Device for keeping pets' ears clean or substantially clean
OwnerRichard Weinblattinventor
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Abstract
An ear prop prevents a pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting food or water in a bowl or dish. The ear prop has members for elevating, supporting or displacing the pet's ears, and the ear prop may comprise a shield. A dish for holding food or water for a pet is constructed to keep the pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting food or water in the dish. The dish comprises a bowl section and an ear prop section. The bowl section has a floor piece with a boundary continuously connectable to a boundary of a side wherein another boundary of the side defines an opening of the dish. The ear prop section is operably connected to the opening to provide a mechanism for elevating, supporting or displacing the pet's ears.
Claims33
An ear prop configured to prevent a pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting a substance in a bowl or dish, the ear prop comprising:
- a first and second flexible member disposed in a substantially upright plane, the members being spaced apart at a distance corresponding to a distance between the pet's ears so as to elevate, support, or displace the pet's ears;
- an attachment piece extending between and joining the members and being substantially perpendicular to the substantially upright plane, wherein the attachment piece comprises at least one telescopic member comprising an inner and outer portion, the inner and outer portions being adjustably positioned with respect to each other,
- the attachment piece and the members form a substantially saddle-shaped configuration;
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- a mechanism for securing the ear prop to at least one item selected from the group consisting of the bowl or dish, an apparatus that holds the bowl or dish, and at least one base located in close proximity to the bowl or dish.
An ear prop configured to prevent a pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting a substance in a bowl or dish, the ear prop comprising:
- a first and second flexible member disposed in a substantially upright plane, the members being spaced apart at a distance corresponding to a distance between the pet's ears so as to elevate, support, or displace the pet's ears;
- an attachment piece extending between and joining the members and being substantially perpendicular to the substantially upright plane, wherein the attachment piece comprises at least one telescopic member comprising an inner and outer portion, the inner and outer portions being adjustably positioned with respect to each other,
- the members form peaks along the attachment piece;
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- a mechanism for securing the ear prop to at least one item selected from the group consisting of the bowl or dish, an apparatus that holds the bowl or dish, and at least one base located in close proximity to the bowl or dish.
An ear prop configured to prevent a pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting a substance in a bowl or dish, the ear prop comprising:
- a shield comprising a first and second flexible member disposed in a substantially upright plane, the members being spaced apart at a distance corresponding to a distance between the pet's ears so as to elevate, support, or displace the pet's ears and a segment extending between and joining the first and second members and being substantially perpendicular to the substantially upright plane, wherein
- the segment comprises at least one telescopic member comprising an inner and outer portion, the inner and outer portions being adjustably positioned with respect to each other;
- the first and second members form peaks along the segment;
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- a mechanism for securing the ear prop to at least one item selected from the group consisting of the bowl or dish, an apparatus that holds the bowl or dish, and at least one base located in close proximity to the bowl or dish.
A dish for holding a substance for a pet constructed to prevent the pet's ears from contacting or substantially contacting the substance, the dish comprising:
- a bowl section having a floor piece with a boundary continuously connectable to a boundary of a side wherein another boundary of the side defines an opening of the dish;
- an ear prop section operably connected to the opening, wherein the ear prop section comprises:
- a first and second flexible member disposed in a substantially upright plane, the members being spaced apart at a distance corresponding to a distance between the pet's ears so as to elevate, support, or displace the pet's ears;
- an attachment piece extending between and joining the first and second members and being substantially perpendicular to the substantially upright plane, wherein the attachment piece comprises at least one telescopic member comprising an inner and outer portion, the inner and outer portions being adjustably positioned with respect to each other;
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- the first and second members form peaks along the attachment piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.