Patent ID: 8579208

Claim:
An adjustable height water drinking fountain, comprising: (a) a water drinking fountain body having a generally horizontal upper surface containing a water collecting basin, said drinking fountain body having front and rear ends, said drinking fountain body having a generally vertical front wall containing a recess, and a pair of generally vertical side walls; (b) a vertical support; (c) pivot means connecting said fountain body rear end with said vertical support to afford pivotal movement of said fountain body about an upwardly inclined raised position and a downwardly inclined lowered position relative to a horizontal plane passing through said horizontal pivot axis, respectively; (d) biasing means biasing said fountain body toward said a normal horizontal position intermediate said upwardly inclined raised position and said downwardly inclined lowered position; (e) a water faucet mounted on said water fountain body adjacent said water collecting basin; (f) water supply means including a normally closed supply valve for supplying drinking water to said water faucet; and (g) drain means for removing waste water from said basin; (h) said water supply means and said drain means each being at least partially flexible, thereby to permit pivoting of said fountain body between said normal horizontal position and said raised and lowered positions by a person in a standing condition and by a person seated in a wheel chair, respectively, said water supply means including a normally closed supply valve having a manual operating member extending into said front wall recess for engagement by the fingers of one hand of a user, thereby to effect displacement of said water drinking fountain body from said normal position toward one of said raised and lowered positions.