Applicator for treatments applied to animal skin

• US 10,569,069 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2016
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Combat Comb, LLC
• Original Assignee: Combat Comb, LLC
• Inventors: Penland, Brandon
• Primary Examiner(s): Zalukaeva, Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burnette, Gabriella E
• Application Number:
  US15/378,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20180161558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 13/003 Devices for applying insecticides or medication A01K27/007 takes precedence; for veterinary purposes A61D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61D 7/00 Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid, or gaseous remedies or other materials into or onto the bodies of animals for reproduction or fertilisation A61D19/00 ; devices for implanting pellets, radon seeds or the like A61M37/0069
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2250/00 Specially adapted for animals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/003 Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media hand-held massage devices with liquid delivery A61H7/003

Abstract

An applicator including a body with a hair separator and an application aperture. The hair separator and the application aperture are structured to expose a portion of the animal'"'"'s skin so that the user can see how much of a treatment is being applied and ensure the treatment is applied substantially to the animal'"'"'s skin.

Claims

1. An applicator comprising:

a body including a hair separator and an application aperture;

wherein said hair separator includes an initial separator and a parting device;

said body includes a forward side, a trailing side and an axis of motion extending between said forward side and said trailing side;

said application aperture disposed generally along said body longitudinal axis;

said parting device includes a first side portion and a second side portion;

said parting device first side portion disposed on a first lateral side of said body drawing axis;

said parting device second side portion disposed on a second lateral side of said body drawing axis;

said parting device is disposed downstream of said initial separator;

said parting device first side portion and said parting device second side portion each include an upper side and a lower side;

said parting device first side portion lower side includes a directional construct; and

said parting device second side portion lower side includes a directional construct.

2. The applicator of claim 1 wherein said parting device first side portion lower side directional construct and said parting device second side portion lower side directional construct is selected from the group including teeth, bristles, singular grooves, and patterned grooves.

3. The applicator of claim 1 wherein said parting device first side portion and said parting device second side portion are each longitudinally tapered.

4. The applicator of claim 1 wherein said parting device first side portion lower side directional construct and said parting device second side portion are each angled upwardly from said application aperture.

5. An applicator comprising:

a body including a hair separator and an application aperture;

said body includes a forward side, a trailing side, an upper side, a lower side and a drawing axis extending between said forward side and said trailing side;

said application aperture includes a forward edge and a trailing edge;

said body includes a collar extending about said application aperture;

said collar includes a diffuser; and

said diffuser disposed at said application aperture trailing edge and on said body lower surface.