GB2347603A - Pet food and water dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

A dried pet food/water dispenser includes two enclosed gravity fed hoppers with delivery bowls fixed at the front. The larger hopper has a lid and wheels on the back edge. Both hoppers have sloping floors to drain all contents into delivery bowls. The hoppers are conected by a male / female wedge clip. The dried food delivery bowl may include a blanking panel to deny access to delivery bowl.

Description

I wish to apply for Patent protection for an animal feeding system which is comprehensively described below. The subject of my application is represented on the drawings attached.

The basic structure will be of a rigid plastic as commonly used in the construction of kitchen waste bins with a light alloy axle for small wheels and non corrosive hinges for a food lid.

The"doggy hopper"will take the form of two seperate receptacles one larger for the storage and delivery on demand of dried dog food which is gravity fed through a"mousehole"located in the food delivery bowl at the bottom front of the receptacle.

This larger receptacle is refillable through a hinged door on its top surface.

The smaller and narrower of the two receptacles is for the storage and delivery on demand of cold water which due to the vacuum/gravity effect delivers cold water through a mousehole to the water delivery bowl at the bottom front of the receptacle.

In order for this liquid delivery system to function efficiently and to find its own level without overflowing, the top of the mousehole must be lower than the top rim of the delivery bowl.

The water level in the delivery bowl will then correspond exactly to the top of the mousehole.

The water receptacle is refilled by laying it on its back with the aid of the top mounted handle and with a kettle or similar pouring vessel filling through the mousehole until the desired water level is rethed, this is normally about half full.

The receptacle is then tipped back into the upright position when the delivery bowl will automatically fill to the correct level.

On the front face of both receptacles there is vertical transparent strip which acts as a visual level or quantity guage.

The internal floors of both receptacles have an inbuilt 20 slope facing the mousehole, this delivers the last piece of food and drop of water to the delivery bowls for consumption.

Both receptacles, whilst capable of efficient operation seperately, can for convenience and added stability be clipped together. this is achieved by a male and female wedge system, the female or indented wedge being on the side of the water hopper. As fresh water is important, this will enable the water hopper to be changed or refilled more often than the food hopper.

Two small loadbearing wheels are located on the back-bottom edge of the food hopper. These wheels are recessed upwards so when the hopers are in a vertical position the wheels are off the ground and bearing no weight. With handle on the back-top edge of the hopper it can be tipped back to bring the wheels in contact with the ground and make thhe assembly mobile.

The three images depicted on the drawings are sufficient to manufacture the article and all three are necessary to make an accurate representation.

Extensive but discreet enquiries have been made and reveal that nothing is currently commercially available which bears any resemblance to the"doggy hopper"and whilst the principal of a gravity fed hopper is not original, it has not yet been used for domestic pets.

Kindly acknowledge receipt of this report and note that a search has been requested with design registry, pending this a design registration will be applied for.

Claims (4)

1. CLAIMS 1. A domestic pet dried food dispenser comprising of 2 receptacles, one largerfor dried food, one smaller for fresh water. Each receptacle has an attached delivery bowl at the bottom front of the receptacles, this is gravity fed from the receptacles which are enclosed.
2. 2. A food dispenser as in claim 1 the two receptacles of which are joined by a male/female wedge clip, easily seperated by lifting the smaller receptacle off the larger one.
3. 3. A food dispenser as in claims one and two where the larger receptacle has load bearing wheels on the rear bottom edge, a handle on the top back edge and hinged lid on the top surface.
4. 4. A domestic pet dried food/water dispenser as claimed in proceeding claims which is made from plastics and metal or a combination of these.

   . A pet food dispenser substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.