Dog watering dish
OwnerTerry F. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
An anti-splash animal watering container including a water holding dish or bowl having straight sides in combination with an apertured disc which floats upon the liquid carried therein. The floating disc is of a predetermined thickness and weight such that it floats in the liquid with a substantial portion extending above the liquid level. At its center, an aperture is located through which an animal has access to the liquid in the bowl. This aperture can be fitted with removable sleeves so that the size of the aperture can be changed to enable the use of the watering device for different sized animals and still retain its anti-splash characteristics. In one embodiment, a quantity of air is entrapped within a chamber of the disc for floating on the liquid.
Claims16
An anti-splash container for an animal comprising
- a container means to retain a liquid for consumption by an animal, said container means having an open upper portion,
- disc means adapted to float on the surface of the liquid retained in said container means,
- said disc means covering at least a portion of said upper open portion to prevent splashing of the liquid from the container during consumption by an animal,
- said disc means including an access aperture to permit penetration therethrough by an animal for access to the liquid retained by the container means, and
- said access aperture including a plurality of selectable sleeve members having internal channels forming variable sized apertures insertable into said access aperture and having an integral opening permitting penetration by an animal,
- said plurality of sleeve members being mountable in stacking relationship to permit removal of one or more selected sleeve members to create a predetermined sized access aperture.
An anti-splash container for an animal comprising
- container means to retain a liquid for consumption by an animal, said container means having an open upper portion,
- a container closure for covering at least a portion of said opening of said container means to prevent splashing of the liquid from the container during consumption by an animal,
- said container closure having an access aperture means formed therein to permit penetration therethrough by an animal for access to the liquid retained in the container means, and
- said container closure having flange means about the outer peripheral edge thereof and said access aperture means which extend downwardly therefrom into a liquid contained within said container means to form an air entrapment chamber between said flange means to float said container closure on the surface of the liquid retained in said container means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.