Claims
- 1. A pet dish apparatus, comprising:a dish-shaped base unit which includes a first dish lock portion in a form of an annular groove located on an inside surface of said dish-shaped base unit; a dish member received in said dish-shaped base unit, wherein said dish member includes a second dish lock portion in a form of an annular tongue located on an outside surface of said dish member that fits into said groove; a material reception region defined by a dish floor and a annular dish wall which extends upward from said dish floor; and an annular peripheral top ring which extends outward from said dish wall.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said dish-shaped base unit includes a top ring-reception surface for receiving said top ring of said dish member.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1, further including:a removable lid for fitting tightly onto said top ring of said dish member.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further including:base-to-base interconnection means for connecting a first pet dish apparatus to a second pet dish apparatus.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said base-to-base interconnection means is in a form of an annular peripheral top ring in a form of a figure-eight and which connects said first pet dish apparatus to said second pet dish apparatus.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said dish member includes a quantity of pre-filled material and said lid maintains said material in said dish member until said lid is removed from said dish member.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said pre-filled material is selected from the group comprising pet food and water.
- 8. A pet dish apparatus, comprising:a dish-shaped base unit which includes a first dish lock portion in a form of an annular groove located on an inside surface of said dish-shaped base unit; a removable dish member received in said dish-shaped base unit, wherein said dish member includes a second dish lock portion in a form of an annular tongue located on an outside surface of said dish member that fits into side annular groove, wherein said dish wall includes a plurality of inwardly extending hollow hemispherical dish wall bulge portion, wherein each dish wall bulge portion includes an inner convex dish wall bulge surface and an outer concave dish wall bulge surface, and wherein said dish-shaped base unit includes a plurality of inner convex base unit wall bulges when fit into said outer concave dish wall bulge surfaces when said dish-shaped base unit receives said dish member; a material reception region defined by a dish floor and a annular dish wall which extends upward from said dish floor; an annular peripheral top ring which extends outward from said dish wall, said apparatus further including a removable lid for fitting tightly onto said top ring of said dish member.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority based upon my copending Provisional Application Serial No. 60/312,615, filed Aug. 16, 2001.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/312615 |
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