Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Dish or bowl type
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-08
2001-11-20
Swiatek, Robert P. (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Dish or bowl type
C119S074000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318291
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty and more particularly pertains to letting a pet owner know that their pet is without food or water so that the bowl can be refilled.
The use of animal feeding devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, animal feeding devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of providing food and water for pets 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. 5,231,953 to Garrett discloses a dog dish with battery powered temperature and fluid sensors incorporated. U.S. Pat. No. 5,138,980 to Ewing discloses an animal feeding apparatus with a temperature control system incorporated.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty for letting a pet owner know that their pet is without food or water so that the bowl can be refilled.
In this respect, the pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty 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 letting a pet owner know that their pet is without food or water so that the bowl can be refilled.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty which can be used for letting a pet owner know that their pet is without food or water so that the bowl can be refilled. 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 animal feeding devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty. 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 means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty 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 open upper end and a wide open lower end. The wide open lower end is positionable on a recipient surface. The bowl portion includes a semi-spherical holding portion secured to the narrow open upper end thereof. The semi-spherical holding portion has an open upper end and an arcuate closed lower end. The semi-spherical holding portion is adapted for holding quantities of food and water therein. The arcuate closed lower end is elevated with respect to the wide open lower end of the bowl portion. A pressure sensor is secured to the arcuate closed lower end of the semi-spherical holding portion of the bowl portion. The pressure sensor includes an upper sensor that is secured to the arcuate closed lower end of the semi-spherical holding portion and a lower sensor that is positionable against the recipient surface. A speaker is positioned under the wide open lower end of the bowl portion adjacent to the pressure sensor. The speaker is in communication with the pressure sensor. The speaker has a preprogrammed announcement stored therein.
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 means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty which has all the advantages of the prior art animal feeding devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty 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 means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty 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 means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty which is 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 means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty for letting a pet owner know that their pet is without food or water so that the bowl can be refilled.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved pet bowl with means to notify a pet owner that the bowl is empty including a bowl portion adapted for holding quantities of food and water therein and positionable on a recipient surface. A pressure sensor is secured to the bowl portion. The pressure sensor includes an upper sensor that is secured to the bowl portion and a lower sensor that is positionable against the recipient surface. A speaker is positioned under the bowl portion adjacent to the pressure sensor. The speaker is in communication with the pressure sensor. The speaker has a preprogrammed announcement stored therein.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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patent: 4630569 (1986-12-01), Dieleman
patent: 4733634 (1988-03-01), Hooser
patent: 4735171 (1988-04-01), Essex
patent: 5138980 (1992-08-01), Ewing
patent: 5231953 (1993-08-01), Garrett
patent: 1340682 (1987-09-01), None
Goldstein Law Offices P.C.
Swiatek Robert P.
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