Patent ID: 6138608
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A covered pet bowl having a training apparatus comprising:a) a bowl having an interior, an exterior and an interior diameter, said bowl defining a top, a bottom, a front and a back;b) a hinge means for holding a lid incorporated into the back of the bowl;c) a lid having a front end and a rear end, said rear end mounted to the hinge means, so that the lid may move from a position where the lid is covering the bowl interior to a position where the front end is raised above the bowl top at an angle determined by the hinge means; andd) said hinge means further comprising a holding means for holding the lid above the bowl at at least one set opening above the bowl top and so that the lid may releasably open from the at least one set opening to a larger opening by the pet pushing upward on the lid and allowing the lid to return to the at least one set opening after the pet releases the lid and wherein the holding means further comprises an incremental holding means for holding the lid at at least two separate incremental set openings determined by the incremental holding means, wherein an angled wall on the exterior of the bowl and an insertion bar attached to the lid and a screw holding means for releasably holding the insertion bar against the angled wall to angle the lid at a desired height above the bowl perimeter to serve as a holding means.