Patent ID: 7600486

Claim:
A pet drinking bowl comprising: a base section including a cylindrical upstanding side wall defining a liquid-holding reservoir, the upper end of the side wall having an in-turned rim; and an inner section having a dished upper surface defining a central liquid-receiving area, a circular flange structure around the periphery of the central area, the circular flange structure including an upwardly-projecting flange from a top surface around the periphery of the inner section, a cylindrical wall that is a free sliding fit within the cylindrical side wall of the base section, the cylindrical wall being directly conjoined to the flange to project downwardly therefrom and the cylindrical wall being spaced outwardly from the flange and a plurality of relatively small feed holes through the inner section within the central liquid-receiving area, the inner section being retained within the reservoir by said rim and having sufficient buoyancy to float on liquid in the reservoir so that liquid in the reservoir with the feed holes below the liquid surface in the reservoir so that liquid may flow into the central liquid-receiving area through the feed holes.