Animal food/water dish

{
  "publication_number": "US6311640B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Animal food/water dish",
  "abstract": "A feeding dish particularly suited for feeding small animals such as household pets which has a handle permitting the person feeding the animal to avoid bending and to avoid contact with the animal being feed.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A feeding dish for small domestic animals comprising: a relatively shallow bowl designed to rest in a stable manner directly on the floor and having at least one compartment for selectively feeding food and water to small domestic animals and a slender elongated handle having a bottom end secured to said bowl and extending vertically to an upper end and a hand grip on said upper end; said handle being sufficiently long to substantially eliminate the need for an adult person feeding an animal to bend his or her back and said dish being sufficiently light to permit said adult person to lift and transport said dish by single handed engagement with said hand grip.",
    "2. The feeding dish of claim 1 wherein said handle is connected to a central part of the bowl.",
    "3. The feeding dish of claim 2 which said bowl has a plurality of compartments.",
    "4. The feeding dish of claim 1 wherein said handle is telescopic.",
    "5. The feeding dish of claim 1 wherein said bowl and handle are hollow and have tapered walls permitting stacking of said dishes one within another thereby reducing storage space.",
    "6. A feeding dish for small, domesticated animals comprising: a bowl having a bottom adapted to rest in a stable manner on a floor and having at least one compartment for food and an upright slender elongated handle having a lower end secured to said bowl and having an upper end gripable by a human hand, said handle being sufficiently long to permit an adult person to place the dish on the floor without requiring said adult to bend his or her back and said dish being sufficiently light to permit an adult to lift and transport said dish by single handed engagement with said handle.",
    "7. The feeding dish of claim 6 wherein said bowl and handle are integrally formed."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "A01K 7/00",
    "A01K 5/0114"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2000-06-19",
  "publication_date": "2001-11-06",
  "grant_date": "2001-11-06",
  "priority_date": "2000-06-19",
  "application_number": "US-59732900-A",
  "family_id": "24391058",
  "citations": [
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  ]
}