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US 8,555,814 B2Granted
Animal feed/water dispenser with dual-use invertible base
AssigneeLixit Corporation
InventorsLinda Parks, Michael Dominic Risso
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Abstract
An animal food/water dispensing apparatus provides a base that is invertible for alternative use as a water bowl or a feed bowl in conjunction with a single reservoir container design that is adapted to supply either water or feed to the base, so that a minimum of components are required to assemble an animal waterer or animal feeder. Each face of the base has a container mounting ring and a water trough or feed basin for presenting the flowable material from the reservoir container.
Claims12
An apparatus for dispensing feed or water to an animal, including:
- a base assembly and a reservoir container adapted to be releasably secured to said base assembly;
- said base assembly including a base having first and second faces on obverse sides of said base;
- said reservoir container comprising a closed container having an opening with a mouth;
- first means extending from said first face and capable of supporting said container by releasably engaging said mouth with said container inverted;
- second means extending from said second face and capable of supporting said container by releasably engaging said mouth with said container inverted;
- said first and second means being offset in a lateral direction;
- said base being movable from a first assembly position in which said first face is directed upwardly and said inverted container is secured to said first means and said second face is in ground engagement to support said apparatus, to a second assembly position in which said second face is directed upwardly and said inverted container is secured to said second means and said first face is in ground engagement to support said apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.