Pet fountain with basin-straddling cover

摘要

A pet fountain assembly that includes a cover with a drinking bowl formed therein that straddles a sidewall of a basin that can be user-provided enclosing a pump within a pumping chamber defined therebetween. The cover has a downwardly extending sidewall divided by openings that can be generally U-shaped or V-shaped into a plurality of supports on which the cover. In a preferred embodiment, one of the supports is disposed outboard the basin sidewall resting on the ground and another one of the supports is disposed inboard the basin sidewall resting on a bottom of the basin providing a water passage enabling water from the basin to reach the pump. The inboard support can provide an overflow spillway as well as define a shroud disposed between the pump and water in a lower drinking bowl of the basin. The basin can include an outwardly offset seat that locates the pump.

主权项

1. A pet fountain assembly comprising:
a water-holding basin having a bottom and an upwardly extending sidewall; a cover straddling the basin sidewall and comprising a drinking bowl in water flow communication with the basin, the cover comprising a plurality of spaced apart and generally downwardly extending supports with one of the supports comprising an inboard support disposed in the basin with the inboard support having a foot upon which the inboard support rests that is disposed inside the basin sidewall and another one of the supports comprising an outboard support disposed outside the basin with the outboard support having a foot upon which the outboard support rests that is disposed outside the basin sidewall; and a pump in water flow communication with the basin and the drinking bowl.