Patent ID: 8978587
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An automated water freshening apparatus, comprising: a bowl including an unbroken bottom surface, a sidewall engaging the bottom and rising to a top edge, the sidewall having a first height between the bottom and the top edge and including a recessed portion having a lower height; first and second water inputs positioned in the bowl below the top edge adjacent to the top of the bowl and configured to input water into the bowl in a direction toward and unimpeded along the bottom of the bowl and away from the recessed portion toward the third water input; the third water input positioned in the sidewall in the bowl below the top edge at a location in the bowl opposing the recessed portion and the first and second water inputs to input water into the bowl in a direction toward the recessed portion and in a flow adjacent to the top edge; and a conduit coupling the first, second and third water inputs to a water source connection.