US 12,144,328 B2
Pet lick apparatus for liquid consumables
Ted E. Ahrenholtz, Minnetonka, MN (US); Michele L. Pennington, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Stephanie M. Beetsch, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Silver Fox L.L.C., Hopkins, MN (US)
Filed by Silver Fox L.L.C., Hopkins, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,840.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,618, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139227 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 7/00 (2006.01); A01K 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 7/005 (2013.01) [A01K 5/0114 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet lick apparatus for liquid consumables, comprising:
(a) a base member having an upper surface and a lower surface with an opening extending therebetween;
(b) a releasable cap connected to said lower surface of said base member, said cap forming a sealable chamber with said base member in fluid communication with said opening therein;
(c) said chamber having a proximal end adjacent said opening, a peripheral sidewall, and an opposing distal end which together form an enclosure for containing a liquid consumable, said base member covering said chamber and extending at least to said distal end thereof;
(d) a liquid delivery member being rotatably retained within said chamber by said base member and said cap, said liquid delivery member extending upward through said opening; and
(e) said liquid delivery member having a wettable outer surface which is contactable with said liquid consumable contained within said chamber, such that rotation of said liquid delivery member causes said wettable surface to become exposed through said opening for consumption by the pet.