US 6,279,508 B1Granted

Pet watering fountain

OwnerJack Marchant, Emily Marchantinventors

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Abstract

A pet watering fountain including a box-shaped housing, a water supplyer, a hose, two pipes, a control valve unit (body), a helical or expansion spring (spring), a bowl, a drain, and a pedal. A thirsty dog walks onto the spring-biased pedal. The spring-biased pedal is then lowered to the floor of the housing which actuates a lever on the control valve unit. As a result, water flows from an outside hose bib into a garden hose, through a first pipe into a valve unit, then into a second pipe which fills into an elevated bowl.

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A pet watering fountain connected to a water supplying means, comprising:

a spring having an upper and lower end, said spring having a fastening means at each of said ends of said spring;
a box-shaped housing having two vertical side walls, a front vertical wall, a rear vertical wall, a horizontal floor, and a top horizontal wall, said front vertical wall having an upper and lower portion, said lower portion having two openings, said rear vertical wall having an upper and lower portion, said rear vertical wall having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive said lock washer, at least two-thirds of said horizontal floor extending outwards from said box-shaped housing, the center of said top horizontal wall having an opening, each said vertical side wall having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive a fastening means for attaching said end of said spring;
at least two pipes, a first pipe having each end threaded and a second pipe having each end threaded;
a valve body having at least two openings, each said openings dimensioned and configured to threadingly engage with the threaded end of said first pipe and said second pipe, said valve body including a lever for manipulating the flow of water through said valve body;
a sturdy wire for moving said lever to the upward and downward positions;
a pedal having a major portion of said pedal equaling the shape of the two-third portion of said horizontal floor, said pedal including two flanges extending out the side of said pedal into said box-shape housing through said openings in said lower portion of said front vertical wall, the middle of each said flange having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive said fastening means for the ends of said springs, an end of at least one said flange having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive a fastening means to attach said sturdy wire;
at least one hinge means for attaching said pedal to said horizontal floor, said hinge permitting said pedal when stepped on to move toward said horizontal floor, said hinge permitting said pedal to move upwards by force caused by said springs,
a hose having two ends, one end of said hose threadingly connected to a hose bib, the other end of said hose threadingly connected to the end of said first pipe;
a draining means for quickly removing excess water;
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a detachably mounted bowl having two openings and an outer lip, one opening dimensioned and configured to receive said draining means, one opening dimensioned and configured to receive the end of said second pipe, said outer lip dimensioned and configured to sit in said opening of said top horizontal wall of said box-shape housing.

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Abstract

A pet watering fountain connected to a water supplying means, comprising:

a spring having an upper and lower end, said spring having a fastening means at each of said ends of said spring;
a box-shaped housing having two vertical side walls, a front vertical wall, a rear vertical wall, a horizontal floor, and a top horizontal wall, said front vertical wall having an upper and lower portion, said lower portion having two openings, said rear vertical wall having an upper and lower portion, said rear vertical wall having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive said lock washer, at least two-thirds of said horizontal floor extending outwards from said box-shaped housing, the center of said top horizontal wall having an opening, each said vertical side wall having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive a fastening means for attaching said end of said spring;
at least two pipes, a first pipe having each end threaded and a second pipe having each end threaded;
a valve body having at least two openings, each said openings dimensioned and configured to threadingly engage with the threaded end of said first pipe and said second pipe, said valve body including a lever for manipulating the flow of water through said valve body;
a sturdy wire for moving said lever to the upward and downward positions;
a pedal having a major portion of said pedal equaling the shape of the two-third portion of said horizontal floor, said pedal including two flanges extending out the side of said pedal into said box-shape housing through said openings in said lower portion of said front vertical wall, the middle of each said flange having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive said fastening means for the ends of said springs, an end of at least one said flange having an opening dimensioned and configured to receive a fastening means to attach said sturdy wire;
at least one hinge means for attaching said pedal to said horizontal floor, said hinge permitting said pedal when stepped on to move toward said horizontal floor, said hinge permitting said pedal to move upwards by force caused by said springs,
a hose having two ends, one end of said hose threadingly connected to a hose bib, the other end of said hose threadingly connected to the end of said first pipe;
a draining means for quickly removing excess water;
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a detachably mounted bowl having two openings and an outer lip, one opening dimensioned and configured to receive said draining means, one opening dimensioned and configured to receive the end of said second pipe, said outer lip dimensioned and configured to sit in said opening of said top horizontal wall of said box-shape housing.

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