I wish someone would design ... (my suggested design & other suggestions)

[Daniel Ross]

This is a product that I have wanted for over 25 years, but never seen in stores. It is an ant-proof pet food bowl for use outdoors. Visualize a bowl on top of a saucer. The bowl contains pet food. The saucer contains soapy water, a contact killer for ants. I have used the bowl & saucer combination, but it is unsatisfactory. A 1-piece design is preferable. Problems to eliminate: Pets bump into the bowl and spill the contents. Bowl knocked over and ants invade the pet food. Bowl and saucer both knocked over, spilling soapy water into the pet food. Pet's sloppy eating drops dry pet food into the saucer, dry food absorbs soapy water emptying the saucer and providing a path for ants. Leaves dropping and providing the ants an alternate path to the pet food; maybe need a separate cover to keep leaves out but allow pets in; cover should align the bowl so that bumping either the bowl or the cover does not provide a path for ants, does not block pet access to bowl; cover must be removable for human servicing of bowl & saucer. Rain turns dry pet food into a mushy moldy mess; solved by the cover.