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US 5,165,365 AGranted
Ant proof pet feeder apparatus
OwnerRichard C. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A pet feeder includes a base, with a removable first and second tube structure arranged to capture a fluid container therebetween for means of replenishment and maintenance of the container in use. A feed dish is mounted upon an upper terminal end of the second tube. A modification of the invention includes replaceable weight members mounted within the base member for ease of disassembly of the structure during transport and storage of the organization.
Claims3
An ant proof pet feeder apparatus, comprising:
- a base member, the base member having a central axis and including a base tube fixedly mounted to the base member in a coaxilly aligned relationship and extending upwardly therefrom, and
- a first support tube, the first support tube slidably mounted on the base tube and telescopingly receiving the base tube within a lower terminal end of the first support tube, and
- the first support tube including a first support tube upper terminal end, and
- a torroidal fluid container coaxially mounted on the first support tube and spaced from the first support tube upper terminal end, and
- a second support tube telescopingly receiving the first support tube and securing the fluid container to the first support tube, and
- the second support tube including a second support tube upper terminal end, and
- a feed dish container, the feed dish container including a cylindrical socket fixedly mounted to a bottom surface of the feed dish container and receiving the second support tube upper terminal end therewithin and the cylindrical socket coaxially aligned relative to the central axis, and
- the first support tube includes an abutment flange orthogonally mounted to the first support tube about an exterior surface thereof and spaced below the first support upper terminal end, with the torroidal fluid container mounted upon the abutment flange, and the first support tube being defined by an external first diameter, and the torroidal fluid container including a central opening defined by a diameter equal to the first diameter, with the torroidal fluid container including an inner cylindrical wall spaced below the first support tube upper terminal end, and the second support tube including a second support tube lower terminal end, wherein the second support tube lower terminal end is arranged in abutment with the fluid container inner cylindrical wall.
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