Abstract: A container for storing a pacifier including a teat and a pacifier shield, the pacifier being attached to a pacifier strap by a fastening clip, and the container being capable of being fastened or being fastened to the pacifier strap between the fastening clip and the pacifier.

Abstract: A bottle, in particular a baby's bottle, having a bottle jacket that is open at both ends. A base cap that is equipped with an air intake valve is fixed in one base end region of said and a teat is fixed in the opposite teat end region. The teat has a shaft and a nipple connected to said shaft by means of a lip contact region. The bottle jacket has an essentially conical form that widens from its teat end region to its base end region and the wall thickness of the shaft of the teat is greater than the wall thickness of the teat in the lip contact region and of the nipple. The bottle jacket is injection-moulded from a polyolefin, in particular polypropylene.

Abstract: A nipple protection device (1) for breast-feeding mothers which comprises a nipple portion (3) projecting upwardly from an arched shield portion (2). The nipple portion (3) is provided with at least one drinking opening (7) at its front side. The nipple portion (3) is of generally oval cross-section and the at least one drinking opening (7) is formed by at least one longitudinal slit (7?).

Abstract: The invention relates to a valve assembly (3) for an, in essence, elastic mouthpiece (1) for drinking from a liquid container. The valve assembly comprises a flexible membrane (4), which has at least one valve opening (5), and comprises an, in essence, rigid membrane supporting element (7), which has at least one valve opening (15). When the valve assembly (3) is closed, the membrane (4) rests upon the membrane supporting element (7), and the valve opening (5) of the membrane (4) is covered in a sealed manner by the membrane supporting element (7), and the valve opening (15) of the membrane supporting element (7) is covered in a sealed manner by the membrane (4). When the valve assembly is closed, the membrane (4) arches inward.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air valve (13) for a cap (2) of a liquid container, comprising an annular membrane. Said cap (2) has at least one air passage opening (19). A holding element (21) having an encircling groove (24) that is open toward the inside of the cap is fixed to the inside of the cap. This holding element (21) has at least one air inlet opening (20), which is connected to the air passage opening (19) of the cap (2) and which leads into the groove (24). A ring (11) can be placed or is placed inside the groove (24), and the air inlet opening (20) is sealed by the pretensioning of at least one groove wall (26), which is provided as the annular membrane, at identical pressures on both sides of the air inlet opening (20) and at an overpressure on the inside of the cap, and when there is an underpressure on the inside of the cap, the air inlet opening (20) is opened.

Abstract: A pacifier strap clip (1) with two clamping parts (2) pivotable relative to each other and having co-operating clamping regions (3), opposing inner-side surfaces (6) of the clamping regions (3) resting against each other in a closed clamping position of the pacifier strap clip (1), and the surface (6) of at least one clamping region (3) at least partially consisting of a material having a lower hardness than the material of the clamping parts (2), and the clamping parts (2) being formed by the legs of a U-section (8), the apex (8?) of which is provided as a pivot axis, or pivoting region, respectively, for the clamping parts (2), and the clamping regions (3) of the pacifier strap clip (1) being spaced apart in their relaxed open position.

Abstract: A teat (1, 1′, 1″) comprising at least a shaft (4) and a nipple (2), wherein structured surface areas are provided at least in a partial region thereof, and the structured surface areas are formed by at least one rough surface zone (7) having a surface roughness of 100 &mgr;m at the most, in particular of 50 &mgr;m at the most.

Abstract: A container for storing a pacifier including a teat and a pacifier shield, the pacifier being attached to a pacifier strap by means of a fastening clip, and the container being capable of being fastened or being fastened to the pacifier strap between said fastening clip and said pacifier.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plate (1) made of plastics material, in particular for young children, with a cavity (5) provided between a food surface (2) and a bottom area (3), and with a closeable opening (6) for filling the cavity (5) with a temperature control medium, wherein the plate (1) is blow-molded as one piece with the opening (6) whose axis is substantially parallel to the plane defined by the bottom area (3) and which is located in a lateral jacket face (4) joining the food surface (2) and the bottom area (3). Moreover, a method for producing such a plate (1) is described, wherein the plastics material for forming the plate (1) as one piece is blow-molded, and with the opening (6) provided in a lateral jacket face (4) which interconnects the food surface (2) and the bottom area (3) being produced at the same time.

Abstract: A container cap (2) for a drinking container (1) comprising at least one one-way drinking valve (3) adjacent at least one drinking opening (25), a cylinder-type closed valve seat (5) and a valve body (6) abutting the valve seat (5) in the closing position is proposed. The valve body (6) comprises a tubular sealing lip (7) made of an elastomeric material which in the closing position abuts on the valve seat (5) from within, and which is integrally connected with a base part (8). The base part (8) is part of a connecting body (17) which at the same time forms a base part (18) for an elastomeric, tubular valve body (19) of an air valve (4) which is slipped onto a tubular valve seat (20) in the region of at least one opening (26) of the container cap (2), whereby a one-piece, elastomeric valve body insert (23) is formed.

Abstract: A pacifier (1) for premature babies, comprising a shield (2, 2a) on which a nipple (3) as well as, preferably, a grip (4) is provided, and which has at least one recess for the nose, wherein the shield (2, 2a) includes severable portions (6, 6a, 6b) which can be severed at pre-determined severing sites (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) defined as weakened sites or markings.

Abstract: A toothbrush with a handle including a gripping zone and a connecting zone, and with a bristle portion following the connecting zone, wherein the handle has a stop part spaced from the bristle portion and extending at least substantially perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush so as to limit an introduction of the toothbrush in the buccal cavity.

Abstract: A pacifier nipple with a subdivided, elastomeric nipple body (1) comprising a fastening portion (2), a neck portion (3) and a head portion (4) and in which a receiving space (6) for substances, e.g. a medicament for oral administration, is provided; this receiving space (6) is provided in the head portion (4) that is separated from the neck portion (3), and the head portion (4) is formed by a reversible hood (7) provided with a sealing lip (9′) abutting on the remaining nipple body (2, 3) and liftable therefrom.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprising a handle at one end of which a bristle portion is provided for cleaning the teeth, whereas at the opposite end of the handle, a massaging portion is provided; the massaging portion being integrally formed with the handle and substantially having the shape of a convex body.

Abstract: A pacifier includes a generally lemniscate-shaped shield provided with retractions on its two longer sides in the middle thereof, and a nipple fastened in a central opening of the shield. The shield, on each of both sides of the central shield opening, includes but one lateral opening that reaches as far as to the edge of the shield while leaving a frame part.

Abstract: A toothbrush with a handle including a gripping zone and a connecting zone, and with a bristle portion following the connecting zone, wherein the handle has a stop part spaced from the bristle portion and extending at least substantially perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush so as to limit an introduction of the toothbrush in the buccal cavity.