Patent ID: 8011328

Claim:
An electrically actuated lick deterrent device comprising: a flexible substrate having first side surface and an opposite second side surface, a first conductive trace and a second conductive trace both on the first side surface, the second trace separate from the first trace; a battery pack electrically connected to the substrate, the battery pack retaining a button battery having a disc shape with top and bottom flat, circular sides and a circumferential edge, the battery having an anode on one side and a cathode on the other side, the battery pack retaining at least one of the anode or the cathode electrically against the first trace, and the battery pack including a terminal extension for connecting the other of the anode or the cathode to the second conductive trace, the terminal extension including a top portion extending over the top side of the battery, a pair of edge portions extending from the top portion over the circumferential edge of the battery and an end portion extending from the end of each edge portion and in contact with the conductive traces of the substrate, whereby an electrical circuit is completed and electricity flows through the circuit upon electrical connection between one first conductive trace and one second conductive trace caused by an animal's tongue.