ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,517, issued on June 24, was assigned to Doskocil Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Arlington, Texas).
"Water dispenser" was invented by Michael Harper (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water dispenser includes a bottle support area, a bowl and a channel. The bottle support area has a nozzle receiving portion defined by a circular sidewall that is configured to abut a nozzle of a water bottle. The bowl is fluidly connected to the bottle support area. The channel has a pair of first and second sidewalls extending from the nozzle receiving portion to the bowl to fluidly connect the nozzle receiving portion and the bowl. The chann...