Patent Application
20220151203
A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and swallows water directly from the stream. Modern indoor drinking fountains may incorporate filters to remove impurities from the water and chillers to lower its temperature. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
In the wild animals prefer to drink from running stream or river water than stagnant water. Stagnant water is water that has been sitting in one spot for long periods of time; this water can become dirty quite quickly and is much more likely to harbour bacteria and parasites. Running water is usually cooler and more oxygenated than sitting water, it also won't harbour as many particles that could sit at the bottom of a bowl and give the water a bad taste. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
There exists a need for a pet drinking fountain that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present.
The pet drinking fountain allows pets to have a source of running water whenever they desire, but without having to constantly run the water. The pets can learn to press the frontal pedal of the fountain bowl to open the cover and begin the running water. Then, once the pet has finished drinking, they can release the pedal to stop the water from needlessly running and to shut the cover again for cleanliness. The pet drinking fountain is anchored to the ground to prevent the pet from moving its location. Additionally, it requires a water source and disposal to continue to provide clean water for the pet.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
Throughout the present disclosure the term ‘filter’ is used to refer to water being passed over small holes and also including the filter passed over the water to catch particles larger than the small holes which include millimeter and micrometer dimensions.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
While the forgoing examples are illustrative of the principles of the present disclosure in one or more particular applications, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications in form, usage and details of implementation can be made without the exercise of inventive faculty, and without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the disclosure be limited, except as by the specification and claims set forth herein.
