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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
James L. Richards, Dassel, MN (US);
Loren L. Brelje, Glencoe, MN (US);
James L. Richards, Dassel, MN (US);
Loren L. Brelje, Glencoe, MN (US);
David S. Smith America, Inc., Lester Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a vented valve assembly for attachment to a rigid container may include one or more of the following features: (a) a unitary tubular valve body of a generally cylindrical hollow form and having a liquid inlet end, and (b) a second end and a liquid outlet port, said liquid inlet end adapted for connection to a male spout on a wall of the rigid container, said liquid outlet port being exterior to the wall of the rigid container when the liquid inlet end is affixed to the spout, the valve body further including an air vent opening formed through a wall of the tubular valve body leading to a channel affixed to an inner wall of the tubular valve body, the channel having one open end.