Wild game watering system

A new Wild Game Watering System for providing an automatic water distributing system for wild game allowing the user to retain wild game in the user's preferred hunting area contributing to improved hunting for the user. The inventive device includes a water retaining pan which retains water and a water storage container supplying the water retaining pan with a continuous supply of water for wild game to drink.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to Animal Watering Devices and more 
particularly pertains to a new Wild Game Watering System for providing an 
automatic water distributing system for wild game allowing the user to 
retain wild game in the user's preferred hunting area contributing to 
improved hunting for the user. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The use of Animal Watering Devices is known in the prior art. More 
specifically, Animal Watering Devices heretofore devised and utilized are 
known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural 
configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the 
crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of 
countless objectives and requirements. 
Known prior art Animal Watering Devices include U.S. Pat. No. 4,494,483; 
U.S. Pat. No. 5,207,182; U.S. Design Pat. No. 335,197; U.S. Pat. No. 
4,573,434; U.S. Pat. No. 5,003,927 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,509,460. 
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and 
requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new Wild Game 
Watering System. The inventive device includes a water retaining pan which 
retains water and a water storage container supplying the water retaining 
pan with a continuous supply of water for wild game to drink. 
In these respects, the Wild Game Watering System according to the present 
invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs 
of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily 
developed for the purpose of providing an automatic water distributing 
system for wild game allowing the user to retain wild game in the user's 
preferred hunting area contributing to improved hunting for the user. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of 
Animal Watering Devices now present in the prior art, the present 
invention provides a new Wild Game Watering System construction wherein 
the same can be utilized for providing an automatic water distributing 
system for wild game allowing the user to retain wild game in the user's 
preferred hunting area contributing to improved hunting for the user. The 
general purpose of the present invention, which will be described 
subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new Wild Game Watering 
System apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the Animal 
Watering Devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result 
in a new Wild Game Watering System which is not anticipated, rendered 
obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art Animal 
Watering Devices, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a water retaining 
pan which retains water and a water storage container supplying the water 
retaining pan with a continuous supply of water for wild game to drink. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional 
features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which 
will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention 
in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its 
application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the 
components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the 
drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being 
practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood 
that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose 
of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon 
which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new Wild 
Game Watering System apparatus and method which has many of the advantages 
of the Animal Watering Devices mentioned heretofore and many novel 
features that result in a new Wild Game Watering System which is not 
anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the 
prior art Animal Watering Devices, either alone or in any combination 
thereof. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new Wild Game 
Watering System which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and 
marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new Wild Game 
Watering System which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new Wild 
Game Watering System which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture 
with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then 
susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making 
such Wild Game Watering System economically available to the buying 
public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new Wild 
Game Watering System which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the 
prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming 
some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new Wild Game 
Watering System for providing an automatic water distributing system for 
wild game allowing the user to retain wild game in the user's preferred 
hunting area contributing to improved hunting for the user. 
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new Wild Game 
Watering System which includes a water retaining pan which retains water 
and a water storage container supplying the water retaining pan with a 
continuous supply of water for wild game to drink. 
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new Wild 
Game Watering System wherein the user is able to retain wild game in the 
user's preferred hunting area which in turn improves the user's supply of 
wild game for hunting. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 5 
thereof, a new Wild Game Watering System embodying the principles and 
concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the 
reference numeral 10 will be described. 
More specifically, it will be noted that the Wild Game Watering System 10 
comprises a water retaining pan 20, a water storage container 30 removably 
positioned on the water retaining pan 20 and water 12 inside of the water 
storage container 30. 
As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5, it can be shown that a horizontal 
bottom wall member 22 is secured orthogonally to a side wall ring member 
24 forming the water retaining pan 20. The side wall ring member 24 
includes an animal drinking notch 26 along the upper portion of the side 
wall ring member 24 allowing animals to drink from the present invention. 
A filling aperture 32 is on the top portion of the water storage container 
30 allowing the user to fill the water storage container 30 with water 12. 
A filling cap member 34 is removably inserted through the filling aperture 
32 creating an air tight vacuum in the upper portion of the water storage 
container 30 which retains the water 12 from overflowing the water 
retaining pan 20. A water releasing aperture 36 is positioned near the 
lower portion of the water storage container 30 no higher than the animal 
drinking notch 26 in the side wall ring member 24. The water releasing 
aperture 36 allows air to enter the water storage container 30 when the 
water level in the water retaining pan 20 is below the water releasing 
aperture 36 which decreases the vacuum pressure in the upper portion of 
the water storage container 30 allowing dispensing of water 12 through the 
water releasing aperture 36. A water releasing plug 38 is removably 
inserted into the water releasing aperture 36 when the user is filling the 
water storage container 30 with water 12. The water storage container 30 
is preferably formed to the shape of a barrel. 
In use, the user places the water storage container 30 inside of the water 
retaining pan 20 with the water releasing plug 38 inserted. The user then 
fills the water storage container 30 with water 12 through the filling 
aperture 32 on top of the water storage container 30. Upon filling, the 
user inserts the filling cap member 34 into the filling aperture 32 
creating a vacuum in the upper portion of the water storage container 30. 
The user then removes the water releasing plug 38 from the water releasing 
aperture 36 allowing the water 12 to flow into the water retaining pan 20 
until the water level gets to the height of the water releasing aperture 
36. 
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the 
present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. 
Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and 
operation will be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.