Patent ID: 7748538

Claim:
A holder for at least one pet food dish or bowl, said holder being arranged to be readily assembled and disassembled when desired and comprising a base member, a pair of side splash-guard members and a rear splash-guard member, said base member having a bottom wall and an upstanding sidewall of constant height extending about the entire periphery of said bottom wall, each of said side splash-guard members comprising a planar panel having front edge, a rear edge, a first elongated slot located adjacent and extending parallel to said front edge and a second elongated slot located adjacent and extending parallel to said rear edge, said first slot being arranged for receipt of a respective portion of said peripheral sidewall of said base member, each of said side splash-guard members being arranged to be releasably mounted on respective portions of said peripheral sidewall of said base member via said first slot of said side splash-guard member so that said side splash-guard members are spaced opposite each other, said rear splash-guard member comprising a planar panel having first side edge, a second side edge, a first elongated slot located adjacent and extending parallel to said first side edge and a second elongated slot located adjacent and extending parallel to said second side edge, said first slot of said rear splash-guard member being arranged for engagement with said second slot of one of said side-splash guard members, said second slot of said rear splash-guard member being arranged for engagement with said second slot of the other of said side splash-guard members, said rear splash-guard member being arranged to be releasably mounted on another respective portion of said peripheral sidewall of said base member between said side splash-guard members, said bottom wall of said base member being arranged for receipt of at least one pet food dish or bowl thereon.