IP Library Granted Patent US 12,201,094
Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,094 · App. 17/860,867 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Pet feeding bowl assembly

Inventor: Zhibin Zou (Qingdao, CN)
Assignee: SUMPET TECHNOLOGY (QINGDAO) CO. LTD.
A01K5/0128
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Patent No.
US 12,201,094
App. No.
17/860,867
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A feeding bowl assembly for pets is proposed, comprising a first bowl base and a second bowl base separated from each other, and the tops of the first bowl base and the second bowl base are respectively provided with a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening are respectively used to set up one bowl body for holding food, wherein a third opening is provided at the bottom of the second bowl base, through which third opening the first bowl base can be received within the second bowl base.

Claims (18)

1. A feeding bowl assembly for pets, comprising: a first bowl base and a second bowl base separated from each other, and the tops of the first bowl base and the second bowl base are respectively provided with a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening are respectively used to set up one bowl body for holding food, wherein a third opening is provided at the bottom of the second bowl base, through which the first bowl base is configured to be received within the second bowl base, and wherein the first bowl base is configured to be stacked on top of the second bowl base to form a combination with the second bowl base,

wherein the first bowl base is formed with a first accommodating cavity surrounded by a first inner shell and can accommodate the bowl body, and the bottom of the first accommodating cavity is provided with a first bottom opening; and the second bowl base is formed with a second accommodating cavity surrounded by the second inner shell and can accommodate the bowl body, and the bottom of the second accommodating cavity is provided with a second bottom opening;

wherein the first inner shell has a shape that fits with an outer wall of a bowl body received in the first bowl base, and the second inner shell has a shape that fits with an outer wall of a bowl body accommodated in the second bowl base;

wherein the bottom of the first bowl base is provided with a first limiting portion, and the top of the second bowl base is provided with a second limiting portion that can cooperate with the first limiting portion; and

wherein the top surface of the second bowl base is fixed with an annular cover, and the second limiting portion comprises a limiting groove formed on the annular cover, while the first limiting portion comprises a limiting block that can be matched with the limiting groove.

2. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 1 , wherein when the first bowl base is stacked on the second bowl base, the second bowl base and the first bowl base are combined with each other to form an overall smooth outer side wall.

3. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 2 , wherein the first bowl base and the second bowl base both have profiles that taper from the bottom to the top.

4. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 3 , wherein the assembly forms a profile that tapers from the bottom to the top when the first bowl base is stacked on the second bowl base.

5. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 1 , wherein the feeding bowl assembly further comprises a first bowl body placed on the first opening, and a second bowl body placed on the second opening, wherein the first bowl body and the second bowl body have the same external size.

6. The feeding bowl assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the edge of the first opening of the first bowl base is provided with a first positioning recess so that the edge of the opening of the first bowl body placed in the first positioning recess is lower than the top surface of the first bowl base.

7. The feeding bowl assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the edge of the first opening of the first bowl base is further provided with several notches, so that part of the edge of the first opening of the first bowl body is exposed from the outer side wall of the first bowl base.

8. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 1 , wherein the edge of the second inner shell is mounted on an annular hanger formed below the annular cover.

9. The feeding bowl assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the edge of the open top of the second bowl body is provided with a second flange, and when the second bowl body is received in the second inner shell, the second flange is positioned at the top edge of the second inner shell.

10. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 5 , wherein when the first bowl base is received inside the second bowl base and the first opening of the first bowl body is closed by the second bowl body and/or the second inner shell.

11. The feeding bowl assembly of claim 5 , wherein when the first bowl base is stacked on top of the second bowl base, the second opening of the second bowl body is closed by the bottom of the first bowl body.

12. A feeding bowl assembly for pets, comprising: a first bowl base and a second bowl base separated from each other, and the tops of the first bowl base and the second bowl base are respectively provided with a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening are respectively used to set up one bowl body for holding food, wherein a third opening is provided at the bottom of the second bowl base, through which the first bowl base is configured to be received within the second bowl base, and wherein the first bowl base is configured to be stacked on top of the second bowl base to form a combination with the second bowl base, wherein the first bowl base is formed with a first accommodating cavity surrounded by a first inner shell and can accommodate the bowl body, and the bottom of the first accommodating cavity is provided with a first bottom opening; and the second bowl base is formed with a second accommodating cavity surrounded by the second inner shell and can accommodate the bowl body, and the bottom of the second accommodating cavity is provided with a second bottom opening; and

wherein the first bowl base further comprises a bottom plate, which is fixed at the first bottom opening of the first bowl base, and the bottom plate comprises a heat transfer channel which communicates with the first bottom opening.

13. The feeding bowl assembly for pets of claim 1 , wherein the bowl body is a slow-feeding bowl.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: ZOU, ZHIBIN
To: SUMPET TECHNOLOGY (QINGDAO) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061308/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202221532609.X · Jun 17, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230404027A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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