Patent ID: 6684815
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A bottle support system for holding a water bottle for convenient and neat dispensing of water to a pet comprising, in combination;a liquid dispensing bottle having a preferably cylindrical body portion adapted to be a reservoir for a liquid with a first end and a second end, the first end having a screwably coupled dispensing apparatus being angularly disposed from the body, the dispensing apparatus having a tube with a pet/animal activated mechanism adapted to release a portion of the retained liquid upon activation thereof; a support base having a lower horizontal rectangular supplemental plate with a first face and a second face, the second face having four pads in corners of the lower horizontal rectangular supplemental plate, the support base also having a vertical member with an upper edge, lower edge, inner face and outer face, with the lower edge being perpendicularly coupled to the first face of the horizontal rectangular plate, the vertical member having a handle aperture adjacent to the upper edge of the vertical member, the vertical member also being adapted to have various decorative indicia thereon; and a bottle retaining brace including a horizontal resting plate coupled to the inner face of the vertical member of the support base, the resting plate having a receiving end with a cylindrical recess, an annular recess within the cylindrical recess, the receiving end of the resting plate having a semilunar recess adjacent to an exposed edge, such that both the cylindrical recess and the annular recess coincide with the semilunar recess allowing the first end of the dispensing bottle to reside within the resting plate to preclude lateral movement and with the dispensing apparatus passing through the annular recess, the bottle retaining brace having a horizontal support member coupled to the inner face of the vertical member of the support base at a position superior to the resting plate, the support member having a cylindrical aperture adapted to receive the bottle and a slot to facilitate the removal from and placement of the bottle to the dispensing apparatus.