Patents Assigned to MAPA GmbH
  • Patent number: 11951075
    Abstract: A bottle teat consisting of a soft elastic material for a drinking bottle, in particular for infants and small children, having: a teat flange, a hollow teat sleeve that projects upward from the teat flange and is connected at its bottom end to the teat flange, a hollow suction part that is connected at its bottom end to the top end of the hollow teat sleeve and projects upward therefrom, a dome-shaped palate-contacting region on a side of the mouthpiece facing the palate, at least one drinking hole in the palate-contacting region that extends from the outside to the inside of the mouthpiece, wherein: an elevated surface that bulges to the outside is on the outside of the palate-contacting region, and the at least one drinking hole is arranged in the elevated surface so that the suction part with the elevated surface can be pressed in a sealing manner against an inwardly bulging sealing surface on the inside of the cap bottom of a cap to cover the bottle teat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Wagenknecht, Bodo Warden, Sarah-Dimple Dass
  • Publication number: 20220395432
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an insert configured to be positioned between a nipple and an opening of a bottle when the nipple is mounted to the bottle. The insert is configured to facilitate airflow out of the bottle and through an interface between the nipple and the bottle when the nipple is dispensing fluid from within the bottle. A system may include a nipple, the insert, and a bottle with an opening. A method may include providing the insert, and positioning the insert between a nipple and an opening of a bottle when the nipple is mounted to the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas BAYONNET, Reiner PILS, Uwe WAGENKNECHT, Torsten HASTEDT
  • Patent number: 10945546
    Abstract: A drinking attachment (10) for drinking vessels (12), comprising a funnel-like circumferential drinking rim (14), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), having a fastening section (16) for fastening the drinking attachment (10) to an edge region of the drinking vessel surrounding an opening of the drinking vessel (12), and a bowl-shaped elastic sealing disc (20), which can be inserted into the drinking rim (14) for sealing the drinking rim (14), the sealing disc (20) abutting circumferentially against the drinking rim (14) in the region of the end of the drinking rim (19, which is free in the intended mounting state of the drinking attachment (10) on a drinking vessel (12), while forming an interstice (22), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), and being designed in such a way that it can be partially lifted from the drinking rim (14) by a suction action of a user of the drinking attachment (10), in order to open a passage to the interstice (22), the sealing disc (20) having in the region o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Holschumacher, Eckhard Itzek, Jürgen Löhn
  • Patent number: 10835065
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a drinking vessel that can include a drinking container and a drinking attachment that is coupled to the container. A straw can be positioned through an opening in the drinking attachment. The straw can include a top end that includes an opening through which a user can withdraw liquid and a bottom end. A drinking valve can be positioned along the bottom end of the straw and can include a tube that is open on the top and closed on the bottom and further includes at least one flow-through opening connecting the inside of the valve to the outside of the straw. A suction tube can include a tube wall that can be slid over the valve to couple the straw to the suction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Löhn, Ralf Holschumacher, Eckhard Itzek
  • Publication number: 20200229625
    Abstract: A drinking attachment (10) for drinking vessels (12), comprising a funnel-like circumferential drinking rim (14), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), having a fastening section (16) for fastening the drinking attachment (10) to an edge region of the drinking vessel surrounding an opening of the drinking vessel (12), and a bowl-shaped elastic sealing disc (20), which can be inserted into the drinking rim (14) for sealing the drinking rim (14), the sealing disc (20) abutting circumferentially against the drinking rim (14) in the region of the end of the drinking rim (19, which is free in the intended mounting state of the drinking attachment (10) on a drinking vessel (12), while forming an interstice (22), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), and being designed in such a way that it can be partially lifted from the drinking rim (14) by a suction action of a user of the drinking attachment (10), in order to open a passage to the interstice (22), the sealing disc (20) having in the region o
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf HOLSCHUMACHER, Eckhard ITZEK, Jürgen LÖHN
  • Patent number: D874013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Wagenknecht, Bodo Warden, Sarah-Dimple Dass
  • Patent number: D895817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D902416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D907785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D908897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D908898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D913506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Elke Lisa Ladiges
  • Patent number: D915189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Joana Ritter, Andrea Baumann
  • Patent number: D917239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Collin Jacob Sutton, Anastasia Nicole Diamond, Jason Wade Cardani, Kelly Elizabeth Seagren, Melissa Sue Jacobson, Austin Peter Laniosz, Lea Marie Stewart, Kevin Thomas Bayonnet
  • Patent number: D917240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Kelly Elizabeth Seagren, Melissa Sue Jacobson, Austin Peter Laniosz, Lea Marie Stewart, Alfredo David Carreno
  • Patent number: D928973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D929856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Joana Ritter, Andrea Baumann
  • Patent number: D942805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D1011542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Loehn, Ralf Holschumacher, Uwe Wagenknecht, Bodo Warden
  • Patent number: D1026575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Chad Robbins, Kevin Bayonnet, Jill Buckley, Charlotte Zale