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US 5,855,185 AGranted
Pet dish
OwnerCharles H. Scottinventor
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Abstract
A pet dish is provided including a food dish having a predetermined diameter for containing pet food therein. A base is included for containing water therein. The base has supports for supporting a periphery of a dish of any one of a plurality of diameters thereover in a fixed relation.
Claims6
A new and improved pet dish comprising, in combination:
- a base including a circular bottom having a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween, the base further including a peripheral side wall with an inverted frusto-conical configuration integrally coupled to the periphery of the bottom and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, the base further including a first pair of diametrically opposed supports having a frusto-pyramidal configuration integrally coupled to the top face of the bottom a predetermined distance from the periphery of the bottom and extending vertically therefrom and a second pair of diametrically opposed supports each integrally coupled to the top face of the bottom a predetermined distance from the periphery of the bottom, each of the second pair of supports having a slanted interior edge extending inwardly from a top to a bottom thereof and having a plurality of steps formed therein along a length thereof thereby defining a plurality of horizontally oriented ledges, wherein the base is filled with water;
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- a food dish including a circular bottom having a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween, the food dish further including a peripheral side wall with an inverted frusto-conical configuration integrally coupled to the periphery of the dish bottom face and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom for containing food therein, wherein the bottom face of the food dish is removably situated on a pair of the ledges corresponding to a diameter of the food dish and further wherein the side wall abut the first pair of stanchions for precluding the dish from being dismounted from atop the base.
A pet dish comprising:
- a food dish having a predetermined diameter for containing pet food therein;
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- a base for containing water therein, the base having stanchion means for supporting an outer periphery of a dish of any one of a plurality of diameters thereover in a fixed relation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.