Patent ID: 7757636

Claim:
A fountain device for household pets, the device comprising: (A) a base, the base defining a bowl portion; (B) a dispensing portion adapted for fluid communication with the bowl portion, the dispensing portion defining a spout with a bottom spout wall, extending from a rearward portion of the spout to a forward lip portion of the spout, and at least two flow guide walls extending upwardly from the bottom spout wall from the rearward portion of the spout toward the forward lip portion of the spout; and (C) a pump positioned to be in fluid communication with the bowl portion of the base and the dispensing portion; the at least two flow guide walls being positioned to converge toward one another from the rearward portion of the spout to the forward lip portion of the spout whereby fluid is directed to the lip portion of the spout and braiding of the fluid is reduced as it passes over the lip portion of the spout and into the bowl portion as a single free-falling stream.