Patent ID: 7578261

Claim:
A device for providing sustenance to a pet, said pet sustenance device comprising: an upright sustenance container presenting a sustenance storage chamber and a lower outlet opening communicating with the chamber; and a pet dish moveably coupled with said container, said dish being movable relative to the container between a retracted position where the dish is below the container and communication between the container outlet opening and the dish is prevented, and a pet-access position where the dish is moved outwardly relative to the container to establish communication between the container and dish and permit gravity-induced flow of sustenance from the container outlet opening and into the dish, said container adapted for holding water, with the container and dish cooperatively providing a water-tight seal therebetween when the dish is in the retracted position, said container including an upper compartment portion and an intermediate sealing device removably secured to the compartment portion, said compartment portion defining the sustenance storage chamber, said intermediate sealing device defining the lower outlet opening and cooperating with the dish to control communication between the storage chamber and dish, said dish and said intermediate sealing device being threadably interconnected, wherein the intermediate sealing device moves away from the dish as the dish moves from the retracted position to the pet-access position so as to permit communication between the storage chamber and the dish.