Pet fountain with basin-straddling cover
US8985054B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K45/002
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pet fountain assembly that includes a cover with a drinking bowl formed therein that straddles a sidewall of a basin that can be user-provided enclosing a pump within a pumping chamber defined therebetween. The cover has a downwardly extending sidewall divided by openings that can be generally U-shaped or V-shaped into a plurality of supports on which the cover. In a preferred embodiment, one of the supports is disposed outboard the basin sidewall resting on the ground and another one of the supports is disposed inboard the basin sidewall resting on a bottom of the basin providing a water passage enabling water from the basin to reach the pump. The inboard support can provide an overflow spillway as well as define a shroud disposed between the pump and water in a lower drinking bowl of the basin. The basin can include an outwardly offset seat that locates the pump.
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