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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1986
Frank W Atchley, Napa, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A water dispenser for a small animal cage has a fount member that extends horizontally into the cage from the mouth of an inverted bottle and which forms an open reservoir into which water flows from the bottle to replace water consumed by the animal. A tapered vertical passage in the member frictionally grips the mouth of the bottle. A horizontal wire of the cage wall is received in one of a series of transverse grooves situated along the underside of the fount member and the bottle is held against the cage wall by a length of flexible coil spring or the like. The construction enables use of ordinary beverage bottles that are available to most persons at little or no cost. The water dispenser is inexpensive and packaging, shipping and distribution is simplified as it is not necessary to supply a bulky specialized water container along with the other components.