With Cover Patents (Class 215/11.6)
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Patent number: 8720713Abstract: A case is described for use, for example and without limitation, with a nipple shield or nipple protector. The case, which has an interior volume to contain a nipple shield/protector, generally provides a rigid container to protect a nipple shield/protector and to protect it from the environment. Certain embodiments provide rigid container that may be opened to place or remove a nipple shield/protector and closed to hold the shield/protector with a minimal amount of contact. The case may also include ventilation holes to permit drying of the contents of the case.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Inventor: Ariane Olshansky
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Patent number: 8708174Abstract: A bottle teat comprising: A nipple sleeve having a hollow nipple and a through-hole connected at the bottom to a hollow nipple sleeve which is connected at the bottom to a nipple flange that is connected to the nipple sleeve to be fastened to a bottle by a fastening ring which serves at the bottom with an annular disc-shaped ring flange overlapping the nipple flange, A contact area projecting downward or upward from the nipple flange, or from the nipple sleeve above the nipple flange outward into the area for placing a ring flange, and A lip valve that is opened when the nipple flange is not fastened to a bottle arranged in a deforming area next to the contact area so that the deformation of the nipple flange that arises from pressing the fastening ring against the contact area closes the valve.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: MAPA GmbHInventor: Eckhard Itzek
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Publication number: 20140107608Abstract: A method of collecting expressed breast milk for later feeding to an infant includes providing a spout pouch, coupling the spout of the spout pouch to a breast pump, and operating the breast pump to express breast milk into the spout pouch, so that the spout pouch collects the expressed breast milk. A method of feeding a liquid to an infant includes providing the liquid in a spout pouch, and coupling a nipple to the spout of the spout pouch. A nipple for such use includes a connector having an axial bore that is coupled to an orifice in the nipple and the connector forms a liquid tight seal with the spout of the spout pouch. Other systems, methods, and components are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: John M. McBean, Kailas N. Narendran
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Patent number: 8689987Abstract: A container adapter for use in feeding human infants and animal infants is shown. The container adapter has an internal threaded portion that can comprise a set of thread segments sized and configured to match the external threads of a commercially available soda or bottled liquid container, and can have an external threaded portion sized to match the internal threads of a standard nipple ring for an infant feeding bottle. The container adapter includes a funnel that provides a user with assistance in inserting infant feeding ingredients into the liquid container by placing the container adapter on the liquid container to use the funnel of the container adapter to place infant feeding ingredients into the liquid container. The container adapter is then inverted and installed onto the liquid container. A nipple within a collar is attached to the container adapter thus converting the liquid container to an infant feeding bottle.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventor: Linda A. Lewis
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Patent number: 8646632Abstract: A mouthpiece has a bite-off-prevention feature. The mouthpiece has been manufactured from an elastomeric parent material with at least one first component, where a reinforcing component embedded within the parent material forms the bite-off-prevention feature and derives from the same group of substances or group of materials as the first component. The reinforcing component is preferably composed of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Medela Holding AGInventors: Peter Vischer, Beda Weber, Erich Pfenniger, Stefan Baumann
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Patent number: 8633454Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus for sterilizing a feeding bottle assembly for a baby, the feeding bottle assembly comprising a feeding bottle, a top end and a base end, the top end having an open neck; the sterilizing apparatus comprising a housing which is adapted to attach to and sit on the top end of the bottle, an ultraviolet (UV) light source on the housing which extends into the bottle for UV sterilization of the bottle when the housing is attached to the bottle, and a switch which automatically switches on the UV light source when the sterilizing apparatus is attached to the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Shasta LimitedInventor: Anne Marie Durkin
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Publication number: 20130299443Abstract: A sports ball bottle holder for retaining a bottle is disclosed. The sports ball bottle holder includes a skin cover forming the outermost layer of the bottle holder. A foam insert having a central cavity therein and opening at one end to receive the bottle is disposed within the skin cover. A pouch lining is disposed within the central cavity for receiving the bottle. A shoulder bushing is disposed within the opening and extends into the central cavity to receive the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Glenn Stewart
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Patent number: 8579133Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a sleeve or wrap for protecting a container. In certain embodiments, the sleeve or wrap is a protective encasement for protecting a container, such as a bottle. In certain embodiments, the sleeve or wrap includes a body with a lumen, wherein the body is configured for holding and/or containing the container. For instance, in one embodiment, the protective sleeve includes a tubular body and at least a first opening in the protective body that is adapted for receiving the container. In certain embodiments, the body of the sleeve includes silicone. Accordingly, in certain embodiments, the sleeve is a protective silicone sleeve that is adapted to hold and/or contain a container, thereby protecting the container from damage (e.g., breaking). Also provided is a system for protecting a container that includes a protective sleeve, as described above, and a container that is configured for being associated, e.g., fit within, the protective sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Lifefactory, Inc.Inventors: Pamela Wong Marcus, Daren Edward Joy
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Patent number: 8579131Abstract: The invention relates to a teat for feeding bottles, including a receiving head, produced from a dimensionally stable material, and a rubber-elastic suction element. An entry channel leads to the bottle interior and channels lead from there to the outer surface of the receiving head. The suction element, in an initial position, elastically and sealingly rests on at least one section of an outer surface of the receiving head. Milk ducts are located in the contact area between the suction element and the receiving head and communicate with the channels of the receiving head which lead towards the outlet channel in the mouthpiece so that, when a vacuum is produced in the mouthpiece, milk can flow from the feeding bottle through the milk ducts to the outlet channel, the suction element being returnable to its initial position and the flow of milk being interrupted when there is no vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Medela Holding AGInventors: Andy Greter, Rochus Stöckli
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Patent number: 8573421Abstract: A container including a body defining an outflow opening and at least one chamber adapted for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and a container closure including a primary seal for hermetically sealing the product within the chamber during storage. The container closure includes a sealing member forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body, and a dispensing member in fluid communication with the chamber. The container closure and body move relative to each other between a first position where the primary seal is seated about the outflow port to hermetically seal the product in the chamber during storage, and a second position where the primary seal is displaced from the outflow port to allow product to pass from the chamber through the outflow port and into dispensing member to dispense the product.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian Chan, Jeffrey Willey
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Publication number: 20130277327Abstract: A heat-insulation safety nursing bottle includes a nursing bottle body, a heat shield cap fastened to the bottleneck of the nursing bottle body to hold down a nipple, and a cylindrical heat shield body fastened to the heat shield cap and surrounding the nursing bottle body for holding by a baby or nursing mother to prevent scalding. The cylindrical heat shield body prohibits the baby from touching or eating broken chips if the nursing bottle body is broken accidentally.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: CHIN-LONG FONG
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Patent number: 8556094Abstract: A baby formula delivery assembly includes a container that has a bottom wall, a top wall, and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. A housing has an upper wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends downwardly from the upper wall. The peripheral wall extends downwardly around the container adjacent to the top wall and is rotatably and non-removably coupled to the container. A lower wall is attached to the peripheral and is spaced from the upper wall and defines an interior space of the housing. The lower wall has a second powder aperture extending therethrough. A nipple is attached to the upper wall and is in fluid communication with the interior space of the housing. A quantity of water is positioned within the container. A quantity of baby formula is positioned within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Inventors: Jeddah B Brown, Jessica Rimene, Delwyn Hawk
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Patent number: 8544674Abstract: A shaker has a container body, lid and sieve, with the lid and sieve detachably securable to one another, separate and apart from the lid and container body being detachably securable together. A substantially U-shaped track is situated around an internal surface of the lid to receive a mating projection of the sieve so that the sieve and lid can be snapped together in complementary fashion and detachably secured together by a snap fit.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Inventor: Mikael Nilsson
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Patent number: 8528756Abstract: A closure system for a baby bottle including a lower closure ring screwed onto an external thread of a bottle, an upper closure ring for connecting to a screw ring for fastening a drinking teat, locking elements which rotatably and releasably lock together the lower closure ring and the upper closure ring, a circular lip seal made of a soft elastic material concentric to a lower peripheral part being arranged on the first upper face, with at least one axially oriented sealing lip and at least one circular seal geometry engaging with the lip seal and concentric to an upper peripheral part being arranged on a second lower face or vice versa and by rotating the upper closure ring relative to the lower closure ring the upper throughflow hole may optionally be brought into overlapping and non-overlapping positions relative to a lower throughflow hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: MAPA GmbHInventors: Eckhard Itzek, Björn-Frederik Seidler
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Patent number: 8499946Abstract: A preformed liner that expands when filled is provided. In one embodiment, the preformed liner includes a central section having a plurality of flutes that allow the liner to expand. In other embodiments, the preformed liner includes at least a central section that is made of an expandable or stretchable elastomeric material. In still other embodiments, the preformed liner includes a central section having a plurality of flutes and is made of an expandable or stretchable elastomeric material.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Giles, David Conant
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Patent number: 8490803Abstract: A baby bottle including a nipple and separable compartments for holding powdered formula and water. By sliding or rotating a knob to a pre-selected mix position, apertures in the separable compartments are aligned thereby allowing mixture of the powdered formula from an upper compartment into a lower compartment containing the water. The bottle is shaken to thoroughly mix the formula and the water, after which, the bottle and formula mix are ready to use.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Inventor: LaShana M. Harris
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Patent number: 8464882Abstract: A venting assembly for a closed container having a lid and a container portion with a neck and a rim. The assembly comprises a venting unit having a substantially rigid ring having a lid-interfacing surface; and a resilient annular valve member having a one-way valve disposed at the inner wall of the neck. The assembly further comprises at least one air passageway leading from the ambient atmosphere to the one-way valve member; and a fixing mechanism adapted to prevent planar movement between the venting unit and the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Inventor: Tamir Tirosh
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Patent number: 8459450Abstract: A formula bottle includes two separate sealed chambers, a liquid chamber and a formula chamber. A first seal seals the two chambers from one another and a second seal seals the formula chamber from the nipple on the formula bottle. Rotation of the liquid chamber counterclockwise opens the seal between it and the formula chamber, allowing the formula powder and the liquid to mix. Shaking of the bottle causes the two components to mix completely. In order for the mixed formula to be dispensed to a feeding infant, a bottle collar, which secures the nipple to the formula bottle, is rotated counterclockwise to open the second seal to allow an infant to feed.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Inventors: Kevin Whitaker, Juergen Dold
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Publication number: 20130126461Abstract: A baby bottle-like, single-use disposable container comprises a vessel and an upper element (teat, measuring element or bowl) with a hermetically closed capsule attached to the outside of the vessel, either by a string or by an adhesive element, or housed in the base of the baby bottle, the entire assembly being protected by a sealing wrap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventor: Carmen P. Brown
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Publication number: 20130092649Abstract: A double-side stainless steel intelligence milk bottle offers the detecting of temperature, and display of temperature function. The technique is that it includes a main body, nipple, and bottle cover; said main body has a design of opening and seals it with waterproof silicone gum. This invention can detect temperature and shows it on display. In addition, this invention is environmental, safety, heat proof, good in quality, heat preservation, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventor: Jie-Feng Yi
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Patent number: 8413803Abstract: A multi-functional bottle contains two separate compartments, a first compartment for water or liquid storage, and a second compartment or holding chamber, for storage of a powdered formula. The doubled-walled holding chamber is comprised of a flexible, food-grade polymer. The holding chamber has a closed bottom-end, forming the bottle's base, and an open, sealable top-end for addition of the powdered formula, and for release of the powdered formula for mixing when so desired. Sealable top-end forms an airtight seal with an agitator cap. The agitator cap can easily be released by firmly pressing (depressing) the bottom-end of the holding chamber (and bottle), allowing the user to now mix the powdered formula with the water with a single hand.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Inventors: Randy Questad, Jason Questad
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Patent number: 8408408Abstract: Nipple assemblies including nipples which attach to a threaded nipple adapter which can be attached to feeding containers with threaded spouts are disclosed. Mounting tools are also disclosed, to aid in attaching the elastic nipples to the adapters.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Inventor: Richard H. Dumm
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Patent number: 8403158Abstract: A feeding bottle comprising a bottle, which has an opening and an external thread surrounding the opening, a teat, which has a nipple carrier with a fastening edge and, on the nipple carrier, a teat nipple with a drinking hole in a side surface, a ring nut, which has an internal thread for screwing onto the external thread and means for connecting with the fastening edge of the teat, in order to keep the teat from the bottle opening, and a covering cap, which can be placed on the teat and, whereas the covering cap in its placed position presses with the inside of its side wall against the side surface of the teat nipple having the drinking hole and form a seal and, with the inside of its bottom, presses against an opposite side surface of the teat nipple.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: MAPA GmbHInventor: Eckhard Itzek
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Patent number: 8397926Abstract: A nursing bottle assembly includes a rigid outer casing, a flexible inner liner and a teat arrangement. The teat arrangement attaches to the outer casing and secures the inner liner in position within the outer casing. The flexible inner liner includes a container in the form of a bellows such that it expands and collapses in a predictable linear manner along its longitudinal axis. Preferably, the inner liner is moulded from a food-grade silicone or thermoplastic elastomer and includes a substantially cylindrical container formed with at least one projecting rib or groove about which the liner folds to enable it to expand and collapse in a predictable linear manner along its longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Babisil Products (UK) Co. Ltd.Inventors: Matthew Gary Driver, Thomas Robert Etienne Pellereau, Raymond Liu Hon Wai, Sher Hing Sum
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Patent number: 8371440Abstract: A multi-functional bottle contains two separate compartments, a first compartment for water or liquid storage, and a second compartment or holding chamber, for storage of a powdered formula. The holding chamber is comprised of both flexible, and rigid food-grade polymers. The holding chamber has a closed bottom-end, forming the bottle's base, and an open, re-sealable top-end for addition of the powdered formula, and for release of the powdered formula for mixing when so desired. Re-sealable top-end forms an airtight seal with an agitator cap. The agitator cap can easily be released by firmly pressing (depressing) the bottom-end of the holding chamber (and bottle), allowing the user to now mix the powdered formula with the water with a single hand.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Inventors: Randy Questad, Jason Questad
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Publication number: 20130032563Abstract: An apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of elongated strands having joinder regions uniting adjacent strands at a distance along a length of an outer perimeter of the elongated strands, the elongate strands being configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths. The elongated strands form a surface of a mesh when the joinder regions are coupled. The apparatus may further include a manducable protrusion coupled to the mesh and extending a distance away from an exterior surface of the mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: GOT I, LLCInventor: Got I, LLC
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Patent number: 8282518Abstract: An apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of elongated strands having joinder regions uniting adjacent strands at a distance along a length of an outer perimeter of the elongated strands, the elongate strands being configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths. The elongated strands form a surface of a mesh when the joinder regions are coupled. The apparatus may further include a manducable protrusion coupled to the mesh and extending a distance away from an exterior surface of the mesh.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: GOT I, LLCInventors: David E. Silverglate, Brian Gulassa
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Publication number: 20120234788Abstract: An apparatus and method for delivery of expressed breast milk to be ingested by a newborn. This is achieved by placing the fully assembled apparatus around the caregiver's neck which allows the apparatus to hang at the chest area of the caregiver and provides the newborn with direct access to the expressed milk through the apparatus. This apparatus replicates the breastfeeding and bonding process between the newborn and the caregiver, be it male or female. This is achieved by adding expressed breast milk into a conical, recycled glass container; attaching the nipple and nipple cap assembly; placing the recycled rubber cover over the glass container holding it in place with the two recycled rubber tabs at the bottom of the recycled rubber cover and delivering the expressed milk to the infant in any upright breastfeeding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventor: Karla Naomi Livingston
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Patent number: 8256411Abstract: A bottle warmer includes a flexible tubular sleeve having a closed lower end and an open upper end. The open upper end is to receive a bottle therethough, and the closed lower end is to receive a bottom of the bottle thereagainst. An elastic band is carried by a medial portion of the flexible tubular sleeve to secure the medial portion to an adjacent portion of the bottle, and permit the open upper end to be folded back adjacent the closed lower end to define a pocket. A chemical heat source element is to be received by the pocket for warming the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Inventor: Maureen Christy
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Patent number: 8251234Abstract: A teat for connection to a receiving unit of a drink container has a main body and, adjoining the main body and tapered relative to the main body, a mouthpiece with at least one suction opening and a free end. The teat has a first connector element for connection to the receiving unit, and a second connector element for connection to the receiving unit, and a suction channel. The suction channel extends within the mouthpiece, opens via a first end into the suction opening and is directed via a second end towards the main body. This second end forms the first connector element for a substantially leak-tight connection to the receiving unit. The main body is designed such that it can be turned back towards the free end of the mouthpiece. The teat is designed such that it can be turned back at least a second location. The teat according to the invention can be connected to the feeding bottle in a simple and hygienic manner, is easy to clean and permits a feeding action that is as true to nature as possible.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Medela Holding AGInventors: Mario Rigert, Carmelo Piscitello, Alex Stutz, Erich Pfenniger
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Patent number: 8251235Abstract: A container including a body defining an outflow opening and at least one chamber adapted for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and a container closure including a primary seal for hermetically sealing the product within the chamber during storage. The container closure includes a sealing member forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body, and a dispensing member in fluid communication with the chamber. The container closure and body move relative to each other between a first position where the primary seal is seated about the outflow port to hermetically seal the product in the chamber during storage, and a second position where the primary seal is displaced from the outflow port to allow product to pass from the chamber through the outflow port and into dispensing member to dispense the product.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian Chan, Jeffrey Willey
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Patent number: 8181800Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a nipple for a feeding bottle or a soother comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion and a flex region allowing flexing of the teat portion towards and away from the areola portion. According to a second embodiment, a nipple for a feeding bottle or soother is provided with a helical flow formation on the inner face of the teat, which allows continuous flow of liquid even when the teat is collapsed via the helical flow path which allows extension at the teat, in particular rotational or torsional extension.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Jackel International LimitedInventors: Arnold Rees, Ian Webb, Mark Armstrong, Tom Cotton
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Patent number: 8141728Abstract: An infant feeding system for feeding an infant seated especially in a car seat with the bottle sitting in a cup holder. The infant feeding system includes a bottle assembly including a bottle and a cap removably fastened to the bottle, and also includes a feeding assembly being positioned for transporting fluid therethrough from the bottle to an infant.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventors: Sarah J. Dahler, Nicholas J. Dahler
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Patent number: 8132682Abstract: An attachable absorbent cloth cover for an infant feeding bottle is herein disclosed, comprising a rectangular shape approximately ten (10) inches in length. The middle portion of the cloth body is fitted with an elastic band. The cloth cover is slipped over a bottle such that the elastic band firmly grips the lid of the bottle at the base of the nipple. As such, it is not necessary for the infant to wear a bib, as any spilled liquid is immediately absorbed since the cloth is right below the infant's lower lip and chin. The cloth cover is envisioned to be made of soft, absorbent material similar to that used for re-usable diapers and is provided with an internal wire frame to support a desired position while in use and external raised graphic designs to sooth the baby. When finished, the cloth cover is simply lifted off and machine washed, thus ready for use again.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Inventor: Mary Chackonal
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Patent number: 8132683Abstract: A sling-type protective cover for a container. An exemplary protective sling for a baby bottle may include a plurality of straps extending longitudinally from a base. The bottom end of a baby bottle may be received in the base, and each of the straps may include an opening for engaging the neck of the bottle. The protective sling may be constructed from an elastic material, such as a thermoplastic elastomer.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Evenflo Company, Inc.Inventors: Derek Berton Rund, Dennis Lee Davis
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Patent number: 8118182Abstract: A disposable or long term use beverage container having a cup portion with an aperture therein and a mating cap portion with a mouthpiece extending therefrom with one of the portions having an annular ridge and the other an annular groove for receiving said ridge therein sealing the disposable beverage container from leakage. Additionally the mouthpiece extending from the cap is designed to anatomically fit the user's mouth and provides that the mouthpiece may be nipple shaped for babies and toddlers. Also provided are nubs protruding from opposing sides of the cap that when squeezed breaks the cup cap seal allowing for removal of the cap for selective refilling as desired. The present invention also provides that the disposable beverage container may be manufactured from microwave safe material for those beverages that may require heating.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Inventor: Robert Licari
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Patent number: 8113364Abstract: A nursing bottle ensemble having a dual chamber bottle, cap assembly and bottle sleeve including an upper feeding chamber attachable to a lower nipple storage chamber by threading means. Upper feeding chamber with a conventional nipple and ring assembly attached to the bottle top. A cap assembly having an upper cap portion used for storing nipples, pacifiers or snack attachable to a lower cap portion used for bottle closure. The bottle sleeve providing protection for the bottle while occupies the baby with movement of colorful ornaments inside the clear casing filled with non-toxic gel.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Inventor: Ladan Asadi
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Publication number: 20120035655Abstract: This invention is a dual function suckling device. In the first configuration it operates as a small feeding bottle. In the second configuration it operates as a pacifier. It bridges the gap between regular size bottles and pacifiers. This device comprises: a bottle, a plug, and a nipple assembly having a mouth-guard and a cylindrical base equipped with a sealing ring. The cylinder base is configured to be either attached to the bottle, thereby allowing the device to operate as a feeder or stopped up by the plug, thereby allowing the device to operate as a pacifier. Variations of this design include adding a protective cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventor: Christine A. Trocki
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Patent number: 8100276Abstract: A collapsible container for fluids consists of a flexible bag or pouch hermetically attached to a cover. The container may be provided flat packed, pre-sterilised and hermetically packaged and may be a single use, disposable, container useful for drinking bottles for young children and babies.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: EV (Baby Limited)Inventor: Timothy Nicholas Moor
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Patent number: 8091718Abstract: A cap includes a cavity for receiving the rounded tip of a nipple. The cavity narrows from an open end to a neck, and widens from the neck to a closed end. The neck forms an interference fit with the rounded tip, and the interference fit forms a sealed compartment in the cap that encloses an aperture in the rounded tip.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: 0875505 B.C. Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Hung Yu, Tien-Ho Wei, Linda H. Pouliot, Robert W. Strickler, Daniel K. Harden
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Patent number: 8051996Abstract: A baby bottle storage assembly includes a bottle that has a cylindrical body, a chamber formed therein, and has open top and closed bottom ends. First and second coextensive protective caps are conjoined to the top and bottom ends. The second protective cap has a cavity positioned adjacent to the body's bottom end, defining a storage chamber when the second protective cap is secured to the bottom end. A first discharge nozzle is intercalated between the first protective cap and the body's top end, and has a nipple protruding outwardly from the first protective cap. Spare discharge nozzles are housed within the storage chamber and are intercalated between the second protective cap and the body's bottom end such that the spare discharge nozzles are isolated from ambient surroundings. The first and spare discharge nozzles are formed from resilient rubber material.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Inventors: Glenda Amaya, Diana Perez, Angelica Amaya
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Publication number: 20110266246Abstract: A feeding bottle comprising a bottle, which has an opening and an external thread surrounding the opening, a teat, which has a nipple carrier with a fastening edge and, on the nipple carrier, a teat nipple with a drinking hole in a side surface, a ring nut, which has an internal thread for screwing onto the external thread and means for connecting with the fastening edge of the teat, in order to keep the teat from the bottle opening, and a covering cap, which can be placed on the teat and, whereas the covering cap in its placed position presses with the inside of its side wall against the side surface of the teat nipple having the drinking hole and forma a seal and, with the inside of its bottom, presses against an opposite side surface of the teat nipple.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: MAPA GMBHInventor: Eckhard Itzek
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Patent number: 8033407Abstract: A thermal bottle including an outer body wall defining a shape of the thermal bottle having a top opening and a bottom end, an inner body wall having an inner volume for a storage area disposed within the inner body and selectively connected to the outer body wall wherein the storage area is accessible through the top opening, a thermal area defined therebetween the outer body wall and the inner body wall, a cover configured to be attachable to at least one of the top opening that prevents removal of a material placed within the storage area, and a securing element located at the bottom end of the outer body wall which is configured to hold the cover when the cover is detached from the top opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Inventor: Susana Maria Minca
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Patent number: 8016142Abstract: A vent valve, and a vent valve assembly, for a liquid dispensing container, employ a vent disc having small open vent holes in cooperation with an overlying thin flexible flap that covers and closes the vent holes to limit liquid pressure on the holes when the container is upright, yet require little suction pressure to move the flap to draw liquid or vent through the holes. The vent valve can be used in a bottom cap that is attachable to the bottom open end of the container. The vent valve assembly includes such a bottom cap, a sealing member for sealing the bottom cap to the container, and a vent valve. The vent valve and/or bottom cap have an elevated vent disc and a top portion having the thin flexible flap.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.Inventor: Charles Renz
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Patent number: 8011521Abstract: A fluid container may include a body, a grip element, a cap, and a nozzle. The fluid container may be capable of containing and dispensing fluid, such as water. The body may contain the fluid and the grip element may be shaped for a user's hand. The cap may be attachable to the body and may be tapered as it extends away from the body. The grip element may provide a user with traction and gripping ability. The cap may be attachable to the body and may be detached to expose an opening through which the body may be filled with fluid. The nozzle may be capable of selectively dispensing fluid. The fluid container may be a sports water bottle shaped to fittingly engage a user's hand. The sports water bottle may be portable and may be used during such activities as athletics and travel.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Timothy A. Clark
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Publication number: 20110180508Abstract: A dual opening nursing bottle includes a bottle body having a top opening and a bottom opening, a nipple attached to the top opening of the bottle body, a top cap fastened to the top opening of the bottle body to hold down the nipple in place, a bottom cap fastened to the bottom opening of the bottle body and having a center through hole, a pad detachably mounted inside the bottom cap to seal the bottom opening of the bottle body, and a one-way air valve installed in the pad for allowing outside air to be sucked into the inside of the bottle body and prohibiting the contained fluid from flowing out of the bottom body through the bottom opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventor: CHIN-LONG FONG
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Patent number: 7967163Abstract: A pre-filled disposable container has a rigid tubular body, a flexible bag positioned within the rigid tubular body, a cap, and a base sealing element. The rigid tubular body has an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom. The flexible bag has a top portion with a dispensing aperture, a bottom portion, and an outwardly extending annular flange. An annular retaining ring is adapted to lock the outwardly extending annular flange of the flexible bag against a top rim of the rigid tubular body. The cap is adapted to fit over the top portion of the flexible bag. A tear strip removably connects the cap and the annular retaining ring. The base sealing element is adapted to engage the open-ended bottom of the rigid tubular body to seal a vacuum aperture.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Inventor: George E. Martin
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Patent number: 7938281Abstract: A leakproof bottle for feeding a child includes a first external thread around a bottle opening, and a lower closure ring having a first internal thread, which is screwed onto the first external thread and has at least one first throughflow hole. An upper closure ring has a second external thread on which the lower closure ring sits in a sealing manner and which has at least one second throughflow hole which, by rotation of the upper closure ring relative to the lower closure ring, can be brought into coinciding and non-coinciding positions relative to the first throughflow hole. Locking elements can rotate the lower closure ring and upper closure ring relative to each other and releasable lock them, with a drinking teat and a screw ring having a second internal thread, which is screwed onto the second external thread of the upper closure ring, releasably securing a lower edge region of the drinking teat to upper closure ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: MAPA GmbH Gummi- und PlastikwerkeInventors: Günter Horntrich, Eckhard Itzek
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Patent number: 7934612Abstract: A bottle has a closed bottom, an open top and a peripheral cylindrical side wall. A nipple has a lower section in the shape of a truncated hemisphere, an intermediate section in the shape of a cylindrical, and an upper section in the shape of a hemisphere. The nipple has a hole, an interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface includes a plurality of spaced hemispherically shaped projections including a plurality lower projections on the lower portion, a plurality of upper projections on the upper portion, and a plurality of intermediate projections on the intermediate portion. An adaptor removably couples the nipple to the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Inventor: Miriam B. Mullen
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Patent number: 7909187Abstract: A baby bottle has elongated threads at an upper portion designed to render the bottle compatible with a sub-system with the ability to reduce the incidences of bubbling within the baby formula. The bottle also includes a chamber in its bottom portion, sized and configured to removably receive a pacifier. In a further aspect, the chamber may be enclosed by a dummy cap. Alternatively, the chamber may be closed by a device comprising a combined program player and vibration source. A sleeve made of an elastic material can be stretched over the baby bottle to serve as an insulating cover. The sleeve may also include a pocket to contain the music and vibratory playing device. A heat sensor may be incorporated into the baby bottle so that the user may see a visual display of the temperature before providing the bottle to a baby.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventor: Lonzell Montgomery