Modular interchangeable vessel system accepting a plurality of attachments
AssigneeVapur, Inc.
InventorBrent A. Reinke
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for dispensing a liquid when licked is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially spherical member; a cap member, and a valve. The cap member comprise a concave member adapted to accept a spherical cap and retaining the spherical member within the concave member while forming a volume therebetween, and a valve, in sealed hydraulic communication with the volume between the spherical member and the concave member, the valve permitting fluid communication between the volume and a vessel sealingly affixed to the cap member in a first configuration and prohibiting fluid communication between the volume and the vessel in a second configuration.
Claims16
An apparatus for dispensing a liquid when licked, comprising:
- a spherical member;
- a cap member, the cap member comprising:
- a concave member, the concave member adapted to accept the spherical member, the concave member having a polar angle of more than 180 degrees of the substantially spherical member within the concave member, thereby retaining the spherical member within the concave member while forming a volume therebetween;
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- a valve, in sealed hydraulic communication with the volume between the spherical member and the concave member, the valve permitting fluid communication between the volume and a vessel sealingly affixed to the cap member in a first configuration and prohibiting fluid communication between the volume and the vessel in a second configuration, the valve configured to in the first configuration when the spherical member is urged into the cap member;
- wherein the circular lip surface has one or more slots inscribed therein configured to permit passage of liquid when the spherical member is urged into the concave member and rotated.
A method of providing a liquid to a pet, comprising:
- connecting a removable pet hydration attachment to a source of the liquid, the removable pet hydration attachment comprising:
- a spherical member;
- a cap member, the cap member comprising:
- a concave member, the concave member adapted to accept the spherical member, the concave member having a polar angle of more than 180 degrees of the substantially spherical member within the concave member, thereby retaining the spherical member within the concave member while forming a volume therebetween;
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- a valve, in sealed hydraulic communication with the volume between the spherical member and the concave member, the valve permitting fluid communication between the volume and a vessel sealingly affixed to the cap member in a first configuration and prohibiting fluid communication between the volume and the vessel in a second configuration, the valve configured to in the first configuration when the spherical member is urged into the cap member;
- providing the removable pet hydration attachment to the pet;
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- dispensing the liquid when the removable pet hydration attachment is licked;
- wherein the circular lip surface has one or more slots inscribed therein configured to permit passage of liquid when the spherical member is urged into the concave member and rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.