Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Feed bags
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-04
2001-05-08
Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Feed bags
Reexamination Certificate
active
06227144
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pet bowl with insect repellent and more particularly pertains to preventing ants and insects from getting into a pet's food.
When pet owners feed their pets, they normally place the food in a bowl and then place the bowl on the floor to allow the pet access to the food. Most times, pets, such as dogs, devour their food at one time. Some pets, however, do not eat all of their food in one sitting. Thus, the pet will leave the bowl to become involved in some other matter only to return to the bowl at a later time to eat more of their food. A problem exists, especially when the bowl is placed outdoors, with ants and other crawling insects gaining access to the pet's bowl when the pet in not present. Thus, a need exists for a bowl that will prevent ants and other crawling insects from getting into the pet's food.
The present invention attempts to solve the abovementioned problem by providing a bowl that will hold pet food and have a poison band extending around the perimeter which will prevent ants and insects from crawling into the bowl. Additionally, an outer cover will prevent the pet from accidentally licking the poison strip.
The use of pet feeding devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, pet feeding devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of preventing a pet's food from being violated are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,802,302 to Alnafissa discloses a pet food dish with insect trapping means comprised of a replaceable adhesive strip attached around the walls of the base with an annular flange overlying the strip to prevent accidental contact. U.S. Pat. No. 5,619,952 to Walker discloses a pet feeder with a pest barrier comprised of a pad with insect repellent and a moat. U.S. Pat. No. 5,285,749 to Byer discloses an ant proof pet dish supported by pillars.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a pet bowl with insect repellent for preventing ants and insects from getting into a pet's food.
In this respect, the pet bowl with insect repellent according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing ants and insects from getting into a pet's food.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent which can be used for preventing ants and insects from getting into a pet's food. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of pet feeding devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved pet bowl with insect repellent. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a bowl portion having a generally frustoconical configuration. The bowl portion has a narrow upper end and a wide upper end. The narrow upper end has a food holding recess extending downwardly therein. The bowl portion has a peripheral recess formed therein intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof. The upper end has a plurality of spring biased T-shaped members extending upwardly therefrom in a spaced relationship disposed around the food holding recess. A body of the bowl portion has additional spring biased T-shaped members extending outwardly therefrom around a periphery thereof in a spaced relationship between the peripheral recess and the lower end. A cover portion is dimensioned for covering the bowl portion while leaving the food holding recess exposed. The cover portion has a generally frustoconical configuration. The cover portion has a narrow open upper end and wide open lower end. The narrow open upper end has an inwardly extending peripheral flange. The peripheral flange rests on the spring biased T-shaped members of the upper end of the bowl portion while a peripheral side wall of the cover portion rests on the spring biased T-shaped members of the body of the bowl portion. A circular poison band is removably positioned within the peripheral recess of the bowl portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent which has all the advantages of the prior art pet feeding devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent which is Mr, susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a pet bowl with insect repellent economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent for preventing ants and insects from getting into a pet's food.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pet bowl with insect repellent including a bowl portion having a generally frustoconical configuration. The bowl portion has a narrow upper end and a wide upper end. The narrow upper end has a food holding recess extending downwardly therein. A cover portion is dimensioned for covering the bowl portion while leaving the food holding recess exposed. The cover portion has a generally frustoconical configuration. The cover portion has a narrow open upper end and wide open lower end. The narrow open upper end has an inwardly extending peripheral flange. The peripheral flange rests on the narrow upper end of the bowl portion. A circular poison band is removably positi
Goldstein & Canino
Price Thomas
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