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An improved animal feeding dish prevents crawling insects such as ants from entering and contaminating pet food contained within the dish. The structure comprises a generally upright bowl-shaped container which includes an imperforate circular base and an imperforate wall extending upward from the b

An improved animal feeding dish prevents crawling insects such as ants from entering and contaminating pet food contained within the dish. The structure comprises a generally upright bowl-shaped container which includes an imperforate circular base and an imperforate wall extending upward from the base and circumscribing the base. The bowl-shaped container is designed to receive and contain a predetermined amount of pet food. A trough is formed integrally with and circumscribes the container for holding a liquid such as water for deterring crawling insects from the container. The dish may be provided with a protective removable flange which extends outwardly from an upper rim of the container. The flange covers the underlying trough to reduce evaporation of the contained liquid and to prevent food and an animal\s ears from falling into the trough.

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A unitary pet feeding dish incorporating a circumscribing trough for preventing crawling insects from contaminating food placed within the dish comprising: a generally upright bowl-shaped, imperforate container having a base and a wall extending upward from the base for containing a predetermined am

A unitary pet feeding dish incorporating a circumscribing trough for preventing crawling insects from contaminating food placed within the dish comprising: a generally upright bowl-shaped, imperforate container having a base and a wall extending upward from the base for containing a predetermined amount of pet food therein; and a water impervious trough formed integrally with said container and circumscribing said container, said trough having a bottom comprising an outward extension of said wall of said container and having an outer wall extending upward from an outer portion of said bottom a distance less than the height of said wall of said container, said trough being defined by said outward extension, said outer wall and said wall of said container for maintaining a reservoir of water surrounding said container; and a flange extending outwardly of said wall of said container adjacent an upper rim thereof, said flange substantially circumscribing said container and spaced from and overlying said trough, said flange being releasably attachable to said wall of said container.