Patent ID: 7549395

Claim:
A portable drink container for pets comprising: a fluid vessel having an upwardly extending neck with external threads and defining an outlet opening; a drink bowl assembly having an inner bowl and an outer bowl wherein a bowl passageway is formed between the inner and outer bowls, wherein each of the inner and outer bowls have a bottom wall with a central opening defined by an internal edge, and wherein the inner bowl has an outlet aligned with the bowl passageway; a cap having a central aperture and a cavity that engages the external threads of the neck, the cap further having a lower channel that slidingly receives the internal edge of the bottom wall of the outer bowl, wherein the cap has at least one cap passageway extending radially outward from the central aperture, and wherein an upper portion of the cap has a piercing element; and, a flexible conduit positioned within the fluid vessel and extending through the aperture of the cap, wherein an upper portion of the conduit has a frangible seal that is ruptured by the piercing element when a downwardly directed force is applied to the upper cap portion, and wherein the rupture of the seal defines a passageway for fluid to travel from the vessel through both the cap passageway and the bowl passageway into the inner drink bowl.