Dog Activated Fountain
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Purpose
- Entertainment of the dogs
- Gives them fresh water when playing
Patent Information
- Invented by - Thomas and Victoria Egel
- priority - 2/26/07
- filing - 2/26/08
- publication - 8/28/08
Uses
- Gives dogs fresh water
- Less work for dog owners
Innovations
None
Positives and Negatives
Positives
- Less work for owners.
Negatives
- Could stop working
- get contaminated
- dogs could be confused.
STEM
Science
Discovery of water, electricity,and plastic
Technology
Creating a device that will automatically give water with the touch of a dogs paw
Engineering
A motion sensing device, with a plastic cover, and a fountain spout
Math
What is the optimal shape, height, and forces of the dog's paw
Possible Changes
- make it so every dog can use the machine
- making the fountain portable
- a lock on harmful chemicals getting into the water
- different sizes of fountain for all breeds of dogs