Patent ID: 8701506
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A liquid sampling apparatus, the liquid sampling apparatus for use with a liquid reservoir having a biased, normally closed and openable valve, said liquid sampling apparatus comprising: a body, the body extending between a first end and a second end, the body comprising a first port at or near the first end and a second port at or near the second end, the body comprising a flexible structural material and having an external sidewall and an internal sidewall, said internal sidewall defining a liquid conduit providing fluid communication between the first port and the second port; said first end further comprising at least one nose portion; adjacent said at least one nose portion, a nose passageway defined by one or more nose passageway wall portions, the nose passageway shaped and sized for receiving and routing liquid to or from the first port; adjacent said first port, a nose fluid sealing collar, said nose fluid sealing collar extending outward from said external sidewall distance sufficient so that said nose fluid sealing collar is sealingly engageable with said valve via application of manual pressure of said liquid sampling apparatus against said valve, and wherein one or more of said at least one nose portion is sized and shaped for interfitting engagement with and opening of the valve.