Patent ID: 9648851
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A pet grooming assembly configured to selectively release a liquid medication, said assembly comprising: a brush having a handle portion and a bristle portion, said bristle portion having a bottom side, said bristle portion being substantially hollow to define a chamber within said bristle portion, said handle portion being substantially hollow to define a reservoir within said handle portion wherein said reservoir is configured to contain a liquid medication, said chamber and said reservoir being in fluid communication with each other; a valve being movably attached to said brush, said valve being positioned between said reservoir and said chamber wherein said valve is configured to selectively inhibit a flow of the liquid medication from said reservoir to said chamber; a plurality of first bristles, each of said first bristles being attached to said bristle portion wherein each of said first bristles is configured to brush an animal, each of said first bristles is positioned on and extending downwardly from said bottom side of said bristle portion, each of said first bristles being spaced apart from each other and distributed in a single row around an entire perimeter of said bottom side; and a plurality of second bristles, each of said second bristles being attached to said bristle portion, each of said second bristles being substantially hollow such that each of said second bristles is in fluid communication with said chamber wherein each of said second bristles is configured to release the liquid medication onto the animal; where said brush has a conduit extending between said reservoir and said chamber such that said reservoir is in fluid communication with said chamber; wherein said valve comprises a wheel being rotatably coupled to said brush, said wheel being centrally positioned in said conduit such that a peripheral edge of said wheel extends outwardly from an outer wall of said bristle portion wherein said wheel is configured to be rotated between a closing position and an opening position; wherein said wheel has a plurality of apertures extending there through, said apertures being spaced apart from each other and distributed on a first half of said wheel; and wherein each of said apertures is aligned with said conduit when said wheel is rotated into said opening position wherein said apertures are configured to allow the liquid medication to flow from said reservoir into said chamber, each of said apertures being moved away from said conduit when said wheel is rotated into said closing position wherein said wheel is configured to restrict the liquid medication from flowing from said reservoir into said chamber.