Pet fountain assembly
AssigneePioneer Pet Products, LLC
InventorsJohn M. Lipscomb, Qing He
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Abstract
A pet fountain that presents circulating water that is continuously filtered and pumped through the fountain. The fountain includes a basin that has a sidewall extending upwardly from a bottom wall (or floor) and a cover. A pump assembly is housed between the basin and cover, and circulates water through the pet fountain by pumping the water from the basin to an upper drinking bowl of the cover. The water spills out of the upper drinking back to the basin. An opening is provided between the cover and the basin which allows a pet to drink directly from the basin in addition to the upper drinking bowl of the cover.
Claims45
A pet fountain assembly comprising:
- a water-holding basin having a bottom and an upwardly extending sidewall;
- a post extending from the water-holding basin;
- a cover having a drinking howl in water flow communication with the basin, and having a cover sidewall fit between the upwardly extending basin sidewall and the post;
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- a pump in water flow communication with the basin and the drinking bowl;
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- wherein the basin further includes a raised shelf and wherein the post extends from the shelf.
A pet fountain assembly comprising:
- a water-holding basin having a bottom and an upwardly extending sidewall;
- a cover-supporting shelf adjacent the water-holding basin;
- a submersible pump disposed in the basin;
- a cover having a spillway in water flow communication with the pump, the cover having a downwardly extending sidewall comprising a plurality of supports for supporting the cover thereon when the cover is mounted to the basin, wherein one of the supports comprising a first cover support disposed inside the basin and overlying the basin bottom and another one of the supports comprising a second cover support that seats in or on the cover-supporting shelf.
A pet fountain assembly comprising:
- a water-holding basin having a bottom and an upwardly extending sidewall;
- a raised stop on the bottom of the water-holding basin;
- a cover-supporting shelf adjacent the water-holding basin;
- a submersible pump disposed in the basin;
- a cover having a spillway in water flow communication with the pump, the cover having a downwardly extending sidewall comprising a plurality of spaced apart supports for supporting the cover, wherein one of the supports comprising a first support disposed inside the basin and resting against the raised stop on the basin bottom and another one of the supports comprising a second support resting on the cover-supporting shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.