US 12,239,112 B2
Self-filling and self-cleaning pet bowl
Austin Madore, Brandon, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/279,566
Filed by Austin Madore, Brandon, FL (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/046101
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/069265, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/257,271, filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156055 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 7/02 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-filling and self-cleaning pet bowl comprising:
a) a bowl;
b) a servomotor or stepper motor controlled door with a water-resistant seal located on a lower half of the servomotor or stepper motor controlled door arranged above the bowl so that when the servomotor or stepper motor controlled door is closed on the bowl the bowl is sealed so that no fluid present in the bowl exits the bowl;
c) at least two cleaning or filling nozzles arranged above the bowl;
d) a drain servomotor or stepper motor controlled drain valve and drain cap located at a lowest point of the bowl plumbed to a drain system;
e) an ultrasound sensor or a computer vision device arranged to sense a level of water in the bowl;
f) at least one solenoid powered water valve arranged to receive tap water from a water supply system, delivered through a water filter, on an input side plumbed to at least one of the cleaning or filling nozzles on an output side;
g) an electronic control unit comprising a microprocessor wherein the microprocessor receives input from the ultrasound sensor or the computer vision device and controls the servomotor or stepper motor controlled door, the drain servomotor or stepper motor controlled drain valve and drain cap, the at least one solenoid powered water valves, and a drain pump; and
h) a wi-fi transceiver connected to the electronic control unit.