Patents by Inventor Pentti Alanen

Pentti Alanen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6203566
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pacifying or a feeding dummy comprising an actual mouthpiece (10) and a cover piece (11) for attaching the dummy to a feeding bottle. The actual mouthpiece comprises a piece made of an elastic material to be held in the mouth of a baby between the tongue and the palate. The mouthpiece of the pacifying dummy can be either a hollow or a solid piece. The invention is characterized in that the wall (13) of the hollow mouthpiece or the solid mouthpiece has a space (14) formed into it for the insertion of a dosage unit (20) containing an active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventors: Pentti Alanen, Eva Söderling
  • Patent number: 5922010
    Abstract: A baby pacifier includes an actual nipple part and a shield. The actual nipple part includes a piece made of elastic or resilient material that is adapted to be held in the baby's mouth at a location between the middle section of the palate and the tongue, and on which piece the baby exerts suction by movements of the jaws and the tongue. The actual nipple part is shaped so that a vertical cross-sectional profile, viewed in a vertical cross-sectional plane of the buccal cavity, is elongated with protrusions directed from the a middle part of the vertical cross-sectional profile to both sides extending to the alveolar ridges and/or the teeth of the baby's upper jaw. The protrusions are shaped so as to create from the baby's sucking motion principally lateral outward pressure on the inside of the alveolar ridges and deciduous teeth of the baby when the actual nipple part is held in a baby's mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Inventors: Pentti Alanen, Juha Varrela