US 12,446,546 B2
Natural nipple self-regulating feeding system and method of use
Brandi Lauder, Woodland, PA (US)
Filed by Brandi Lauder, Woodland, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,082.
Application 18/356,082 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/591,703, filed on Feb. 3, 2022, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354774 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 9/005 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A natural nipple self-regulating feeding system for a baby animal, comprising:
a nipple consisting of a porous material having a small cavity on a first end and a nipple protrusion on a second end, said nipple protrusion having a density that is greater than the density of the rest of the porous material, wherein the porous material has an absorbency capable of absorbing up to about thirty times its dry weight of a liquid;
a liquid-dispensing vehicle having a first end and a second end and an interior compartment therebetween, said first end having an entrance port and said second end having an exit port; and
a moveable plunger which fits into the entrance port of the liquid-dispensing vehicle, wherein the small cavity of the porous material fits securely on the exit port of the liquid-dispensing vehicle,
wherein the absorbency of the porous material which holds any excess liquid therein allows a baby animal to self-regulate the speed of flow and the amount of liquid it ingests due to the absorbency of the porous material which holds any excess liquid therein which prevents further liquid from entering the baby animal's mouth after the baby animal stops suckling on the liquid which also prevents aspiration of the liquid by the baby animal.