Patent ID: 9510561
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A pet fountain comprising: a fountain base having a bottom wall and a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall and sidewall define a water holding basin; a pump removably mounted in the basin, the pump having a discharge port from which water pumped by the pump is discharged; a fountain cover removably carried by the fountain base, the cover overlying the pump and having an outlet in liquid flow communication with the pump discharge port; and a flow-directing spout removably attached to the cover, the spout (a) having one portion that is a tubular fluid-communicating portion slidably and telescopically received in the outlet of the cover and in liquid flow communication with the pump discharge port, and (b) having another portion extending outwardly above an outer surface of the cover, the another portion of the spout having a discharge opening formed therein, the discharge opening spaced above and from the outer surface of the cover from which a stream of water is discharged from the discharge opening into the air over part of the outer surface of the cover.