JP2010063422A - Pet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pet bowl having a feed holding vessel to protect uneaten feed such as pet food from moisture and dust of the outer atmosphere. <P>SOLUTION: The pet bowl includes the holding vessel and a lid. The holding vessel is a top-opened vessel to hold the pet feed in the vessel, and the lid forms a feed dish on the upper face of the holding vessel. Preferably, a sealing part to seal the opening of the holding vessel is placed at the lower part of the lid and a sealing material is attached to the sealing part. Wetting of feed such as pet food held in the holding vessel by the atmospheric moisture is prevented by placing a moisture absorbent at the lower part of the lid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pet tableware capable of storing food such as pet food.

  Conventionally, when feeding a pet (pet animal) such as a cat, the pet owner sometimes puts too much pet food (bait) in the food tray or the like exceeding the amount of pet food. The food left by the pet is left as it is, and when the food is low, it is usually performed by adding the food to the remaining food.

  Patent Document 1 describes a conventional pet tableware. This tableware has an adhesive layer on the bottom of the container body to prevent pets from spilling food.

The tableware for cats of Patent Document 2 is also provided with a stepped portion on the main body (bait plate) so that the cat can easily eat the food without spilling food around it.
JP 08-308418 A JP 2006-211918 A

  However, in the conventional pet tableware described above, no consideration is given to uneaten food. If the food is left on a plate or the like, the remaining food gets wet with moisture. In particular, cats do not eat wet food, so the remaining food cannot be used.

  Or if the humidity is low and the remaining food does not get wet, the pet can rest assured that there is food at any time and eat more food (overeating) On the contrary, you may not eat (small meal). In order to prevent overeating and small meals, it is desirable to feed the pet only for the time of feeding (about 30 minutes).

  Therefore, there has been a demand for a tableware for pets that can easily store the remaining bait after the bait time is over and can protect the bait from moisture and dust.

  The present invention employs the following means in order to achieve the above object. The pet tableware of the present invention includes a storage container and a lid. The storage container is a container that opens at the top and stores pet food inside. And the cover body uses the container upper surface as a food tray. Moreover, it is desirable to provide the sealing part which seals the opening part of a storage container in the lower part of a cover body, and to provide the sealing material in the said sealing part.

  Furthermore, by providing a moisture absorbent at the lower part of the lid, food such as pet food stored in the storage container is prevented from getting wet by the humidity of the outside air.

    According to the pet tableware of the present invention, even when the pet has left food such as pet food, it can be stored in the storage container on the spot, so that the food such as pet food is protected from moisture and dust. be able to. Moreover, food such as pet food can be further protected from moisture by providing a sealing material in the sealing part of the food tray. Thereby, since the bait stored in the storage container is prevented from getting wet, the remaining bait can be reused as the next bait. Furthermore, since the remaining food can be immediately stored in the storage container, it is also a motivation to feed the pet to the pet during the meal time.

    Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a pet tableware according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2A and 2B are enlarged views of the lid of the pet tableware in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a sealing material, and FIG. 4 is a diagram of FIG. 3 on the lid of FIG. FIG. 5 is a view of the storage container, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a view of the pet tableware from the top, bottom and side surfaces, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the lid.

    A pet tableware 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a food container 30 and a lid 10 such as a pet food. The container 30 has an opening 31 at the top, and includes a bottom surface 32 and a side surface 33.

    The lid 10 has a circular shape when viewed from above as shown in FIG. 6A, and the upper surface is a bait plate 11 and a sealing portion 15 is provided on the lower surface. The food tray 11 is inclined so that the pet can easily eat the food, and is curved and formed so that the central portion 16 of the food tray 11 of FIG. 1 is lowest (see FIGS. 6 and 7). By forming an inclination in the food tray 11 in this way, food is collected at the central portion 16 and prevents the pet from spilling food from the food tray 11 during the meal. Since the bottom 12 of the food tray 11 is formed to be slightly larger than the opening 31, the bottom 12 of the food tray 11 is placed on the opening 31, and the lid 10 covers the opening 31 of the storage container 30. Can do.

  The sealing part 15 includes a sealing part upper part 15a and a sealing part lower part 15b. The sealing part upper part 15a is formed so as to be slightly smaller than the opening part 31 of the storage container 30, and is formed in a tapered shape as it goes downward. A groove 15c for mounting the sealing material 20 of FIG. 3 is formed on the peripheral surface of the sealing portion lower portion 15b.

  The sealing material 20 attached to the groove 15c has a ring shape and is shaped so that the inner edge 21 fits into the groove 15c. The sealing material 20 is shaped so that the outer edge 22 of the sealing material 20 spreads to approximately the same size as the upper end of the opening 31 of the storage container 30 when the sealing material 20 is mounted in the groove 15c.

  The sealing material 20 is mounted in the groove 15c of the lid body 10 configured as described above. Since the sealing portion upper portion 15 a of the lid body 10 is formed in a taper shape, a gap 19 is generated between the outer edge 22 of the sealing material 20 and the sealing portion upper portion 15 a of the lid body 10. When the storage container 20 is covered with the lid body 10 to which the sealing material 20 is attached, the sealing material 20 comes into close contact with the gap 19 and the opening 31 of the storage container 30 is sealed.

  If the sealing material 20 is formed of an elastic member such as rubber, it is desirable because the opening 31 of the container 30 and the lid 10 are further brought into close contact with each other. In the present embodiment, the sealing material 20 is made of silicon rubber.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, a pocket 16 having a large number of openings 16 a may be attached to the lower portion of the sealing portion, and a hygroscopic agent (not shown) may be inserted into the pocket 16. Alternatively, the pocket 16 may be provided on the peripheral surface or the bottom surface of the storage container 30.

  The pet tableware 1 of the present invention is used as follows. First, the pet owner puts food such as pet food in the food tray 11 with the lid 10 inserted into the container 30 and feeds the pet for a certain period of time (about 30 minutes). The reason why the lid 10 is inserted into the storage container 30 and a meal is made at a slightly higher position is because, for example, a cat can eat in a natural posture.

  Next, even if the bait time ends, if the bait remains in the bait plate 11, the owner stores the bait left by the pet in the storage container 30. Since the remaining food can be stored immediately in the container 30, it is possible to prevent the food from getting wet and dust from adhering, and even if the food stored in the container 30 is returned to the food tray 11 at the next food time, the pet Can feed the food.

It is a whole perspective view of the pet tableware of this invention. It is a side view of the lid of the present invention. It is a front view of the sealing material of this invention. FIG. 4 is a side view of the sealing material of FIG. 3 attached to a lid. It is a perspective view of a storage container. (A) It is a top view of the tableware for pets of this invention. (B) It is a bottom view of the pet tableware of this invention. (C) It is a front view of the tableware for pets of the present invention. (D) It is a rear view of the pet tableware of this invention. (E) It is a left view of the pet tableware of this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pet tableware 10 Lid 15 Sealing part 15b Groove 20 Sealing material 30 Storage container

Claims (3)

A container that opens at the top and contains pet food inside;
Pet tableware provided with a lid having the upper surface of the container as a food dish. The lower part of the lid comprises a sealing part that seals the opening of the storage container,
The tableware for pets of Claim 1 which provided the sealing material in the said sealing part.   The tableware for pets according to claim 1 or 2 which provided a hygroscopic agent in the lower part of said lid.

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