ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,714, issued on Dec. 9.
"Pet food bowl with insect exclusion" was invented by Charles Owens (Zephyrhills, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pet food bowl with integrated insect exclusion prevents crawling insects from reaching exposed pet food. The device includes two bowls. The first bowl, or lower bowl, acts as a water basin or moat. Any insect that tries to reach the upper bowl must cross the water held within the lower bowl. The water prevents the majority of insects from being able to pass, including, for example, ants. A weighted enclosure is removably positioned within the lower bowl or water basin. The weighted enclosure ...