Patent ID: 6986324
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: A01K,B29C,B29K,B67B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly for delivering a fluid from a fluid bag to an animal caging system for housing an animal, the valve assembly comprising: an upper member having a piercing member and a connecting member, said upper member having a fluid channel defined therethrough; a base having a base fluid channel defined therethrough, wherein said base is designed to be matingly coupled to said upper member; a stem member designed and dimensioned to be disposed in part within said base fluid channel, said stem member having an actuation portion and having a top portion having a lower surface; and a sealing member integrally formed with said upper member and disposed in said base fluid channel, said sealing member having a flow aperture and a sealing member bottom surface, said sealing member being designed and dimensioned to facilitate sealing of said flow apertures when said sealing member bottom surface abuts a top surface of said stem member.