An Improved Feed-tray, especially for Use with Dogs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Feed-tray, especially for Use with Dogs.
I, WILHELM BAUER, of Gernsbach, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German
Empire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved feed-tray, especially for use with dogs,
and consists in the combination of a tray or trough proper with a correspondingly
shaped support, as is more fully described hereinafter. The purpose of my invention
is, first, to increase the stability of the trough, and, second, to prevent food from
being wasted.
In the form of construction shown in the drawing a is the food trough or tray
proper that consists of a circular vessel with a curved wall. There are in said
tray or vessel no internal edges or corners whatever, and the dog may, therefore,
empty the vessel up to the last morsel without having a difficulty to get at the
latter. The vessel or trough a is supported by a hollow truncated cone b, the
height of which exceeds that of said trough. The latter, or the support b
respectively, may, therefore, stand fast even on an uneven ground, and by reason
of the large base of said support its stability is very great, so that the trough or
tray cannot be turned upside down by the dog. The support 6 is furnished with
two or more hook-like projections 6 that extend inwards over the rim a¹ of the
tray a; said rim is provided with a corresponding number of incisions a 2 adapted
to take over said projections or hooks b'. By turning the tray or trough, so as to
move the incisions a 2 off the hooks b', the two parts a and b are firmly connected
with each other. A handle c attached to the trough a allows of conveniently
transporting the latter either alone or together with the support b.
I am well aware that food trays have already been combined with a special
(plate-like) support, but as far as known to me that tray has been made integrally
with the support or plate, or, in other words, the support or plate has not been
detachable from the tray. Therefore, when fetching the food, the support, too,
had to be carried to the respective place, whereas in my improved food tray the
support may be left behind. Moreover, owing to the detachableness of the tray
proper, and to the arrangement of the rim of the same, said tray may well be
put into an opening of a hearth; and by the vertical position of the upper part
of the wall of the tray the dog is hindered to throw the food out of the said tray.
The latter can finally very easily be thoroughly cleansed, as there are no internal
edges or corners within which remainders of food may settle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a food tray, the combination with the tray proper, of a detachable support,
for the purpose as described.
2. In a food tray, the combination with the tray proper, of a detachable support
representing a truncated cone, and supporting said tray at the top, for the purpose
as described.
3. In a food tray, the combination with a tray proper having a flange-like rim,
of a detachable base frame supporting said tray by the mediation of said rim, for
the purpose as described.

page_text: 4. In a food tray, the combination with the tray proper, of a detachable
support; means for connecting said tray with said support, for the purpose as
described.
5. In a food tray, the-combination with the tray proper, having a flange-like rim,
of a detachable base frame supporting said tray by the mediation of said rim; the
latter having incisions, and said base frame having hooks adapted to take through
said incisions and about said rim, substantially as described.
6. In a food tray, the combination with a tray proper having a flange at its top,
of a detachable support representing a truncated cone, and supporting said tray by
the mediation of said flange; said tray being devoid of internal edges and corners,
and having a handle attached to the said rim; the latter having incisions, and said
support having hooks adapted to take through said incisions and about said rim ;
the height of the said support exceeding that of the said tray, substantially and for
the purpose as described.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1896.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.