Patent ID: 6672248
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A disposable bowl adapted to be employed for preparing a ready-for-use dish and to contain an amount of food constituting a normally daily substantially complete and balanced ration for a pet animal, wherein the bowl comprises a substantially flat bottom portion having an upward and outward extension in the form of at least one skirt portion having at least one ring-shaped edge for accommodating a removable capping for closing the bowl and protecting said food, said at least one skirt portion comprising a first skirt portion having an outward extension in the form of a substantially smooth upper circumferential edge, said upper edge having an extension in the form of a second skirt portion extending downwardly and upwardly to a lower circumferential edge, the bottom portion having on a lower face an adhesive member attached to said lower face, adhesive member having an adhesive free face covered with a peelable protective film; the bowl being shaped in such a way that, when the lower circumferential edge is in contact with a substantially flat floor, said adhesive free face of the adhesive member is also in contact with said floor substantially over it's entire surface area; and the ratio of an average inner diameter of the first skirt portion to an inner height of the bowl is at least about 3.