Tip-resistant outdoor pet feeding or watering dish

A new and improved tip-resistant outdoor pet feeding or watering dish for providing an outdoor pet food or water dish that is secured upright whereby preventing loss of food or water due to the pet tipping over the dish, the tip-resistant outdoor pet feeding or watering dish comprising:

• an open bowl having a closed planar bottom, the planar bottom having a hollow post member projecting upwardly therefrom to a point slightly above the edge of the top of the bowl whereby liquid placed inside the bowl can not flow into the hollow post member;
• a spike having a pointed lower end, the spike extending downwardly through the hollow post member, the spike also being inserted into the ground under the dish whereby the dish may not be tipped by a pet animal;
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• a radial projection on the spike and a cooperable radial recess in the post member for receipt of the projection to preclude relative rotation therebetween.

A method for securing an outdoor pet food or water dish upright whereby preventing loss of food or water due to the pet tipping over the dish by using an open bowl having a hollow post member therein extending upwardly from the bottom and a pointed spike, the method comprising the following steps in combination:

• (a) placing the bowl flat on the ground in the upright position;
• (b) inserting the spike pointed end down through the hollow post member in the bowl;
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• (c) pushing down on the spike until a substantial portion of the spike is inserted into the ground under the bowl;
• (d) preventing the removal of the bowl by misaligning a first coupling means in the bowl and a second coupling means positioned on the spike, whereby such misalignment is accomplished by rotation of the bowl;
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• (e) removing the bowl by aligning the first coupling means formed in the bowl and the second coupling means formed on the spike whereat the bowl is lifted vertically upward, whereby such alignment is accomplished by rotation of the bowl and the spike remains lodged in the earth.