Patent ID: 6119628
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
An animal watering device having a base member formed with a bowl portion, a bottle support portion, and a passageway connecting the bowl portion and the bottle support portion in flow communication, the passageway being adapted to conduct water between the two portions, the bottle support portion of said body member forming an upwardly facing recess shaped to receive and support the mouth and neck portion of an upended bottle to supply water continuously to the bowl portion through the bottle support portion and the passageway, further comprising:a first recess in said bowl portion having a planar bottom portion and a sidewall extending upwardly from the periphery of said planar bottom portion, said side wall having a rim along its upper edge, said bottle support portion mounting the mouth of said bottle at a level so that water from said bottle flows through said passageway into said bowl portion to fill said bowl portion to a level below said rim of said side wall,a corrosion resistant metallic bowl having a bottom wall and side walls shaped to be received in said first recess, said bowl being formed with a plurality of openings in said bottom wall to accommodate water flow from said bottle and said bottle support portion into said bowl to maintain water at said water level in said bowl.