closed, or opening the lid,
- the bowl including a profile on its outer surface, on the side furthest from lid hinge, and
- a base unit including a corresponding profile on its inner surface,
- wherein the bowl profile and the base profile interlock when the bowl is positioned in the base unit, such that the side of the bowl with the profile is constrained against being lifted substantially vertically.
An automatic animal feeder comprising:
- two bowls,
- a base unit which accepts the bowls,
- two lids which may be closed to cover the bowls and prevent access to them, or opened about a hinge to allow access to the bowls,
- a lid control mechanism, capable of keeping either of the two lids closed independently, or opening either of the two lids independently,
- and a removable joining member that links the two lids so that one lid cannot open unless the other lid can also open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.