Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-08
2002-08-20
Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
C119S464000, C119S477000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06435134
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a drinking apparatus for pets and, more particularly, to a simple, durable structure of drinking apparatus for pets, which is easy to install.
FIGS. from
1
through
3
show a drinking apparatus for pets according to the prior art. This structure of drinking apparatus comprises a water feeder
1
, and a mounting device
2
adapted to secure the water feeder to a support or the meshed wall of a pet cage. The water feeder
1
comprises a peripheral top flange
11
, a middle collar
14
, and two symmetrical pairs of locating ribs
15
bilaterally disposed above and below the collar
14
. The mounting device
2
comprises a feeder holder
21
made of flexible material, and two locating grooves
22
disposed in the feeder holder
21
at two sides. The water feeder
1
is vertically mounted in the feeder holder
21
of the mounting device
2
, with one pair of locating ribs
15
engaged into the locating grooves
22
and the peripheral top flange
11
or middle collar
14
supported above the feeder holder
21
. When the pet pushes the ball
12
with the tongue, the water outlet
13
of the water feeder
1
is opened to let water flow out of the water feeder
1
for drinking. This structure of drinking apparatus has numerous drawbacks as outlined hereinafter.
1. Not durable in use: Because the water feeder
1
is directly forced into the feeder holder
21
or pulled out the feeder holder
21
through the opening defined between two distal ends of the C-shaped holder wall of the feeder holder
21
, the feeder holder
21
tends to be permanently deformed or damaged after long uses, causing the water feeder
1
unable to be positively secured to the feeder holder
21
.
2. Not orthopedically engineered: Because the upper half of the water feeder
1
must be kept in vertical during installation, it is inconvenient to fasten the water feeder
1
to the feeder holder
21
of the mounting device
2
in the narrow cage space. Much effort should be employed when fastening the water feeder
1
to the mounting device
2
.
3. Easy to damage the support: Because much effort is employed to the water feeder
1
when fastening the water feeder
1
to the mounting device
2
, the support (meshed wall of the pet cage) tends to be permanently deformed or damaged.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished to provide a drinking apparatus for pets, which eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks.
It is one object of the present invention to provide a drinking apparatus for pets, which is durable in use.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a drinking apparatus for pets, which is orthopedically engineered.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a drinking apparatus for pets, which does not cause damage to the support during its installation.
To achieve these and other objects of the present-invention, a drinking apparatus is provided; comprised of a mounting device for mounting, the mounting device having a C-shaped feeder holder made of rigid material and a positioning groove of T-shaped cross section disposed in the C-shaped feeder holder on the middle, and a water feeder mounted in the C-shaped feeder holder and adapted to provide a supply of water to pets, the water feeder having a peripheral top flange supported above the C-shaped feeder holder, and two locating rods of T-shaped cross section selectively engaged into the positioning groove. Because the C-shaped feeder holder is made of rigid material, it does not deform when it receives a pressure from the water feeder.
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patent: 6189489 (2001-02-01), Pearce
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Jordan Charles T.
Zerr John W.
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