Patent ID: 8096266
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A system for providing water to animals, comprising; a container having an inner recess defined by a bottom wall, an open upper end portion and at least one sidewall that extends between the bottom wall and the open upper end portion; a pump having an inlet and an outlet; the inlet of the pump being in open fluid communication with the inner recess of the container; a fluid column having an open fluid pathway that extends between an open first end portion and an second end portion; the first end portion being in open fluid communication with the pump outlet; the second end portion of the fluid column positioned in a vertically spaced relationship above the open end portion of the container; an end wall extending across the second end portion of the fluid column; the end wall having at least one end wall opening that penetrates the end wall; a restrictor plate operatively coupled with the end wall and selectively movable between different positions with respect to the at least one end wall opening, whereby at least one of the different positions places at least a portion of the restrictor plate within a fluid pathway extending through the at least one end wall opening; and at least one spout extending radially from the second end portion of the fluid column; the at least one spout defining a terminal end of the fluid pathway of the fluid column.