Nursing Bottles And Nipples Patents (Class 215/11.1)
  • Patent number: 11969395
    Abstract: The invention is a hollow nipple containing a side-entry tube and aperture that solves the problem of administering fluid medicines to infants or babies by combining the comfort of a common baby bottle, containing accustomed milk or formula, with the use of an industry common, over-the-counter oral medicine syringe by allowing for the syringe to be inserted into the side-entry tube and aperture so that the medicine can mix with the milk or formula and be quickly consumed while the care provider has the option of manually regulating the flow of the medicine into the nipple. The invention therefore avoids the need for administering such fluid medicine directly into the mouth, or even mixing it into the contents of the bottle where the medicine may not be fully or timely consumed. The invention has applications not only with human infants and babies but also in the field of animal care.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Lauren Nicole Hunter
  • Patent number: 11957640
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a fluid reservoir and a nipple configured to be attached to the fluid reservoir. The nipple includes a body portion defining a compartment configured to contain a liquid so as to mimic a feel of a mother's breast. The body portion comprises a nipple tip comprising a fluid outlet. The nipple includes a base member attached to the body portion, the base member including an attachment portion configured to attach the nipple to the fluid reservoir. The base member comprises a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The nipple includes a fluid passageway extending through the compartment from the fluid inlet to the nipple tip, where the fluid passageway allows fluid to flow from the fluid reservoir to the fluid outlet. A valve member positioned on the base member adjusts a flow rate of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Proxamama LLC
    Inventor: Shilo Ben Zeev
  • Patent number: 11957255
    Abstract: Provided are a smart bottle and a method for controlling the smart bottle. A smart bottle comprises a bottle for containing liquid; a base formed to be combined to one side of the bottle; a first sensor installed in the bottle or the base, and configured to obtain level information of liquid contained in the bottle; a third sensor configured to obtain inclination information of the bottle; a heater configured to heat the liquid contained in the bottle; a controller configured to control operation of the heater based on the temperature information, determine a feeding start and a feeding end based on the inclination information, and modify the level information based on the inclination information; a communication unit configured to transmit the inclination information and the level information to an external device; and a battery configured to supply power to the first sensor and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LITTLEONE INC.
    Inventors: Byung Kyu Lee, Byung Hee Yun
  • Patent number: 11884451
    Abstract: A modular bottle (e.g., for holding liquid or dry storage contents) and its various assemblies, components, and structures are provided. The bottle can include a body portion including an open longitudinal end and an interior region, an end cap configured to be secured over the open longitudinal end to enclose the interior region, and a flexible loop. The end cap can include a pair of knobs disposed on a circumferential side surface of the end cap. Each end of the flexible loop can define an aperture that is smaller than a largest diameter of each of the pair of knobs such that each end of the flexible loop is selectively couplable with each of the pair of knobs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MODL, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Barak Zitron, Zachary W. Leitz, Justin Guld
  • Patent number: 11860017
    Abstract: A dispensing system including a cap configured to secure the dispensing system to a bottle filled with a formula, wherein the cap is configured to retain a metered dose of the formula, a shaft in fluid communication with the cap, a bladder inside the cap, wherein the bladder comprises one or more openings, and wherein the bladder is configured to lift to cover the shaft, a distributor nozzle in fluid communication with the shaft, and an outer nozzle covering the distributor nozzle and configured to dispense the formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Jason Fyfe, Andrea Saverino
  • Patent number: 11806435
    Abstract: A device for heating and concomitantly administering a liquid includes a body having at opposite ends a base and a neck connectable to liquid suction means, and liquid heating means. The body has an inner housing configured to receive and completely enclose a liquid container. The inner housing has fluidic connection means. The neck has one or more tubes adapted to fluidically connect the fluidic connection means to the liquid suction means. The liquid heating means are adapted to heat at least partially the one or more tubes, and the fluidic connection means have one or more sharp spouts for puncturing of a predetermined region of the liquid container and for fluidic connection to the liquid container. A liquid container and a sanitizing system of the device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OROFINO PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP SRL
    Inventor: Ernesto Orofino
  • Patent number: 11793727
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a fluid reservoir and a nipple configured to be attached to the fluid reservoir. The nipple includes a base portion and a teat portion, where the base portion and the teat portion together define an interior space of the nipple. The nipple also includes a removable flow valve configured to be positioned within the interior space of the nipple and an internal cavity between the removable flow valve and a wall of the nipple. The removable flow valve includes a central opening and at least one valve protrusion extending from a surface of the flow valve into the internal cavity. The removable flow valve is configured to adjust a flow rate of a fluid from the fluid reservoir into the internal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Proxamama, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Worrell, Shilo Ben Zeev, Caleb Vainikka
  • Patent number: 11738152
    Abstract: A syringe including a syringe body extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a stabilizing element provided on the distal end of the syringe body, a portion of the stabilizing element extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the syringe body. A multi-use disposable set (MUDS) includes a plurality of syringes, each syringe having a syringe body, a proximal end, a distal end spaced apart from the proximal end along a longitudinal axis of the syringe body, a stabilizing element provided on the distal end, a portion of the stabilizing element extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the syringe body, and a manifold in fluid communication with the distal end of each of the plurality of syringes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE, LLC
    Inventors: John Haury, Alison R. Von Moger, Mark Silvio Profaca
  • Patent number: 11730878
    Abstract: A cap and container assembly is disclosed which may be used for human body cavity irrigation or other liquid dispensing activities. The cap may include a first channel extending from a base through a neck portion to an opening in a tip portion of the cap. A side body defining a second channel may extend from the first channel near the neck portion of the cap to an opening at a distal end of the side body. An axial dimension of the tip portion may extend at an angle relative to an axial dimension of the neck portion. Liquid may flow out of the first channel under the influence of gravity and as a result of control of air flow into the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Ketan C. Mehta
  • Patent number: 11712123
    Abstract: A beverage container includes a container bottle and an elevated container lid. The elevated container lid includes a lid member detachably and coaxially connected to a top end of the container bottle to cover a top opening of the container bottle, and a hollow elevated drinking spout member having a base portion coaxially mounted on the lid member, a mouthpiece portion integrally and coaxially extended from the base portion, and a drinking opening coaxially formed at a top end of the mouthpiece portion, wherein the mouthpiece portion of the elevated drinking spout member has a nipple shape and the drinking opening has a size equal to or slightly larger than a diameter of a straw to be inserted therethrough into the interior cavity until reaching the bottom wall of the container bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Diana Joe, Ruby J. Espinoza, Weimin Li
  • Patent number: 11684551
    Abstract: A bottle teat (1) having a base portion (2), which has a connecting flange (3) and in which the bottle teat (1) is substantially circular in a cross section running perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis (9), having a lip-support portion (5) and having a nipple portion (6), which opens out in a teat tip (7), wherein, in a direction perpendicular to its longitudinal axis (9), the bottle teat (1) has, in the lip-support portion (5), a non-circular cross section with a longitudinal axis (10) and a transverse axis (11), which is shorter than the longitudinal axis (10), characterized in that the base portion (2) and the lip-support portion (5) have provided between them a flex portion (4), which has enhanced flexibility in relation to the base portion (2) and the lip-support portion (5), wherein the flex portion (4) has a circumferentially encircling depression (15) in the form of anindent (19) and/or of a smaller wall thickness than in the portions adjacent to the depression (15), and therefore, about an axis run
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MAM BABYARTIKEL GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.
    Inventor: Peter Röhrig
  • Patent number: 11679026
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for replacing an eyedropper tip on an eyedropper bottle with a replacement eyedropper tip. Such a system may include, without limitation, a removal tool, an application tool, and a replacement eyedropper tip. The removal tool may be used to remove a preexisting eyedropper tip on an eyedropper bottle, and the application tool may be used to apply the replacement eyedropper tip to the eyedropper bottle. In some embodiments, the replacement eyedropper tip and the application tool may be formed as a single unit or effectively be the same component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: OBBJECTIVES, LLC
    Inventors: Terry Bader, Gregg J. Berdy, Lanny Odin
  • Patent number: 11653745
    Abstract: Bladders/containers designed to hold a meaningful amount of material (in any state: solid, liquid or gas) to conductively absorb heat from the human body. In addition, the material may be consumed by the user wearing the bladder/container, thus providing a source of hydration for the user. The bladders/containers would also enhance impact and/or ballistic protection of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QORE PERFORMANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Justin B. Li, J. D. Willcox, Doug C. Burr, Pablo Bravo
  • Patent number: 11618626
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and innovative container system for mixing and dispensing a solution, such as a cleaning solution, that includes a container, dispenser, and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a reservoir containing a concentrated solution and a snap portion that closes the reservoir. The dispenser includes a sleeve that engages with the snap portion as part of a cartridge release mechanism to release the cartridge's concentrated solution into the container. As the dispenser's cap is tightened to the container, the dispenser's sleeve is forced downwards to engage the cartridge's snap portion and force the snap portion to disengage from the cartridge. The reservoir is therefore opened and its contents exit into the container's interior. As the dispenser's cap is disengaged from the container, the dispenser's sleeve is forced upwards, bringing the snap portion back to the cartridge and closing the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CALLINGTON HAVEN PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Reed, Jonathan Bostock
  • Patent number: 11602162
    Abstract: According to some examples, a water pipe can include a body with a top end section, a bottom end section and an opening at the top end section. The opening can be angled with respect to a vertical axis. Additionally, the body of the water pip can include a well extending from the opening to the bottom end section, and an indent extending from the top end section to the bottom end section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Session Corp.
    Inventors: Esther Joy LeNoir, Vinh Do Pho, Camden Lee Foley, Samuel Timothy Davis Bertain
  • Patent number: 11576349
    Abstract: Fluid delivery systems, methods and apparatus to dispense a dose of fluid on an animal, which may be particularly used for behavior modification of the animal, are disclosed. A system may particularly comprise an apparatus wearable by the animal. The apparatus is suitable for storing a fluid contained therein, and dispensing a dose of fluid on the animal, particularly to spur or otherwise induce behavior modification of the animal, particularly in response to training stimuli during a training scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Nickelman, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Nicoll, Charles D. Mann
  • Patent number: 11571364
    Abstract: An infant feeding bottle assembly includes a container and a top assembly including a collar coupled to the container at a top portion of the container, a nipple, and a nipple protector. The collar further includes a holding portion. The nipple protector is coupled to the collar and is capable of transitioning between an open state and a closed state. In the closed state, the nipple protector covers and protects the nipple. In the open state, the nipple protector retracts into or rests on the holding portion and exposes the nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Janira Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11564869
    Abstract: A combined infant feeding and pacifier retention device is an apparatus used to retain and distribute breastmilk or other fluids. The apparatus is also configured to store a pacifier for selective use. The apparatus comprises a liquid retention chamber, a pacifier retaining mechanism, and a feeding spout. The liquid retention chamber is a contained volume that enables transportation of inserted liquids, particularly milk or breastmilk. The pacifier retaining mechanism is a unit that enables storage of any of a variety of pacifiers. The feeding spout is a unidirectional valve that enables fluid transfer from the liquid retention chamber. The feeding spout is preferably made of any of a variety of soft, bisphenol A-free (BPA-free) materials that effectively operates when utilized as a mouthpiece for an infant. The general configuration of the aforementioned components allows the apparatus to efficiently and effectively store and distribute fluids to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Carlos DaVhon Casarez
  • Patent number: 11510848
    Abstract: A dispenser for a powder in a container, containing a receptacle including an end wall provided with at least one orifice, an adapter including a tubular body provided with a transverse partition provided with at least one orifice, the receptacle being rotatable on the adapter between a closed position of the dispenser, in which the orifice in the receptacle and the orifice in the adapter are not aligned with one another, and an open position of the dispenser, in which the orifice in the receptacle and the orifice in the adapter are positioned in line with one another, and a sealing component comprising an upper annular part and a lower annular part arranged so as to ensure sealing between the container and the adapter and between the adapter and the container, respectively, when the adapter is mounted on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AVA INC.
    Inventor: Adrien Touati
  • Patent number: 11471379
    Abstract: The human nipple functions for both nutritive and non-nutritive suckling with the only difference that in the first instance nutritive fluid is delivered. The present invention conflates these two suckling devices. A nipple device comprises a first reinforcing member provided at the exterior surface of a nipple portion, and surrounding an interior elastomeric core. A second reinforcing member, such as a mesh reinforcement, can be added to improve bite resistance without compromising stretchiness or compressibility. The nipple device is bite-resistant to guard against biting damage and stretching-to-failure by an infant; and compressible, so forces applied by an infant's tongue will be transmitted (in the case of an artificial feeding teat) through a solid nipple core to compress and shutoff central duct(s) to facilitate swallowing without gagging, or (in the case of a pacifier) to reshape the nipple portion so it conforms to the shape of the infant's oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Momtech Inc.
    Inventors: Carr Lane Quackenbush, Michael Maloney
  • Patent number: 11420094
    Abstract: The training device for chewing and swallowing can be used by patients who have difficulty chewing and/or swallowing to assist them to learn how to chew and swallow. The device includes a bolus delivery cylinder and a plunger. The bolus delivery cylinder can include a cylindrical housing having a peripheral wall and a hollow interior. The plunger can be slidably received in the cylindrical housing and secured thereto. In some embodiments the peripheral wall can be perforated. The interior of the housing is configured to accommodate small pieces of food. The bolus delivery cylinder can be made from a transparent, flexible material, such as silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Cheryl Gaboriault
  • Patent number: 11419795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation component (10) for a feeding bottle device (1) and a corresponding feeding bottle device (1). The separation component (10) provides a separation between a container space (2) of the baby bottle device (1) and a feeding space (3) for providing liquid to an infant, the separation component (10) comprising a hole wall portion (30) surrounding a hole (32) through the separation component (10) for allowing a passage of fluid from the container space (2) to the feeding space (3) therethrough, wherein the hole wall portion (30) is formed such that, when a pressure of the feeding space (3) side is lower than a pressure of the container space (2) side, a minimum cross-sectional area of the hole (32) is reduced with increased pressure difference between feeding space (3) and container space (2). A decreased risk of overfeeding an infant is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Paulus Cornelis Duineveld
  • Patent number: 11401104
    Abstract: An adapter for a dispenser includes a longitudinal body with a first end that may be configured for connection with a dip tube and a second end that may be configured for connection with another object, such as a foam component. In embodiments, a cross piece is disposed between the first end and the second end. Further, in embodiments, one or more structures, such as barbs, may be provided between a cross piece and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Plastipak BAWT, S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Keith Laidler, Timothy Rodd
  • Patent number: 11389557
    Abstract: Disclosed are scented material compositions, articles and methods of their manufacture. In some aspects, a scented attachment for a beverage container includes a scented article including a body loaded with a volatile chemical compound to emanate from the body of the scented article to generate a scent, in which the scented article includes at least one interior protruding structure that projects from an interior wall of the body of the scented article and is configured to attach to a bottle and be enclosed by a cap and the bottle when the cap is securely fastened to the bottle, such that the scent from the scented attachment is trapped when the cap is securely attached to the bottle and releases into an outer environment when the cap is detached from the bottle, in which the scented article comprises a scented material formed of a fragrance oil and a plastic base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SZENT CO.
    Inventor: Shawn Griffis
  • Patent number: 11324667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a baby feeding bottle. The baby feeding bottle employs a simple structure in which an assembly portion having a ring-shaped assembly groove is formed on the outside of the top of a feeding bottle body, a horizontal stop protrusion portion and a vertical coupling protrusion portion are formed on the outside of the bottom of the feeding bottle body, a silicone tube is fined into the outside of the feeding bottle body, a ring coupling portion at the upper end of the silicone tube assembly groove is coupled to the assembly portion in a sealed manner by being inserted to the assembly portion, and a horizontally bent portion at the lower end of the silicone tube is coupled to the stop protrusion portion in a sealed manner by locating the horizontally bent portion and then pressing the horizontally bent portion with the sealing cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ART TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Souk Yang, In Sook Ha
  • Patent number: 11325750
    Abstract: A container for storing at least one personal care item includes a base plate and well. The base plate defines an aperture and has top and bottom surfaces. The well passes through the aperture and has: an open top portion and a closed bottom portion collectively defining a chamber accessible through the top portion, a seat abutting the bottom surface, and a flange overlying a portion of the base plate. A cap is removably secured atop the chamber and abuts the flange such that the flange seals between the cap and the base plate when the cap is secured atop the chamber. The well has an uppermost point and a lowermost point and a height defined therebetween, and the lowermost point is collapsible toward the uppermost point to a maximum distance of: at least forty percent of the height and no more than sixty percent of the height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Pak Products, LLC
    Inventor: Kate Westad
  • Patent number: 11261005
    Abstract: A modular bottle (e.g., for holding liquid or dry storage contents) and its various assemblies, components, and structures are provided. The bottle can be flexible or rigid and is dynamically modular to be particularly useful for outdoorspeople, military personnel, travelers, pet owners, and the like. The bottle is a double-ended device capable of being modified or expanded with various caps, filters, spouts, compartments, and like accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MODL, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Barak Zitron, Zachary W. Leitz, Justin Guld
  • Patent number: 11241875
    Abstract: In example implementations, a storage apparatus is provided. The storage apparatus includes a sealed reservoir partially filled with a print agent. A float is partially submerged in the print agent. A weight is coupled to a submerged portion of the float. A vent is coupled to the float and an opening in the sealed reservoir. A valve is coupled to an unsubmerged portion of the float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher John Arnold, Melissa S. Gedraitis, Russell S. Sauer
  • Patent number: 11235900
    Abstract: A container for feeding a patient includes a deformable receptacle having a cavity for holding a flowable food product and a rigid cover attachable to the upper end of the deformable receptacle. The rigid cover may have a male feeding tube connector that is uniquely connectable to a female feeding tube connector of a feeding tube or may have a female feeding tube connector that is uniquely connectable to a male feeding tube connector of a syringe. With the male and female feeding tube connectors connected, the deformable receptacle and the feeding tube or syringe are in fluid tight fluid communication to allow the flowable food product to be forced out of the opening of the deformable receptacle and into the feeding tube or syringe when the deformable receptacle is squeezed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kiley Steven Wilson
  • Patent number: 11172773
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-use container. The container can be used for drinking a liquid by sucking a nipple to actuate one-way valve. Alternatively, the container can be used as a dildo by using a glans shaped cap. The container can be used to drink liquids from all sorts of angles. The container can also include a piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Tom Kim
  • Patent number: 11166575
    Abstract: A feeding bottle assembly having a flexible bottle defining a main chamber having a flexible peripheral and a divider member cooperating with the flexible bottle open top and having an opening extending therethrough. A raised lid attached to the open top retaining the divider member therebetween, the raised lid defining an auxiliary chamber with an having an outlet. An elongate liquid pickup tube having a proximate end passes through and sealingly connected to the divider member opening and extending above the divider member to define an auxiliary chamber, and extending below the divider into the main chamber. A nipple is mounted in a raised lid outlet, so that a liquid placed in the main chamber can be transferred to the auxiliary chamber through the pickup tube by squeezing the flexible bottle peripheral wall. The liquid is subsequently consumed by a user drinking from the nipple through a nipple outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JOJO2JACK, LLC
    Inventors: Mallory Alyse Richard, Jamie Jo Vernon, Christopher Michael Williams, John E. Nemazi
  • Patent number: 11129958
    Abstract: A sleep-inducing device, including: 1) a probe including a heart rate sensor detecting a heart rate of an infant's mother; 2) a sampling module collecting data with regard to the heart rate detected by the probe; 3) a first microcontroller unit (MCU) calculating the data transmitted from the sampling module and outputting a heart rate signal; 4) a second microcontroller unit (MCU) receiving and processing the heart rate signal transmitted from the first MCU; 5) a keyboard inputting, controlling and adjusting parameters of the second MCU; 6) a display displaying an operation/control state of the device; 7) a loudspeaker playing audio data of the heart rate signal processed by and transmitted from the second MCU; 8) a first memory storing the audio data of the heart rate signal; 9) a low dropout regulator (LDO) providing a constant voltage to the second MCU; and 10) a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AEON TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Xie, Li Ju
  • Patent number: 11110363
    Abstract: An intravenous pole accessory (30) includes a stuffed doll having a head portion (32) and a main portion (33) that covers a major portion of an intravenous pole (36) upon placement of the accessory on the intravenous pole. The accessory can include at least a first attachment member (31 or 31A) coupled to a portion (32) of the stuffed doll configured and arranged for retaining the stuffed doll in a vertical position when the first attachment member is attached to a top portion (36A) of the intravenous pole, and a hole (34) in the main portion of the stuffed doll configured to allow access to a medical device (37) attached to the intravenous pole when the at least first attachment member is attached to the top portion of the intravenous pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Puffaluffs, Inc.
    Inventor: Alfred Siddi
  • Patent number: 11090230
    Abstract: A beverage formula container for use with a beverage receptacle, the beverage formula container including a container body extending from a first open end configured for dispensing a beverage to a second open end configured for attachment to a beverage receptacle body of the beverage receptacle, the container body including a flared section and an at least partially deformable section in proximity of the flared section and a sealing member configured to be inserted into the second end so as to sealingly engage an inner surface of the container body proximate the flared section so as to form a chamber between the sealing member and the first end, the chamber being configured to receive beverage formula therein, and wherein deformation of the deformable section allows the sealing member to disengage the inner surface of the container body and pass through the flared section and the second end, thereby releasing beverage formula through the second end into an attached beverage receptacle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Beau Bebe Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Alison Rebecca Arends
  • Patent number: 11077027
    Abstract: A baby bottle, an insert for a baby bottle, a baby bottle including an insert, and a method of feeding an infant that serves to pace the infant's feeding rhythm. Generally, these devices and methods will be of use for a preterm infant who lacks coordination of the suck-swallow-breathe synchrony, but can also be used with full term infants who can benefit from rigid control of the flow of milk from a bottle, this includes, but is not limited to, infants with gastroesophageal reflux who can require pacing of feeds to allow for gastric emptying. The device generally cues the infant to swallow and breathe after each 1-4 sucks by stopping the flow of the fluid from the bottle after the infant has sucked sufficiently or a predetermined period of time has passed. Once the baby breathes or a period of time passes, the bottle resets for the next repetition. The device also serves to consistently slow the flow of milk during oral feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Preemie-Pacer, LLC
    Inventors: Roberta Pineda, Jeffrey Macler
  • Patent number: 11072463
    Abstract: A modular container assembly includes a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall attached thereto and extending upwardly therefrom. The perimeter wall includes an open top end and a break therein positioned between the top end and the bottom wall to define an upper section and a lower section of the housing that are removably coupled together along the break. The lower section includes an upper edge defining an access. A lid is removably couplable to the bottom wall such that the lid is positioned exterior of the housing. The lid is engageable with the lower section to close the access. The perimeter wall can also include two breaks therein positioned near the open top end and bottom wall to define a top, middle, and bottom section of the housing. The middle section is removable, and the top section is engageable with the bottom section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Agata Labedzki, Arkadiusz Labedzki
  • Patent number: 11033462
    Abstract: The invention relates to an infant feeding assembly comprising a feeding bottle and a sealed cup holding a single serve of infant formula to be mixed with water. The bottle comprises a cup holder, a teat, a mounting ring, a water fill opening and a closure device. The cup holder is adapted to hold the cup, in an opened condition. The teat has a dome shaped base and a spout. The mounting ring releasably mounts the teat onto the cup holder. According to the invention, the water fill opening, through which a mixing cavity of the feeding bottle can be filled with water while the opened cup is held by the cup holder and the teat is mounted on the cup holder, is provided in the cup holder and/or in the mounting ring and/or in the teat. The cup and the teat at least partially define the mixing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hero AG
    Inventors: Abke Geels, Erich Altorf, Witte Van Cappellen, Ronald Michiel Lewerissa
  • Patent number: 10967287
    Abstract: A bobble for bottle neck apparatus and method providing a sleeve for a bottle neck which holds a contoured brace having a nipple which protrudes through a slit in the sleeve, whereby a spring is connected on one end to the nipple of the contoured brace and on the other end to a bobble figurine representing one of a range of symbols, persons, holidays, events, sports teams, logos, and the like, such that the bobble figurine is held extended from the bottle neck and can move about by the flexing of the spring. The bobble figurine is removable and substitutable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Miller, Valerie B Miller
  • Patent number: 10881587
    Abstract: A partitioning component for a feeding bottle device. The feeding bottle device comprising a teat component defining a teat volume therein and a container component defining a container volume therein. The teat component being attachable to the container component by means of an attachment component. The partitioning component comprises a first passage allowing a passage of fluid from the container volume to the teat volume and a second passage allowing a passage of fluid from the teat volume to the container volume, wherein the second passage is provided in the form of a one-way passage. The invention further relates to a corresponding feeding bottle device and a feeding method. The solutions according to the invention reduce the risk of colic-like symptoms for the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Narasimha Shastri, Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi, Jacob Cornelis Paul Den Dulk, Arnold Aalders, Bryan Keith Windus-Smith, Carolien Willemijn Geijzendorffer
  • Patent number: 10874592
    Abstract: A device for measuring in real time the volume of a partially upturned bottle has a sleeve that extends around the upturned bottle with an open distal end and a closed proximal end. An accelerometer in the device determines the vertical direction and the angle between the vertical direction and the longitudinal axis of the bottle. Another accelerometer measures the force exerted by the bottle in the direction of the longitudinal axis. These parameters are used to calculate the total mass and volume of the upturned bottle. A dimmable screen displays the total mass, total volume, change in mass and/or change in volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Justin Pyka
  • Patent number: 10874593
    Abstract: A pacifier including a shield having a first side, a second side, a top portion, and a bottom portion, and a handle. The handle extends from the first side of the shield and defines a longitudinal axis. A nipple extends from the second side of the shield, wherein the nipple is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis and extends downwardly from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ORTHO-TAIN, INC.
    Inventor: Earl O. Bergersen
  • Patent number: 10869814
    Abstract: A nipple for use with an infant drinking cup is disclosed herein. The nipple comprises a domed portion having a central region and an inner surface, a teat portion radially offset from the central region, and a radially-outer wall. The radially-outer wall is joined to the domed portion at a joining location and comprises an inner fluid-flow surface, defining a fluid flow direction. A region of the inner surface of the domed portion at the joining location is substantially parallel to said fluid flow direction, or the inner fluid-flow surface of the teat portion extends radially outwardly, away from said region of the inner surface of the domed portion at the joining location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Maybom (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Nicholas Cudworth
  • Patent number: 10799427
    Abstract: There is disclosed a drinking receptacle comprising: a container for containing a fluid for drinking; and an outlet member having an outlet through which the fluid is delivered under a pressure supplied by a user of the receptacle and a collar portion that attaches to an opening of the container such that an undersurface of the collar portion abuts with an upper surface of the opening of the container to form a substantially sealed engagement between the outlet member and the container; wherein either the undersurface of the collar portion or the upper surface of the opening of the container has at least one vent formed therein, the at least one vent being configured such that when said pressure is applied to the outlet member the at least one vent member permits the controlled ingress of air into the container to facilitate flow of fluid from the outlet, and when said pressure is removed the at least one vent member substantially prevents the ingress of air into the container to facilitate a controlled vacuu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sepal IP Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Callum MacLeod, Toby Hartley, Mark Turner, John Petschel, Justin Armistead, George Kotsiopoulos, Diana Tomoiaga
  • Patent number: 10780024
    Abstract: An artificial nipple is formed of an elastomeric polymer by use of 3D printing after imaging of a mother's breast in an active state of lactation. The artificial nipple used as an attachment to a baby bottle or as the nipple component of a pacifier. Use of an artificial nipple formed in this manner mitigates a problem with nipple confusion, as may otherwise manifest in newborn offspring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Denslojac, LLC
    Inventors: Maura J. Lofaro, Shannon Roberts
  • Patent number: 10744223
    Abstract: Disclosed are scented material compositions, articles and methods of their manufacture. In some aspects, a scented attachment for a beverage container includes a scented article including a body loaded with a volatile chemical compound to emanate from the body of the scented article to generate a scent, in which the scented article includes at least one interior protruding structure that projects from an interior wall of the body of the scented article and is configured to attach to a bottle and be enclosed by a cap and the bottle when the cap is securely fastened to the bottle, such that the scent from the scented attachment is trapped when the cap is securely attached to the bottle and releases into an outer environment when the cap is detached from the bottle, in which the scented article comprises a scented material formed of a fragrance oil and a plastic base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SZENT CO.
    Inventor: Shawn Griffis
  • Patent number: 10722542
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid medicament/supplement composition including a non-winterized marine source oil (e.g., oil derived from fish, krill, and/or squid), a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of vitamin D3 or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of vitamin A or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, optionally a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of CoQ10 or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of concentrated eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid or ethyl ester, glyceride ester or salt of the acid and polyphenol rich vegetable oil admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, and optionally a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of melatonin or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AMBO INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Bo Reidar Martinsen, Leif Andreas Riege
  • Patent number: 10681896
    Abstract: The invention relates to a teat cup liner and a vent suitable for said teat cup liner. The vent consists of a highly elastic material which can be elastically deformed, thereby allowing dirt to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: INRAD Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Werner Happel
  • Patent number: 10676253
    Abstract: A lid for a beverage container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Harl-Bella Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Lincoln Brannock
  • Patent number: 10639240
    Abstract: An apparatus including artificial nipple for feeding a baby who has a cleft in its palate region. The artificial nipple includes a palate region to define a region facing the baby's palate during use, and the nipple having a tongue region to define a region facing the baby's tongue during use. The palate region is less compliant than the tongue region to both mimic the hard palate and reduces unwanted movement of the nipple, making it easier for the infant to use his or her tongue to expel fluid from the nipple. The tongue region includes a feeding slit, which maybe U or V shaped, from which liquid maybe discharged without risking nasal congestion. The tongue region may further include a soft protrusion, that assists the peristaltic like tongue movement helping the baby feed, and may extend laterally to reduce the risk of nasal congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Thanh Tran, Marcelle Huizenga, Katrina Shah, Catherine Pelland, Katherine R. Knaus, Kathleen Borowitz, Silvia Blemker
  • Patent number: 10638864
    Abstract: A bottle holder with a body includes an upper portion; a base; a cup seat disposed in the upper portion; and one or more lighting elements, at least one of the lighting elements being disposed below the cup seat and oriented to direct light upward. The bottle holder further includes a cup removably positioned in the cup seat, the cup being constructed to support a bottle. The bottle holder may include a control system configured to control the one or more lighting elements and other electronic components that may optionally be included. A system for illuminating a container includes a bottle holder and a remote control unit constructed to communicate with a control unit of the bottle holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Amran Abukar