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US 6,230,653 B1Granted
Water bowl for pets
OwnerDennis R Tobininventor
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Abstract
Water bowl for pets with a water retaining vessel having a bowl shape, a cooling disk, a device for retaining the cooling disk to the bottom of the bowl, a device for easily removing the cooling disk, and a non-skid ring at the bottom of the bowl, the cooling disk being comprised of a rigid shell and having a freezable material within the shell so that the disk can be brought to a low temperature in a standard freezer compartment of a refrigerator and then placed in said bowl to keep said water cool on hot days.
Claims6
Water bowl for pets comprising:
- a water retaining vessel having a bowl shape;
- a cooling disk;
- a means for retaining said cooling disk to the bottom of said vessel, said means for retaining including a ball attached to a bottom of said cooling disk, said ball extending a predetermined distance from said bottom of said cooling disk and including a socket formed in said bottom of said vessel whereby said socket is adapted to receive said ball subsequent to a force being applied to said cooling disk sufficient to urge said ball into said socket;
- a means for easily removing said cooling disk;
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- a non skid ring at the bottom of said bowl, said cooling disk being comprised of a rigid shell and having a freezable material within said shell so that said disk can be brought to a low temperature in a standard freezer compartment of a refrigerator and then placed in said bowl to keep said water cool on hot days.
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Water bowl for pets comprising:
- a water retaining vessel having a bowl shape;
- a cooling disk;
- means for retaining said cooling disk to the bottom of said vessel;
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- means for removing said cooling disk including a pair of depressed areas that are diametrically opposed with respect to each other, said pair of depressed areas being formed in a bottom of said vessel whereby said depressed areas are adapted to receive a thumb of a user in one of said depressed areas and a forefinger of a user in another of said depressed areas sufficient to permit grasping of said cooling disk and its removal apart from said vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.