US 12,402,598 B2
Animal drinking valve
Jay Palmer, Brunswick, ME (US); and Paul Dioli, Yarmouth, ME (US)
Assigned to ClearH2O, Inc., Portland, ME (US)
Filed by ClearH2O, Inc., Portland, ME (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/800,462.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/615,846, filed on Dec. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0212841 A1, Jul. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A01K 7/06 (2006.01); A01K 1/035 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 7/06 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0356 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An animal drinking valve configured to penetrate a penetrable container to allow a liquid to flow from the penetrable container through the valve, the valve comprising:
a body member; and
an assembly disposed within a bore of the body member, the assembly comprising:
a sealing member;
an actuator member extending through the sealing member; and
a spring member operatively interfaced with a first portion of the actuator member so as to bias a second portion of the actuator member toward the sealing member to effectuate a liquid-tight sealing of the valve;
wherein the actuator member is movable within the bore against the bias of the spring member in at least two different directions to effectuate opening of the liquid-tight sealing of the valve.