Insecticide applicator structure

Claim 1

APPLICATOR STRUCTURE FOR APPLYING LIQUID SUCH AS AN INSECTICIDE TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SUCH ANIMALS RUBBING THEIR BODIES THEREAGAINST, HAVING IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY FLEXIBLE ELONGATED SUPPORTING ELEMENT ANCHORED AT THE ENDS THEREOF AND DISPOSED IN AT LEAST A SOMEWHAT INCLINED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUND AND EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE LIQUID TO TRICKLE DOWNWARDLY THEREON FROM A SOURCE, A MULTIPLICITY OF SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE AND ELASTIC DISC ELEMENTS HAVING IRREGULAR PERIPHERAL EDGES AND CENTRALLY APERTURED AND AXIALLY AND SNUGLY DISPOSED UPON SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT IN END TO END RELATION AND ROTATABLE UPON SAID ELEMENT, SAID DISC ELEMENTS BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR THE MOST PART OF RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL AND HAVING LIMITED POROSITY AND SLIGHTLY ROUGHENED FACE SURFACES, SAID DISC ELEMENTS COOPERATING WITH SAID ELONGATED SUPPORTING ELEMENT TO DISPERSE LIQUID FROM SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT OUTWARDLY AND RADIALLY AND TO SHIFT PLANAR POSITIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT WHEN RUBBED AGAINST BY THE ROUNDED CONTOUR OF THE BODY OF A DOMESTIC ANIMAL, AND SERVING TO STOP OR DAM THE DOWNWARD FLOW OF LIQUID ON SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT OPON CESSATION OF SAID RUBBING ACTION.