Cooler-Mounted Pet Bowl Bracket for Elevated Clean Feeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet bowls are often placed on the ground during travel, which can lead to contamination from bugs, insects, dirt, and debris, and do not provide an elevated feeding or drinking solution for pets.
Innovation Solution
A pet bowl system that mounts to an insulation storage container using a support bracket with a hook portion and stem, allowing the bowls to be elevated off the ground and easily portable, with adjustable and telescoping options for varying heights and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If pet bowls are placed on the ground during travel, then they are easily accessible and stable, but they become contaminated with bugs, insects, dirt, and debris
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning the pet bowl from ground level (zero dimension) to an elevated position on the cooler (first dimension). The support bracket with adjustable stem length enables the bowl to be positioned at various heights, removing it from the contaminated ground plane while maintaining accessibility to the pet.
Solution Approach 2:
The support bracket acts as an intermediary mechanism between the cooler and the pet bowl. It provides a clean mounting interface on the cooler and supports the bowl at an elevated position, mediating the transition from ground-level contamination risk to elevated clean positioning.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If pet bowls are elevated on a cooler, then contamination is prevented, but the system becomes less stable and more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The support bracket is segmented into distinct functional components: a mounting portion that attaches to the cooler, a stem for height adjustment, and a bowl support portion. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while keeping the overall system relatively simple and modular.
Solution Approach 2:
The stem is designed to be telescoping or adjustable in length, providing dynamic height adjustment capability. This allows the system to adapt to different cooler sizes and pet needs while maintaining stability at each positioned height through the adjustable design.
3Ease of manufacture
If the support bracket has fixed dimensions, then manufacturing is simpler, but adaptability to different cooler sizes is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The stem is designed with adjustable or telescoping capabilities, allowing it to change length dynamically. This dynamic design enables the same bracket to adapt to various cooler sizes and mounting positions while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through a standardized adjustable mechanism rather than multiple fixed-size variants.
Data Source
AI summary
A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, an example apparatus for mounting to a container. The container may comprise a support bracket comprising a hook portion and a stem that extends downwardly from the hook portion. The container may further comprise a first container coupled to the support bracket. The container may further comprise a second container coupled to the support bracket.