US 7,549,395 B2Granted

Portable drink container for pets

OwnerMark Stenberginventor

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Abstract

A portable drink container includes a fluid vessel having an upwardly extending neck with an outlet opening. A removable cap has a central aperture and a cavity that engages the vessel neck. A drinking bowl includes a bottom wall with a central opening defined by an internal edge of the bottom wall. A lower peripheral channel of the cap slidingly receives the bottom wall edge to connect the cap and the drink bowl, whereby the cap extends through the central opening of the bowl. A flexible conduit is positioned within the vessel and extends the cap and the central opening of the drink bowl. The conduit defines a passageway for fluid to travel from the vessel into the drink bowl. An elastomeric plug may be secured within the cap to stabilize the conduit. The pet owner applies a compressive force on the vessel to increase the hydrostatic pressure thereby forcing liquid through the conduit and into the drink bowl.

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Dependent claims

A portable drink container for pets comprising:

a fluid vessel having an upwardly extending neck with external threads and defining an outlet opening;
a drink bowl assembly having an inner bowl and an outer bowl wherein a bowl passageway is formed between the inner and outer bowls, wherein each of the inner and outer bowls have a bottom wall with a central opening defined by an internal edge, and wherein the inner bowl has an outlet aligned with the bowl passageway;
a cap having a central aperture and a cavity that engages the external threads of the neck, the cap further having a lower channel that slidingly receives the internal edge of the bottom wall of the outer bowl, wherein the cap has at least one cap passageway extending radially outward from the central aperture, and wherein an upper portion of the cap has a piercing element;
and, a flexible conduit positioned within the fluid vessel and extending through the aperture of the cap, wherein an upper portion of the conduit has a frangible seal that is ruptured by the piercing element when a downwardly directed force is applied to the upper cap portion, and wherein the rupture of the seal defines a passageway for fluid to travel from the vessel through both the cap passageway and the bowl passageway into the inner drink bowl.

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A portable drink container for pets comprising:

a fluid vessel having an upwardly extending neck with external threads and defining an outlet opening;
a drink bowl assembly having an inner bowl and an outer bowl wherein a plurality of bowl passageways are formed between the inner and outer bowls, wherein each of the inner and outer bowls have a bottom wall with a central opening defined by an internal edge, and wherein the inner bowl has an outlet aligned with each bowl passageway;
a cap having a central aperture and a cavity that engages the external threads of the neck, the cap further having a lower peripheral channel that slidingly receives the bottom wall internal edge of the outer bowl, wherein the cap has a plurality of cap passageways, each passageway extending radially outward from the central aperture and being aligned with a single bowl passageway, and wherein an upper portion of the cap has a piercing element;
and, a flexible conduit positioned within the fluid vessel and extending through the aperture of the cap, wherein an upper edge of the conduit has a frangible seal that is ruptured by the application of a downwardly directed force upon the upper cap portion that drives the piercing element through the seal, and wherein the rupture of the seal defines a passageway for fluid to travel from the vessel through the cap passageways, the bowl passageways and the outlets into the inner drink bowl.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.