KR20210000354U - Food container for pets - Google Patents

Abstract

The subject innovation relates to a pet food container. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a wall portion is formed around a bottom portion to define an accommodation space therein, and a container portion for storing feed in the accommodation space; And there is provided a pet food container including a hollow cover coupled in the receiving space.

Description

{Food container for pets}

The present invention relates to a tool used to keep pets, and more specifically, to a feed container for pets.

Recently, with the improvement of living standards and the development of individualistic culture, interest in raising pets is increasing rapidly. Typically, dogs and cats are increasing their status as companion animals because they can interact emotionally with their owners. As such, the population raising companion animals is increasing rapidly.

With the rapid increase in the number of companion animals, the public's interest in feed or snacks for pets and research and development on related products are also increasing rapidly. Therefore, it is easy to store food or snacks for pets, and can be conveniently provided to pets, and a portable feed container may be useful.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a feed container that can conveniently provide feed or snacks to pets, is easy to store, and is portable.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problem, a wall portion is formed around a bottom portion to define an accommodation space therein, and a container portion for storing feed in the accommodation space; And it may be provided a pet food container including a packaging material that accommodates and seals the container portion therein.

The container portion may include a first coupling portion protruding from the bottom portion. A second coupling portion fitted to the first coupling portion and a hollow cover formed upward from the second coupling portion may be further included. In one embodiment, the cover may be used as a manufacturing frame. The manufacturing frame may include an opening hole that is less than or equal to the size of the first coupling portion at an upper portion.

The cover may include a handle portion protruding in one direction on an outer peripheral surface of the second coupling portion. The outer surface of the wall portion may be inclined from an upper side to a lower side toward the outside. The packaging material may include a perforation line to allow one end to be torn off.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pet food container can easily store snacks such as ice cream or feed according to the capacity by the cover, and when the cover is transparent, visual confirmation of its contents through the cap is It is possible to easily grasp the kind and freshness of snacks or feeds, thereby increasing the storage and display performance of commercialized feed containers including the feeds or snacks.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a multi-functional feed container that can be used as a temporary container for feeding a pet by containing water or other feed in a feed container emptied after providing a snack or feed may be provided.

1 is a view showing a state in which feed is packaged in a pet food container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pet food container of Figure 1;
3 is an exploded perspective view of the pet food container of FIG. 2.
4 is a cross-sectional view of the container portion of FIG. 3 taken along the line I-I'.
5 is a view showing a state in which ice cream is manufactured in the pet food container of FIG. 2.
Figure 6 is a state diagram of the use of the pet food container of Figure 2.
7 is a view showing a moving state when an external force is applied to the container of FIG. 3.
8 is a perspective view of a pet food container according to a modified embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely describe the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the following embodiments may be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is It is not limited to the embodiment. Rather, these embodiments are provided to make the present disclosure more faithful and complete, and to completely convey the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art.

In addition, the thickness or size of each layer in the drawings is exaggerated for convenience and clarity of description, and the same reference numerals refer to the same elements in the drawings. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the corresponding listed items.

The terms used in this specification are used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the singular form may include the plural form unless the context clearly indicates another case. Further, as used herein, "comprise" and/or "comprising" specifies the presence of the mentioned shapes, numbers, steps, actions, members, elements and/or groups thereof. And does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other shapes, numbers, actions, members, elements, and/or groups.

In addition, in the present specification, a pet refers to a companion animal that can be kept indoors or outdoors, such as a dog or a cat as a non-limiting example. Can be. However, in this specification, for convenience of description, a puppy is used as an example of a pet.

1 is a view showing a state in which feed (A) is packed and packaged in a pet food container 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in an embodiment, it is a pet food container 1 that contains feed A and provides it to a puppy (E, see FIG. 7 ). Such a pet food container 1 may be packaged in a packaging material 40 while containing the feed A in an internal accommodation space. The packaging material 40 may increase the storage period by sealing the feed (A) while it is contained in the pet food container 1. The user may open the packaging material 40 by tearing the perforation line 41 provided at one end of the packaging material 40. The above-described feed (A) is exemplary, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, as described later with reference to FIG. 5, the ice cream D may be contained in the pet food container 1 and distributed. The pet food container 1 may be sold at a dog cafe or convenience store, as a non-limiting example.

The pet food container 1 may be used as a temporary container capable of giving water or another feed by using the feed (A) or ice cream (D) after feeding it to the pet.

2 is a perspective view of a pet food container 1 according to another embodiment, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the pet food container 1 of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is an I It is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -I'.

2 and 3, the pet food container 1 may include a container part 10 and a cover 20 coupled to the container part 10. The pet food container 1 may be accommodated in a packaging material 40 that accommodates and seals the container portion 10 and the cover 20. The container 10 accommodates the feed (A) or ice cream (D) in the accommodation space 14. The container portion 10 includes a bottom portion 11 and a wall portion 12 protruding from the bottom portion 11.

The bottom portion 11 may have a surface for forming a frictional force in contact with the bottom. For example, the bottom part 11 may have a rubber-like surface. In addition, the shape of the bottom part 11 may be formed in various shapes such as a circle, a triangle, and a square when viewed in a plan view. In another embodiment, the bottom 11 may have a nonwoven surface. The nonwoven surface may reduce noise or increase friction by mitigating an impact from a surface in contact with the floor. The wall portion 12 is formed by being spaced a predetermined distance inward from the outer peripheral surface of the bottom portion 11.

The wall portion 12 may protrude from the bottom portion 11. In this case, the wall portion 12 may be integrally formed with the bottom portion 11. The wall portion 12 has an inner surface formed vertically from the bottom portion 11, and the outer surface is formed as a surface inclined downward from the upper side of the inner side toward the outer side. That is, the outer surface of the wall portion 12 may be formed as an inclined surface by θ from the inner surface as shown in FIG. 4. The wall portion 12 may form an accommodation space 14 inside the container portion 10 from the bottom portion 11.

In one embodiment, the receiving space 14 of the container portion 10 is spaced inward from the wall portion 12, and a first coupling portion 13 protruding from the bottom portion 11 is formed. The first coupling portion 13 is coupled to the second coupling portion 212 of the cover 20. In one embodiment, the first coupling part 13 may be a protruding relief or pattern formed on the bottom part 11 or may be an attached O-ring. The shape of the first coupling part 13 is not limited to a circle, and may be formed in various shapes such as a triangle, a square, and a pentagon. In addition, the shape of the cover 20 coupled to the first coupling portion 13 may be variously modified to correspond to the shape of the first coupling portion 13. A description of the deformation shape of the cover 20 will be described later.

The cover 20 injects ice cream (D) in the container part 10, and is removed from the container part 10 when eating ice cream. The cover 20 includes a second coupling portion 212 fitted to the first coupling portion 13. And it includes a manufacturing frame 22 formed upward from the second coupling portion 212. The cover 20 can be protected by receiving a solid material such as ice cream therein, as well as receiving a gel or other solid feed. In one embodiment, the cover 20 is formed of a transparent material such as a transparent resin, so that the internal feed can be recognized from the outside, so that the user can grasp information such as the type, state, or freshness of the internal feed. .

The second coupling portion 212 is formed as an accommodation groove capable of receiving the protruding first coupling portion 13. As an example, the second coupling portion 212 is formed to have a stepped from the handle portion hole 211 described later, and may be coupled with the first coupling portion 13 while receiving the first coupling portion 13 in the stepped portion. .

The manufacturing frame 22 is formed in a hollow shape with an empty inside. In one embodiment, the manufacturing frame 22 may have a hemispherical shape. An opening hole 221 perforated to a predetermined size may be formed at the upper end of the manufacturing frame 22. The opening hole 221 is for injecting the ice cream solution into the manufacturing frame 22 from the outside.

The opening hole 221 may be easily closed by a sealing member 30 such as a tape or a sticker as a non-limiting example after injecting a liquid feed solution such as an ice cream solution. Further, the size of the opening hole 221 may be formed smaller than the size of the first fastening part 13, whereby the size of the lower part of the manufacturing frame 22 is always larger than the size of the upper part, so that the first coupling part ( 13) can be connected in a stable posture. In addition, the manufacturing frame 22 includes a handle part 21.

The handle portion 21 allows the user to easily hold the cover 20 and release the second coupling portion 212 from the first coupling portion 13. The handle part 21 may protrude in one direction on the outer peripheral surface of the second coupling part 212. In one embodiment, a handle part hole 211 is formed in a part of the handle part 21 so that a user can easily disassemble the cover 20 by using a fingernail or a pin in the handle part hole 211.

5 is a view for explaining a method of manufacturing an ice cream using a pet food container according to an embodiment.

5, the cover 20 is coupled to the container portion 10 of the pet food container 1, and the ice cream solution (C) into the manufacturing frame 22 through the opening hole 221 of the cover 20. ) Is injected. Thereafter, as an example of an environment of a sub-zero temperature, a step of maintaining the pet food container 1 and freezing the ice cream in an environment of minus 4 degrees to minus 5 degrees may be performed. When the ice cream is frozen by cooling, a pet food container 1 containing the ice cream may be provided. In actual use, a step of separating the cover 20 from the container 10 so that the puppy E can eat the ice cream D in the pet food container 1 may be performed. Although the above-described embodiment relates to ice cream, the present invention is not limited thereto, and feeds of various properties such as jelly, gel, or cereal can be prepared.

6 is a state diagram of the pet food container of FIG. 2 in use, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a moving state when an external force is applied to the container of FIG. 3.

6, the pet food container (1) can eat the food (A) contained in the container portion (10) and the ice cream (D) contained in the container portion (10) and the cover (20). To be. The owner of the pet maintains the combined state of the cover 20 on the container 10 while the feed (A) is contained in the accommodation space of the container 10, and the puppy (E) is the pet food container (1) The feed (A) contained in can be eaten first. Thereafter, when the puppy (E) has finished eating the feed (A), the cover 20 may be removed from the container 10 so that the puppy (E) can eat ice cream. That is, the owner can maintain or separate the cover 20 so that the puppy E can eat the feed (A) first and then eat the ice cream (D) for dessert. In Fig. 6, a state in which the puppy E eats the feed A and ice cream at the same time is illustrated.

The bottom (11) and wall (12) of the pet food container (1) by the puppy (E) while the puppy (E) eats the food (A) stuck between the bottom (11) and the wall (12) External force may be applied between them. In this way, in order for the puppy (E) to eat the feed located between the bottom 11 and the wall 12 on one side, when an external force is applied to the bottom 11 and the wall 12 on one side, the bottom of the other side ( 11) and the wall portion 12 are lifted out of balance as shown in FIG. 7. In this case, the outer surface of the wall 12 is inclined by θ from the inner surface to induce the inclined surface to vertically descend using the center of gravity. The shape of the wall portion 12 can prevent the pet food container 1 from being turned over even if the bottom portion 11 on one side is lifted.

8 is a perspective view of pet food containers according to another embodiment.

Referring to Figure 8, the pet food container according to the modified embodiment of the present invention, when compared with the previous embodiment, the shape of the bottom 11 and the cover 20, and a first coupling portion coupled to the cover 20 It is similar except for the shape of (13). The bottom portion 11 of the pet food container may have a rectangular planar shape as shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 8. The bottom portion 11 may be formed in various shapes, such as a triangle, a pentagon, and a hexagon, as well as a square. In addition, the cover 20 may also be formed in a cylindrical shape 201-1 as shown in FIG. 8(a), and as shown in FIG. 8(b), a polyhedron having a trapezoidal cross section It may be formed as (20-2).

In response to a change in the shape of the cover 20, the shape of the second coupling portion 212 of the cover 20 may also be changed. The shape of the first coupling part 13 formed on the container part 10 is also varied in response to the deformation of the second coupling part 212 so that the cover 20 can be easily coupled to the container part 10. Can be implemented.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and that various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be obvious to those who have knowledge.

1: pet food container
10: container part 11: bottom part
12: wall part 13: first coupling part
14: accommodation space
20: cover 21: handle
22: manufacturing frame 211: handle hole
212: second coupling portion 221: opening hole
30: tape
40: packaging material 41: perforation
A: feed D: ice cream

Claims (8)

A container portion in which a wall portion is formed around the bottom portion to define an accommodation space therein, and feeds are stored in the accommodation space; And
Pet food container comprising a packaging material that accommodates and seals the container portion therein. The method of claim 1,
Pet food container including a first coupling portion protruding from the bottom portion of the container portion. The method of claim 1,
Pet food container further comprising a second coupling portion fitted to the first coupling portion and a hollow cover formed upward from the second coupling portion. The method of claim 3,
The cover is a pet food container used as a manufacturing frame. The method of claim 3,
The manufacturing frame is a pet food container including an opening hole that is less than or equal to the size of the first coupling portion at the top. The method of claim 3,
The cover is a pet food container further comprising a handle protruding in one direction on the outer peripheral surface of the second coupling portion. The method of claim 1,
The outer surface of the wall part is a pet food container inclined upward to downward toward the outside. A container portion in which a wall portion is formed around the bottom portion to define an accommodation space therein, and feeds are stored in the accommodation space; And
Pet food container comprising a hollow cover coupled to the receiving space.

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