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Abstract

A pet bowl having an interior dished portion for receiving pet food, water or the like has a rather large suction cup held centrally to the underside of the pet bowl for securing the bowl to a surface such as a floor. The pet bowl includes a sidewall extending from an upper portion to a lower portion and enclosing an open area adjacent the upper portion, with the interior dished portion sloping inwardly from the upper portion of said sidewall. A bottom wall extends beneath the dished portion and the suction cup is held beneath a central portion of the bottom wall to secure the pet bowl to a support surface to hold the pet bowl in place as a pet consumes material within the dished portion. The central portion of the bottom wall is domed shape to conform generally to the contours of the suction cup. The surface of the suction cup preferably has upstanding portions to engage the undersurface of the bottom portion to depress the suction cup assuredly upon downward movement of the bowl, and is held to the central portion of the bottom wall by a knob press-fitted into a central opening. Further, a tab may extend from the rim portion of the suction cup to be accessed through an opening in the sidewall of the pet bowl for enabling the rim of the suction cup to be lifted to release the suction cup from the support.

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