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Patent No. 6205950

Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage

One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."

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Assignee: General Housewares Corp.


Location: TerreHaute, IN
No. of patents: 19

NumberTitleIssue Date
6363817Shock absorption system for a striking tool
A system for absorbing shock including a resilient member positioned between a portion of the head and a portion of the shaft of the tool. The resilient member dampens and absorbs vibration travelling from the head to the shaft and reverberations travelli...
04/02/2002
6233830Utility knife handle
A utility knife handle including a housing with an interior cavity that houses a locking mechanism, a blade storage area, and a blade carriage mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a biased locking member that is slidably provided within a first housi...
05/22/2001
6226886Tape measure
A tape measure having a housing that encloses a coiled tape rule retractably mounted therein. The housing is constructed with an outer coating of a generally soft, resilient, pliant material that extends over a substantial portion of the housing. The tape...
05/08/2001
6179138Bottle stopper and opener
A combination utensil has a one-piece plastic body with a bottle-cap-removing ring and an elongated bottle stopper projecting substantially radially outwardly from the ring. The ring has inclined end faces tapering toward the stopper and an opening positi...
01/30/2001
6158307Shock absorption system for a striking tool
A system for absorbing shock including a resilient member positioned between a portion of the head and a portion of the shaft of the tool. The resilient member dampens and absorbs vibration travelling from the head to the shaft and reverberations travelli...
12/12/2000
6154913Flexibly jointed toilet brush
A toilet brush is provided which includes an elongated handle having a first axis, a brush head having a second axis, and a flexible joint flexibly connecting the handle to the brush head. The joint is threadedly connected to at least one of the brush hea...
12/05/2000
6012749Corn holder
The corn holder comprises one element which is a portion of a generally elongated animal such as a dog. That portion includes at least the dogs head. The body also comprises another element which is the rest of the animal. Each element has a generally pla...
01/11/2000
6006959Tea kettle
A kettle is provided which includes a body defining a storage unit and including a spout coupled to the body and defining an opening. The kettle also includes a handle having first and second ends and coupled to the body for rotation about a second axis d...
12/28/1999
5996821Magnetic memo holder
A magnetic holder is provided which includes a magnet and a flexible and resilient body coupled to the magnet. The body includes a slit therein defining first and second opposed lips normally resiliently biased to a closed condition. The body is responsiv...
12/07/1999
5992309Device for drying foods
A device for drying food includes a bowl having a bottom wall and a sidewall terminating in a top edge, a cover removably connected to the top edge of the bowl and a perforated basket disposed in the bowl and rotatable relative thereto coaxially therewith...
11/30/1999
5927701Food holder for items to be sliced
A holder for containing items to be sliced is provided. The holder includes a base, a first sidewall having a proximal end fixedly secured to the base and a distal end, and a second sidewall having a proximal end fixedly secured to the base and a distal e...
07/27/1999
5791048Carton opener
An apparatus includes a body member which has a pair of guide surfaces. A blade projects from a first of the guide surfaces and the cutting edge of the blade forms an acute angle with the first guide surface. The plane of the blade forms an acute angle wi...
08/11/1998
5740610Carton opener
An apparatus includes a body member which has a pair of guide surfaces. A blade projects from a first of the guide surfaces and the cutting edge of the blade forms an acute angle with the first guide surface. The plane of the blade forms an acute angle wi...
04/21/1998
5702061Food grater
A food grater is provided. The food grater includes a housing sidewall and a grater blade disposed adjacent to the housing sidewall. The grater further includes a moveable door having an extension, the moveable door being connected to the housing sidewall...
12/30/1997
5659959Shears with rotatable handle
A two-lever implement, such as shears, is provided. The implement includes a first lever having a first handle fixed thereon and a second lever pivotally connected to the first lever. The second lever has a second handle which includes a fixed core having...
08/26/1997
5490616Teakettle
A kettle has a hollow body defining a reservoir chamber and having a convex upper portion with a rim defining a circular filling opening into the chamber. A spout projects from the upper portion and communicates with the chamber. A handle is fixed to the ...
02/13/1996
5463814Shears
Shears have two crossed pivotally interconnected levers, each having a blade end and a handle end, and normally biased open. Upper and lower handles are, respectively, connected to the handle ends of the levers, the upper handle having a low-friction oute...
11/07/1995
5419454Mixing bowl
A mixing bowl has a unitary inner shell including a circular base and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly therefrom to an upper peripheral rim defining the open mouth of the bowl, the side wall having a spout at one side thereof and, diametrically o...
05/30/1995
4250215Cooking utensil with non-stick cooking surface
A cooking utensil having a body sheet of iron base metal with a non-stick coating tenaciously secured to the surfaces thereof that are presented toward foods to be cooked, the non-stick coating being of composite construction including an inner layer and ...
02/10/1981
 
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