US Patent Issued to CLEAR H2O on June 23 for "Animal drinking valve" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,795, issued on June 23, was assigned to CLEAR H2O INC. (Portland, Maine).

"Animal drinking valve" was invented by Jay Palmer (Brunswick, Maine) and Paul Dioli (Yarmouth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved animal drinking valve is disclosed. The valve may be configured to penetrate a penetrable container containing a liquid for consumption by an animal. The valve also may include an internal actuator assembly including a spring member that biases an actuator member into liquid-tight interfacing with a sealing member situated within a bore of the valve. In this arrangement, the actuator assembly may provide the valve with...