ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,546, issued on Oct. 21.
"Natural nipple self-regulating feeding system and method of use" was invented by Brandi Lauder (Woodland, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a hand feeding, natural, self-regulating nipple nutritional system and method of use for a baby animal which allows the baby animal to latch onto a surrogate feeding nipple in which the speed of flow of liquid and quantity of liquid, such as milk, is regulated comfortably by the animal. In particular, the invention provides a soft, flexible, highly porous material affixed to a liquid-dispensing vehicle, in which the porous material is satur...