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A pet food bowl is provided with an integral protrusion that helps to prevent inadvertent aspiration of food by the animal. Particularly for dogs, some feeding behaviors are characterized by swallowing large amounts of food. The protrusion in the bowl separates the food into a peripheral channel wit

A pet food bowl is provided with an integral protrusion that helps to prevent inadvertent aspiration of food by the animal. Particularly for dogs, some feeding behaviors are characterized by swallowing large amounts of food. The protrusion in the bowl separates the food into a peripheral channel within the bowl, and the dog therefore cannot simultaneously secure large amounts of food into its mouth. The protrusion is centrally oriented and extends from the base of the bowl, thereby causing the food to be uniformly distributed within the channel.

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What is claimed is: 1. A bowl comprising:a side wall having a height;a base connected to said side wall;a central protrusion extending from the base and upwards at least halfway along said height of said sidewall, said protrusion dividing a bottom surface of the base within the bowl into a periphera

What is claimed is: 1. A bowl comprising:a side wall having a height;a base connected to said side wall;a central protrusion extending from the base and upwards at least halfway along said height of said sidewall, said protrusion dividing a bottom surface of the base within the bowl into a peripheral channel bounded by said sidewall, said protrusion having at least one curved surface that directs food placed in said bowl toward said peripheral channel;said central protrusion is centrally oriented in said bowl, and said protrusion includes a plurality of convex curved areas joined to one another at a height above the bottom surface and forming a continuous raised area above the bottom surface, one of said convex curved areas located over a center of the bowl, and a plurality of separating features forming depressions for separating said curved areas; andwherein a first area of the bottom surface occupied by the central protrusion exceeds a second area of the bottom surface occupied by the peripheral channel.