| US 7,546,816 B2 | ||
| Fluid delivery valve adapter | ||
| George S. Gabriel, Seaford, Del. (US); Neil E. Campbell, Eden, Md. (US); Chin Soo Park, Salisbury, Md. (US); Dale Murray, Elkton, Md. (US); Lynn Irwin, Seaford, Del. (US); Frank Gianni, Tewksbury, Mass. (US); and Rodney Gerringer, Forest Hill, Md. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Lab Products, Inc., Seaford, Del. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 12, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/871,916. | ||
| Application 11/267472 is a division of application No. 10/824224, filed on Apr. 13, 2004, granted, now 6,986,324, filed on Jan. 17, 2006. | ||
| Application 11/871916 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/267472, filed on Nov. 04, 2005, granted, now 7,303,713. | ||
| Application 10/824224 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/274619, filed on Oct. 21, 2002, granted, now 6,941,893, filed on Sep. 13, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/346218, filed on Oct. 19, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0087232 A1, Apr. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 119—456 | 16 Claims |
| 1. A fluid delivery system for use with a wire bar lid comprising:
a fluid bag;
a fluid delivery valve; and
a fluid delivery adapter for supporting the fluid bag, the fluid delivery adapter comprising a support base having an aperture
defined therein, the aperture being shaped and dimensioned to secure the fluid delivery valve;
the support base being adapted to be disposed on top of the wire bar lid to facilitate providing fluid from a fluid bag supported
by the wire bar lid;
the fluid delivery adapter further comprising a side portion pivotally displaceable between a first position wherein the aperture
is exposed, and a second position wherein the aperture is covered by the side portion, said side portion being selectively
removable to provide a variety of arrangements of the adapter.
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