| US 7,578,261 B2 | ||
| Pet water or food storage unit with stowable bowl | ||
| Orval Lee Fick, Miami, Okla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Bergan, LLC, Miami, Okla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/164,642. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0119378 A1, May 31, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 61/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 119—52.1 [119/51.01] | 20 Claims |
| 16. A device for providing sustenance to a pet, said pet sustenance device comprising:
an upright sustenance container presenting a sustenance storage chamber and a lower outlet opening communicating with the
chamber,
said container including a circumscribing external sidewall; and
a pet dish swingably coupled with the container and including an external sidewall,
said dish being swingable relative to the container between a retracted position where the dish is beneath the container and
a pet-access position where the dish is swung outwardly relative to the container to permit a pet to consume the sustenance
within the dish,
said container sidewall mating with the dish sidewall and cooperatively presenting a generally flush outer side surface when
the dish is in the retracted position thereof,
said dish and container sidewalls presenting substantially vertically aligned portions when the dish is in the retracted position
thereof,
said dish and container sidewalls presenting overlapping portions that extend alongside one another and are vertically offset
relative to one another.
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