Abstract: The production of a protein free synthetic polyisoprene which has both low levels of chemical impurities and good physical properties has yet to be realized. It has now been envisioned that the use of neodymium catalyzed polyisoprene will offer the combined advantages of both a clean, as well as, high cis-1,4 polymer. Synthesis of polyisoprene rubber using a neodymium based catalyst system is described.

Abstract: A retortable container has a body portion that has an angled body portion and a dome-like top portion. The body portion is sized to accommodate being held by an infant or a toddler. The top portion further comprises a finish that is adapted to accommodate a nipple for usage by an infant.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multi-functional bottle including a threaded cap, a protector seal, a tube member, a snap-off cap member, and a bottle to allow a person to have a multi-functional bottle that contains an optional cartridge for storing powdered products, e.g., baby formula, and/or solid objects such as lottery tickets or novelty items.

Abstract: An improved drinking container for soft drinks, flavored drinks as well as other similar nutritional and energy supplement drink products which allow the end user to control the amount of flavor, mix, nutritional or energy supplement or any other additive added to the liquid drink product. The drinking container and method associated therewith permits an end user of the drinking container to controllably inject an additive into the liquid drink product to attain a desired ratio of additive in the drink product via a dispenser having measurement units marked or formed thereon to provide controlled amounts of the additive to the main liquid drink product such as water or carbonated water for flavoring, calorie control and/or nutritional supplements.

Abstract: The invention is generally directed to baby bottles and other articles produced by blow molding from polymeric materials having glass transition temperatures ranging from 100° C. to 130° C., as well as to processes for producing them. These articles can be exposed to boiling water and can be produced by using a suitable combination of a stretch ratio of less than 3 and a preform temperature at least 20° C. greater than the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymeric material.

Abstract: An interactive baby bottle with an electronic unit is disclosed. The electronic unit comprises a sensor unit configured to sense the heart beat of a person bottle feeding a baby and an actuator unit configured to transmit the sensed heart beat to the baby. The disclosed interactive baby bottle can facilitate the drinking process, since it allows bottle feeding to become an experience of connectedness between the baby and the person bottle feeding the baby thereby approaching breast feeding.

Abstract: A portable baby bottle blender includes a baby bottle having a top collar with external threads and a bottom collar with external threads. A top cap has a central aperture. The top cap is internally threaded to be removable threaded onto the top collar of the baby bottle and holds a feeding nipple extending through the central aperture of the top cap onto the top collar. A sealing O-ring fits onto the bottom collar of the baby bottle. A bottom cap has a rim internally threaded. An agitating unit is centrally retained within the bottom cap. When the rim of the bottom cap is removably threaded onto the bottom collar of the baby bottle and against the sealing O-ring, the agitating unit extends into the bottom collar of the baby bottle. A base member has a top recess to receive the bottom cap on the baby bottle therein. A spur-crown gear coupling is for operating the agitating unit, so that the mixing blade assembly mixes formula within water placed through the top collar of the baby bottle.

Abstract: A nursing bottle feeding nipple is provided, which comprises a flexible outer shell formed in a shape mimicking that of the feminine breast and extending between a nipple end and a bottle coupling end. The feeding nipple is sealingly fitted at the bottle coupling end with a sealing disc defining therebetween a confined sealed space. The feeding nipple includes a plurality of feeding ducts extend between inlet ports formed at the sealing disc and outlet ports formed at the nipple end. The feeding ducts mimic the feminine anatomical lactiferous ducts.

Abstract: There is described glass baby and drinking articles, or other glass articles, that are coated with a BPA free, shatterproof silicone sleeve. The coated glass bottles provide peace of mind that parents seek when feeding their babies, and prevent the bottle from shattering or “exploding” if or when dropped. The coated bottle provides shock resistance to prevent breakage in many typical drops, or total glass containment with the silicone sleeve if the bottle does break. The shatterproof silicone coated glass baby bottle and containment system is ideal for active parents who will accept nothing but the safest products for their young kids while eliminating all worries of BPA and glass breakage. The coating also provides thermal insulation to maintain the temperature of liquids disposed therein and keep the heat (or cold) of liquids in the bottle from migrating to the hand of the baby or other person handling the bottle.

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 the bottle jacket and a teat is fixed in the opposite teat end region. The teat has a shaft and a nipple connected to the shaft by a lip contact region. The bottle jacket has an essentially conical form that widens from the teat end region to the 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-molded from a polyolefin, in particular polypropylene.

Abstract: Disclosed is a separate type nursing bottle, which includes two separate bodies so as to allow a user to cleanly wash the bodies in a convenient manner. The separate type nursing bottle includes an upper body, a lower body, and a connector. The upper body has a pipe-shape and includes screw parts formed at an outer circumferential surface of one end of the upper body and at an outer circumferential surface spaced a predetermined distance from another end of the upper body, respectively. The lower body has a bowl-shape, has an open side engaged with an outer circumferential periphery of the other end of the upper body, and includes a locking jaw formed along an outer circumferential periphery of one end of the open side.

Abstract: An artificial nipple can include a nipple body portion connected to a mounting structure that is configured for mounting the nipple on an infant feeding bottle. A mammary papilla leading end portion can be disposed at the leading end portion of a mammary papilla portion and have a leading end opening portion. The inner layer on the inner side of the wall is formed of a shape holding layer made of a material having a rigidity capable of holding the wall shape. The outer layer on the surface side of the wall is formed of a tongue abutting layer having a smooth face. Between the shape holding layer and the tongue abutting layer there is disposed a deformation absorbing layer which is made of a material having a lower rigidity than that of the material of the shape holding layer and the tongue abutting layer.

Abstract: A container is provided for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and includes a body defining a chamber for receiving the product; and a container closure including a sealing portion for sealing the product within the chamber. The container closure includes a member forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body; a nipple in fluid communication with the chamber that seals the chamber with respect to the ambient atmosphere during storage of the product in the chamber and that can be opened to dispense product from the chamber therethrough; and a needle penetrable and laser resealable portion that is penetrable by the needle for aseptically filling the chamber with the product, and that is thermally resealable by the application of laser radiation thereto to seal the product within the chamber.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A teat (100) comprising a stem and a nipple, in which a structured area (300) comprising an undulating surface (301) is provided on at least a partial region of the stem (101) or nipple (102), the surface roughness (Rz) of the undulating surface (301) being greater than 100 ?m.

Abstract: A novel baby nipple assembly for use with a flexible drink pouch, wherein the baby nipple assembly generally comprises a mount subassembly (sometimes hereinafter referred to as simply “the mount” or “the disk”) for attachment to the flexible drink pouch, and a nipple subassembly (sometimes hereinafter referred to as simply “the nipple”) for connection to the mount subassembly, wherein the mount subassembly comprises a relatively large flat element for adhesion to an outside surface of the flexible drink pouch, and the nipple subassembly comprises (i) means for connection to the mount subassembly, (ii) a sharp tube for extending through the mount subassembly and puncturing the side wall of the flexible drink pouch, and (iii) a soft nipple in fluid communication with the sharp tube, whereby a baby or young child can suckle on the nipple and receive the beverage from the flexible drink pouch.

Abstract: A collapsible baby bottle for reducing air-intake during feeding operations includes a body formed from disposable material, a plurality of linear ridges concentrically spanning across a non-uniform circumference thereof, and a coupling threadably attached directly to a top opening of the body. The apparatus further includes a nipple removably attached directly to the coupling, a cap removably affixed directly to the coupling for protecting the nipple from undesirable foreign debris and fluids, and a mechanism for preventing formation of powder formula lumps when mixing the powder formula and water within the body so that a homogenous mixture of the powder formula and the water is obtained. The apparatus further includes a strap tethered directly to the coupling and spaced from the body and the nipple respectively, and a barcode removably affixed directly to a bottom surface of the body for identifying nutritional information about the powder formula.

Abstract: A nursery bottle with an automatic shut off mechanism for inhibiting tooth decay. A nipple is attached to a shut off valve, and the shut off valve is attached to a bottle body. The nipple, the bottle body and the shut off valve are in fluid communication with each other. The shut off valve includes a timing mechanism, where the timing mechanism is coupled to a reset actuator that operates the timing mechanism to open the shut off valve for a feeding time period, and where the shut off valve closes to shut off fluid flow into the nipple after the feeding time period expires.

Abstract: A baby-bottle apparatus for holding dry feeding formula separate from water in the bottle prior to in-situ mixing at feeding time combines a bottle, open and threaded at both ends, a powder chamber with a sealable, removable lid, and a piston-like pusher for releasing the lid and mixing the powder and water.

Abstract: A feeding bottle (10) comprises a container (16), a teat (12) and a collar (14) to screw the teat (12) onto and seal the container (16). A vent assembly (18) is mounted between the teat (12) and the container (16) and includes a vent tube (22) passing down to a position close to the base of the container (16) and having a one way valve (34) allowing air to pass into the container (16) on application of suction to the teat (12) but preventing liquid flowing into the vent tube (22), together with a valve flange (36) acting as an anti-choke member.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a food container. The food container includes an open end and a closed end. The food container is provided on a surface thereof with a plurality of apertures and a plurality of protrusions. The food container is made of a resilient material for use with foodstuff.

Abstract: The teachings provided herein are directed to an impact-resistant casing for breakable containers, and a system comprising the impact-resistant casing and a breakable container, such as a glass container. Very useful systems incorporating these components could include, of course, a glass baby bottle, a toddler sippy-cup, or an adult drinking glass, for example. These and other embodiments will be apparent to one of skill upon a review of the teachings provided herein.

Abstract: A leak resistant drinking container apparatus includes a container with a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall. A drinking member is integrally coupled to the container and is fluidly coupled with an interior of the container. The drinking member includes a nipple with a perimeter wall extending away from and being integrally coupled to the container. The nipple includes a distal wall with respect to the container that closes an outer end of the nipple. The distal wall has a plurality of drink apertures therein. The perimeter wall extends around an internal area of the nipple. The container has a plurality of fill apertures therein fluidly coupled to the internal area.

Abstract: A disposable beverage container is disclosed having an aseptic flexible pouch filled with a beverage, and a nipple apparatus attached to an upper surface. The pouch preferably has a patch and the nipple apparatus sits on the patch. The nipple includes one or more cutting teeth that, when actuated by a user, pierces the flexible pouch to cause beverage to flow into the nipple where it can be consumed by a child.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing, mixing, and delivering a powder solid and a fluid such as baby formula and water without the risk of product contamination or of the product expiring. The apparatus includes a first compartment, a second compartment, a passage in a bottom of the first compartment, and a seal that seals the passage in the bottom of the first compartment. Communication between the first compartment and the second compartment is achieved by longitudinally displacing the second compartment with respect to the first compartment. The longitudinal displacement of the second compartment causes the second compartment to be withdrawn from the first compartment. The seal is attached to the top of the second compartment such that the displacement of the second compartment with respect to the first compartment causes the seal to be displaced from the passage.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing, mixing, and delivering a powder solid and a fluid such as baby formula and water without the risk of product contamination or product expulsion to the surrounding environment. The apparatus is used by placing the powder formula into a specially designed compartment, joining the compartment with another compartment configured to store a liquid, filling the second compartment with a liquid, and sealing the system together. Once mixing and activation is completed, the two compartments are twisted in relation to one another, and the two separate substances are now allowed to flow freely and mix. The product can now be served to the child.

Abstract: A container is provided for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and includes a body defining a chamber for receiving the product; and a container closure including a sealing portion for sealing the product within the chamber. The container closure includes a member forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body; a nipple in fluid communication with the chamber that seals the chamber with respect to the ambient atmosphere during storage of the product in the chamber and that can be opened to dispense product from the chamber therethrough; and a needle penetrable and laser resealable portion that is penetrable by the needle for aseptically filling the chamber with the product, and that is thermally resealable by the application of laser radiation thereto to seal the product within the chamber.

Abstract: An improved nipple for feeding liquids to newborn and young bovine calves and other mammals. A horizontal flat portion of an upper end of the nipple has a downward curving periphery that merges into a vertical portion of a barrel at an exterior radius of 9 to 10 mm and an interior radius of 6.5 to 7.5 mm. The thickness of a wall of the upper end of the nipple is between 5 and 10% less than the thickness of the wall of the barrel. The flat portion of the upper end of the nipple 1 has a diameter in the range of 5 to 7 mm, which is about 20 to 25% of the inner diameter of the barrel. A bump-out may be formed on a base of the nipple to aid in removing and replacing the nipple on a bottle.

Abstract: A teat unit for a feeding bottle has a teat and an adjustment mechanism. The teat can be changed, in terms of its shape or stiffness, by the adjustment mechanism. In this way, one and the same teat can be used with different outward forms. The teat can be adapted to the needs of the baby before or during feeding.

Abstract: The present invention provides modifications to conventional disposable bottles such as disposable, water-filled bottles. One such modification includes a wider opening in the neck of the disposable bottle. Another modification comprises enlarging the size of the threads on the outside of the necks to allow the cover of the bottles to be replaced with other attachments.

Abstract: An artificial baby-feeding nipple including a substantially solid nipple portion with one or more ducts formed therethrough for conveying fluids through the nipple. The nipple is radially compressible so as to prevent passage of fluids through the one or more ducts when so compressed through use of a material having a low durometer material.

Abstract: A calf bottle is characterized by an improved neck design which prevents deposits and microbes from collecting therein. The bottle is in the form of a hollow container having top, side and bottom walls which define a chamber for receiving formula for feeding calves. The top wall includes a neck portion having a central opening and an annular lip surrounding the opening for receiving a removable nipple. The inner wall of the neck portion has a cylindrical configuration of constant diameter.

Abstract: A baby feeding bottle which is capable of being used either with or without a disposable bag, has a hollow cylindrical elongated body that defines an inner chamber and a circular opening at each end. A first cap is provided which includes a nipple which is capable of covering one opening at an end of the cylindrical body by being twisted onto the elongated body. A second cap is provided which is capable of being twisted onto the other end of the elongated body for forming a leak resistant covering with the other opening.

Abstract: A beverage bottle nipple adapter and funnel apparatus includes a perimeter wall that has a first edge and a second edge positioned opposite of each other. A peripheral lip is attached to and is coextensive with the first edge. The peripheral lip extends away from the perimeter wall. The peripheral lip has an exterior surface and an interior surface each being threaded. The interior surface has a size configured for receiving and threadably coupling to the threaded neck. The perimeter wall may be positioned in funnel position extending upwardly from the threaded neck or in a nipple receiving position extending downwardly from the threaded neck. A nipple is positioned in a threaded nipple coupler and the threaded nipple coupler is threadably coupled to the exterior surface of the peripheral lip when the perimeter wall is in the nipple receiving position.

Abstract: An apparatus for a baby bottle container may include a plug assembly. A plug assembly may include a wall forming an inner volume. A plug may extend from the wall and form a portion of the inner volume. The plug assembly may be capable of removable attachment to a baby bottle container. An apparatus for a baby bottle container may include a chamber assembly capable of removable attachment to the plug assembly. The chamber assembly may comprise a partition configured to receive a portion of the plug within the inner volume of the plug assembly. The chamber assembly may be axially slidable about the plug assembly to selectively engage the partition with the plug to form a seal.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for hermetically and safely closing a feeding bottle to avoid any leakage of the liquid. Said closing device comprises: a rotary closure consisting of an inner ferrule and of an outer ferrule each having an offset opening respectively and, the inner ferrule being lodged in the outer ferrule. An internal thread of the inner ferrule enables the rotary closure to be fixed to the threaded neck of the feeding bottle. A nipple, inserted in a retaining ring comprising an internal thread, is fixed to the threaded neck of the rotary closure. A cap is provided, which enables the nipple to be protected. The inventive device is particularly designed for hermetically closing the feeding bottle.

Abstract: A bottle assembly is provided. The bottle has inner and outer bodies that are selectively engageable and form a space therebetween for insulation by air. The inner and outer bottles can be selectively secured by a deformable collar. The bottle assembly may have a vented nipple that promotes latch-on to an areola region of the nipple.

Abstract: A switch cap for drinking bottle of the invention includes a rotatable cap; a sucker received inside the rotatable cap; a cap cover covering the rotatable cap; and a switch portion; wherein the rotatable cap is rotatably connected with a circled round mouth the drinking bottle by the switch portion.

Abstract: A nursing bottle comprising a fluid container having a cushiony exterior sidewall and an object disposed between the fluid container and the exterior sidewall to enable viewing of the object through the exterior sidewall.

Abstract: The present invention provides a disposable educational drinking device for learning such things as the letters of the alphabet or numbers or geometric shapes. The disposable drinking device can be converted to a reusable drinking device. The disposable drinking device also has a mechanical mean to center drinking spout between handles.

Abstract: A nipple for baby bottles has a flattened nipple element with a recess which is pointed to the inside in its front end. In the bottom section of the recess there is a slit arrangement with arc-shaped slits which run in the bite direction.

Abstract: A container, such as a baby bottle, has an hourglass shape elongated wall substantially along its length. There is an indented portion in the hourglass shape for facilitating holding of the bottle. A rim at the top of the wall is for receiving a nipple locating closure, and the indented portion extends in height for less than half of an overall height of the bottle. The bottom of the bottle is curved and blends with wall of the bottle. The bottle has an angulated profile such that a top portion of the hourglass is arched relatively towards one side of a vertical axis extending from a bottom towards the top. The indented portion of the hourglass is angulated at a non-right angular configuration relatively to a vertical axis extending from a bottom towards the top. The inside of the bottle is formed to have a blended inside curved interface between the inside of the bottom and the inside of the wall.

Abstract: 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. The teat has a first connector element for connection to the receiving unit, a second connector element for connection to the receiving unit, and a suction channel. The suction channel extends within the mouthpiece, extends and 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 leaktight connection to the receiving unit. The main body is designed such that it is adapted to be turned back towards the suction opening of the mouthpiece. This teat is adapted to be connected to the feeding bottle in a simple and hygienic manner and is easy to clean.

Abstract: A teat unit has a flexible teat, a receiving head and a dimensionally stable base part. The teat is arranged on the receiving head. The receiving head and the base part are connected to each other by a releasable plug connection, and the receiving head has a securing element for securing the teat unit on a drinks container. This teat unit permits a great many possible configurations of the individual parts and, therefore, an optimization of their individual functions.

Abstract: An oral feeding bottle includes a feed container with an open end and surfaces adapted to come into contact with a liquid feed in the container, a teat releasably connected to the open end and adapted to contact both the liquid feed and a person or animal feeding from the bottle, and a cap with two modes of operation, where in the first mode, the teat is connected to the container and the cap is adapted to fit over, enclose the teat, and be releaseably connected to the feed container, and where in the second mode, the cap includes a means for stowing the teat in a non-dispensing position spaced from the container, where the teat and the surfaces that contact the liquid feed are in fluid communication so that the teat and the feed container are sterilized with a fluid sterilizing medium disposed in the container.

Abstract: A storage and mixing device has an outer container and an inner container. Mounted at one end of the inner container is a first cap that rotates open and closed via a hinge. When the first cap is opened, the contents of the inner and outer containers are allowed to mix together. The other end of the inner container has an opening that is enclosed by a second cap operable to actuate a rod. When actuated, the rod pushes against the first cap thereby opening it and permitting the contents of the inner and outer containers to mix together.

Abstract: A storage device has a second cap for actuating a rod and permitting a fluid to flow through that cap. The storage device has an outer container and an inner container. Mounted at one end of the inner container is a first cap that rotates open and closed for allowing the contents of the inner and outer containers to mix together when desired. The other end of the inner container has an opening that is enclosed by the second cap that is operable to actuate the rod. When actuated, the rod pushes against the first cap thereby opening it in order to mix the contents. Moreover the second cap defines a plurality of holes adapted to permit a fluid to flow through them. Thus the second cap actuates the rod, yet also is disposed at the same end of the outer and inner containers from which the fluid can flow.

Abstract: The present invention is an infant feeding pouch that is a transparent low-density polyethylene or polypropylene bag. The pouch has two sections, a middle section and two side wings. The middle section of the pouch is collapsible. The wings are sealed close and do not contain any fluid. The entire device is disposable. The middle oval section is able to contain 8 to 9 ounces of fluid. As the fluid enters the middle section it enlarges. As the fluid exits the pouch it collapses. The middle section of the feeder has an opening; it is here were the fluid is deposited. The opening is located in the center of the middle section at the bottom. The middle section has a non-removable threaded fitting welded onto the pouch enabling the toppro to be attached. The toppro is a bottle cap with screwable threads in the interior.

Abstract: A feeding bottle includes a flask, a teat and a connecting ring intended to fix the teat to the flask, at an opening in the latter, defined by a neck, and a connecting ring configured such that there is at least one locking position in which the connecting ring is fixed to the flask and an unlocking position in which the ring to be removed from the flask.