Abstract: A feed and drink bottle is made of plastic material preferably by an aseptic process. In its base form the bottle has a mouth intended to be sealed with a closure put in place after the feed has been put in the bottle through its mouth. The bottle is rendered unfit for re-use as a baby's bottle, thus making it disposable either by preventing the closure from being able to be removed from the body of the bottle once it has reached its fully engaged position, or by preventing it from being replaced in a fluid tight position once it has been removed. The closure has a teat secured to it in an irremovable matter, as by the teat being clamped between the closure and a retainer member held in place in the closure, or by the teat being bonded to the closure. When the closure and teat are formed as a single unit, the unit may be used more than once on a body of aseptic plastic material, thus putting back on the user the responsibility of ensuring that the body is sterile or aseptic before such re-use.

Abstract: Covers for baby bottles. A baby bottle cover includes an interior space adapted to conform to a baby bottle, an outer surface conforming to the interior space, and at least one opening adapted to receive the baby bottle. The cover may have two openings such that each opening is at opposite ends of the interior space. The interior space may be slightly larger than the baby bottle. The cover may include elastic near the openings, where the elastic forms bands; a liquid level viewing window; and/or one or more flexible materials.

Abstract: A baby bottle is disclosed containing a beverage that may be ready to consume. The bottle includes a receptacle for receiving a liquid beverage for feeding to an infant or small child. The receptacle may have an opening with a safety seal covering to protect the beverage from contamination. A cap with a nipple may be placed over the opening and a cover may be placed over the cap and nipple to keep the nipple sanitary. A ring seal may be used to attach the cover to the receptacle to indicate when the cover has been removed. Beverages such as milk, formula, juice or water may be packaged in the bottle in a condition ready to consume. After the beverage has been consumed, the bottle may be disposed or cleaned for repeated use.

Abstract: There is provided a nurser liner having a closure member for selectively sealing the liner. The nurser liner limits the transmission of oxygen and/or UV rays into the inner volume of the liner.

Abstract: A breast milk feeding and storage system is provided. The system has a liner having an open end, a holder having an open end, and an adapter system. The liner open end and the adapter system are engageable with the holder open end to allow a user to selectively insert breast milk into the liner, feed the breast milk from the liner or store the breast milk in the liner.

Abstract: There is provided a nurser liner having a closure member for selectively sealing the liner. The closure member has a size and shape that facilitates engagement with the open upper end of a holder.

Abstract: The infant eye trainer is a device that is mountable on a baby bottle for strengthening and developing infant eyesight. The device utilizes interchangeable media producing an image on a display, which may be viewed by the infant while drinking from the bottle. A variety of images designed to improve, strengthen, and facilitate infant eyesight development, both physically and cognitively are selected for display. The device mounts onto the end of a baby bottle, thus placing it within an infant's focal range. The device may also utilize audiovisual stimuli to further develop infant eyesight and cognition.

Abstract: This invention is a bib that slides onto a drinking bottle to form a protective barrier against spills or spit-up by the person drinking. The bib is made of lightweight, soft, and absorbent materials, which may be disposable or washable.

Abstract: A baby bottle feeding apparatus and method for assisting the feeding of a nursing infant by a bottle attached to an elongated feeding tube with pacifier end. The apparatus and method can include a pivotable connector such as a ball and socket connected between an elongated tube and the pacifier that can be rotated to selected positions without pinching off the tube for allowing ease of use by the nursing infant. The apparatus and methods can include additional assists such as allowing the liquid contents of the bottle to become more easily moveable by gravity flow. One embodiment can have a stand that orients the bottle up to approximately ninety degrees which can include forty five degrees when positioning the bottle on a support surface. Another embodiment allows for an interior wall inside the bottle to have a sloped portion so that laying the bottle on its side in a horizontal position still allows gravity to assist moving liquid contents within the bottle to the feeding infant.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for nursing in which a container is filled with milk. The container has flexible membrane forming a pouch for holding the milk. A rim defines a stable opening of the pouch, and a lid is secured to the rim to cover the opening. The container is inserted into a nursing device and the lid is opened to expose the milk. A nursing nipple is secured to the nursing device with the container disposed therein.

Abstract: A holder assembly for use with a flexible liner is provided having a holder with a longitudinal slot and a plunger. The plunger has a disk and a positioner joined to the disk. The positioner engages the longitudinal slot to mount the disk slidably in the holder. The plunger is readily adapted for assembly and disassembly with the holder.

Abstract: A method of collecting, storing and feeding breast milk is provided. The method includes engaging an adapter system with a liner or other container to selectively insert breast milk into the liner, feed the breast milk from the liner or store the breast milk in the liner.

Abstract: The left arm 5 is provided on a side face adjacent to the opening 23 of the body part 3. The left arm 5 is formed of a tubular shaped cloth used for wetsuit in its diameter less than that of the body 3. Adjacent to the forefront of the left arm 5, a male piece 15 is sewn on the inside of the arm via a rubber strip 16 so as the piece to be housed in the left arm 5. Adjacent to the forefront of the right arm 7, a female piece 17 is sewn in a similar manner. A user of the holder rolls up the left arm 5 and the right arm 7 slightly so as to expose the male piece 15 and the female piece 17 therefrom, then the female piece 17 is inserted into the male piece 15 so that both pieces are in a locked-state. In this way, the PET bottle holder 1 is in a suspended state. Hence, during the unengaged state, both the male piece 15 and the female piece 17 are accommodated respectively in the left arm and the right arm.

Abstract: A single use recyclable infant feeding bottle is provided for easy use with virtually eliminated or substantially reduced risk of contamination. The single use recyclable infant feeding bottle of the invention comprises a container with a container lip having an outer securing hook and an inner securing rib, and an integrated assembly that has a teat and a sealing cap in a single piece. The sealing cap has a snap-on feature that engages with the container lip. Thus, the single use recyclable infant feeding bottle can be easily assembled by putting the integral assembly and the container together through the snap-on feature. Moreover, moulding the teat and sealing cap into one piece makes the manufacture process of the single use recyclable infant feeding bottle efficient and economical.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dispenser for feeding liquid to an infant. The dispenser may be comprised of a generally circular continuous ring container having an opening, outer diameter and inner bore, the inner bore being adapted for receiving a fluid. A nipple formed of compressible material, comprising a flexible tubular body having a tip end for insertion in the infant's mouth and a base end, the tip end having a nipple opening for flow of the liquid through the nipple from the container in response to the infant's sucking action on the tip end and base end being a radially enlarged flange for attaching nipple to opening of the container and a securing ring for attaching the nipple to the opening of the container. The dispenser may also have a stand or be self supporting.

Abstract: This invention is a bib that slides onto a drinking bottle to form a protective barrier against spills or spit-up by the person drinking. The bib is made of lightweight, soft, and absorbent materials, which may be disposable or washable.

Abstract: An artificial nursing system for use by an infant animal is disclosed. The nursing system comprises a feeding bottle, a nipple and a sleeve. The feeding bottle has a top end and a bottom end, the top end of the feeding bottle is attached to the nipple. A sleeve envelopes the feeding bottle, the sleeve comprises a first section made from an elastic material, wherein the elastic material constricts around the feeding bottle and a second section fixedly attached to the first section, the second section is made from a scent accepting fabric and surrounds the nipple. The first and second sections allow the infant animal to grip the feeding bottle and nipple and the constriction of the first section of the sleeve attaches the sleeve to the feeding bottle.

Abstract: A device for a baby bottle has an absorbent panel attached to a collar. The collar removably mounts in a surrounding engagement to a cap of the bottle and can be absorbent for enhancing the total absorbing capacity of the device. The panel extends from the collar toward a mouthpiece of the bottle, for gently compressing against a baby's chin when the baby is suckling from the bottle. After feeding, the panel and the collar wipe clean the baby's mouth region and are washable for reuse.

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 disposable baby bottle device for providing pre-packaged liquids for babies. The disposable baby bottle device includes a container having a side wall, an open top, and a plurality of holes being spacedly disposed through the side wall, and also having a lip being disposed along a top edge thereof; and also includes an inner liner being disposed in the container and being leak-proof and sterilized; and further includes a nipple being securely disposed over the open top of the container; and further includes a protective cover being sealingly and removably disposed over the nipple; and also includes a protective cap being removably disposed over the protective cover; and also includes a seal being removably fastened about the protective cap and a portion of the container; and further includes liquids being disposed in the inner liner in the container.

Abstract: A new baby nurser with plunger device for evenly expelling excess air for a nurser-style bottle. The inventive device includes a plunger portion that includes a circular base. The plunger portion includes a post extending upwardly from the circular base. The post has a flat upper free end. The post is dimensioned for being received within an open lower end of a shell of a baby nurser. A rubber dome is positioned within the open lower end of the shell below a liner therein. The rubber dome has an open lower end for receiving the flat upper free end of the post therein whereby pressure from the plunger portion will force the rubber dome upwardly within the shell thereby urging excess air within the liner to be expelled outwardly through a nipple of the baby nurser.

Abstract: A baby bottle is disclosed containing a beverage that may be ready to consume. The bottle includes a receptacle for receiving a liquid beverage for feeding to an infant or small child. The receptacle may have an opening with a safety seal covering to protect the beverage from contamination. A cap with a nipple may be placed over the opening and a cover may be placed over the cap and nipple to keep the nipple sanitary. A ring seal may be used to attach the cover to the receptacle to indicate when the cover has been removed. Beverages such as milk, formula, juice or water may be packaged in the bottle in a condition ready to consume. After the beverage has been consumed, the bottle may be disposed or cleaned for repeated use.

Abstract: A child-resistant closure prevents a toddler or other young child from unscrewing the top off from a beverage container, such as a milk bottle or covered sipping cup, and spilling its contents on furniture or other inappropriate locations. The child-resistant closure prevents ugly staining of clothes or furniture by difficult to wash beverages, such as grape juice. The child-resistant closure for a beverage container includes an inner screw cap which is threadably mountable on the beverage container, such as the milk bottle with a nipple or the sipping cup. An outer operating ring cap is mounted on the inner cap. The outer operating ring cap has a circumferential retaining rim on a lower end thereof to retain the inner cap within the outer cap.

Abstract: A bottle packaging sleeve, and method of using same, for placing advertising on wine and spirits bottles, which provides both advertising and a way to protect the bottles from damage in a shopping bag or box, comprising a sheet of cushioning material, the exterior face of which is provided with informational material, the sheet being sufficiently elastic to be fitted onto a bottle. Optionally, the sleeve includes a bottle girth adaptor for coupling a first and second end of the sheet of cushioning material while further adapting to the girth of the bottle.

Abstract: A container for nursing infants, the container including an interior with a first end (or top end) opening into the interior. A flexible nipple attaches across the opening and is positioned such that at least a portion of the nipple extends into the interior of the container. A container lid is then positioned over the flexible nipple and encloses the interior of the container. Also, the present invention includes a second end (or bottom end) with internal walls extending upwards toward the top end and thereby forming an internal cavity in the container. A thermic module is then positioned in this internal cavity.

Abstract: An infant cup includes a cup body 12, a cover 16, a flexible mouthpiece 24 and a valve element 26. The valve element 26 includes a sealing face 70 which closes an orifice 44 in the mouthpiece in a relaxed position. The valve element includes an angled face cooperating with an internal angled face of the mouthpiece such that when pressure is applied the valve element moves downwardly, opening the mouthpiece orifice 44. The valve element is resiliently biased upwards such that when relaxed it springs back to close the mouthpiece orifice 44 once again, and is biased upwards in the closed position.

Abstract: A breast simulating nursing system for providing a user with a baby feeding accessory that could be used to simulate natural breast feeding. The breast simulating nursing system includes a main body portion that has a first and a second end. The main body portion has a longitudinal axis. The main body portion has a bore that extends therethrough. The bore is positioned such that a longitudinal axis of the bore is collinear with the longitudinal axis of the main body portion. The main body portion simulates a breast. A cover member is coupled to a portion of an exterior surface of the main body portion. The cover member simulates the skin of a breast. A bottle assembly is positionable substantially within the bore of main body portion. The bottle assembly has a first end that protrudes through the first end of the main body portion.

Abstract: Two baby bottles 33 that are attached to each other as to dispense two separate liquids and having baby size handles 30 for holding and attached to handles are mind development keys 31. A drinking nipple 10 so constructed as to accommodate a common drinking straw. A teething nipple 38 and 39 with a dispensing cavity 40 governed by an attached baffle 41 which restricts the flow of liquids and said baffle 41 designed to hold a drinking straw if so desired without spilling contents of bottle when inverted.

Abstract: A bonding nurser that can be used to closely approximate breast feeding mechanically and psychologically comprises a feeding container that simulates a breast in fluid delivery, shape, texture, feel, and ease of infant suckling releasibly attached to a sling so that the container is positioned on the breast area of the adult feeding the baby, and the adult's hands are free for cuddling the baby during feeding. The feeding container is a breast-shaped flexible housing that holds a collapsible bag which delivers milk or other fluids through a nipple protruding through the apex of the housing and is filled through a screw cap opening at the base opposite the apex and secured in the housing by retaining straps surfaced with Velcro™. When the container is assembled, i.e., a bag is positioned in the housing, the straps present a loop interface that mechanically couples the base of the container to a correspondingly sized hook-surfaced area on a shoulder strap (or a hand strap).

Abstract: A baby bottle has a main body with an upper portion and a lower portion, and a neck provided with threads for removably attaching a standard nipple and collar thereto. An insulated structure of the main body includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and an air space between the walls for maintaining the liquid contents hotter or cooler for extended periods of time, while also preventing the formation of condensation on the outside of the bottle. Luminescent elements, such as shapes, letters or numbers, are applied to the outer surface of the inner wall to enhance visibility of the bottle and the level of the liquid contents in dark or low light conditions. In an alternative embodiment, the luminescent material is incorporated into the composition of the wall structure during the molding process. The lower portion of the main body is shaped for easy grasping by infants and toddlers.

Abstract: A breast milk feeding and storage system is provided. The system has a liner having an open end, a holder having an open end, and an adapter system. The liner open end and the adapter system are engageable with the holder open end to allow a user to selectively insert breast milk into the liner, feed the breast milk from the liner or store the breast milk in the liner.

Abstract: Apparatus for attachment to drinking vessels, such as baby bottles, which is designed to absorb excess liquid beverage which is rejected by the drinker of such beverage (e.g. “spit up” by a baby) or spilled or dripped from the drinking vessel.

Abstract: A device for a baby bottle has an absorbent panel attached to a collar. The collar removably mounts in a surrounding engagement to a cap of the bottle and can be absorbent for enhancing the total absorbing capacity of the device. The panel extends from the collar toward a mouthpiece of the bottle, for gently compressing against a baby's chin when the baby is suckling from the bottle. After feeding, the panel and the collar wipe clean the baby's mouth region and are washable for reuse.

Abstract: A disposable sterile plastic bag includes a liquid receiving chamber which can be accessed upon removal of a tear off strip for introducing therein liquids, such as breast milk. The bag also includes a closure member to close the bag once filled with milk. The bag further includes indicia thereon for indicating the volume of milk in the bag, and an extension away from the chamber so that information about the milk can be provided, e.g. by writing, on the bag without danger of piercing the bag. Once opened, the bag can be attached to an outlet port of a breast pump such that pumped milk is conveyed directly and sterilely into the bag, and the bag can then be stored in sub-ambient temperature until ready to be fed to a baby, at which time the bag is opened, the closure is cut off from the bag and the bag is installed on, and used as a liner for, a bag holder which is provided with a cap and nipple and acts as a feeding bottle.

Abstract: A container for nursing infants, the container including an interior with a first end (or top end) opening into the interior. A flexible nipple attaches across the opening and is positioned such that at least a portion of the nipple extends into the interior of the container. A container lid is then positioned over the flexible nipple and encloses the interior of the container. Also, the present invention includes a second end (or bottom end) with internal walls extending upwards toward the top end and thereby forming an internal cavity in the container. A thermic module is then positioned in this internal cavity.

Abstract: A nursing nipple protective sleeve structure comprised of a nipple and a protective sleeve installed over the exterior section of the nipple. The nipple has a nursing end at one side and a round stay at the other side and, furthermore, disposed on the round stay is a grasping ring, with the protective sleeve fitted onto the round stay and covering the outer side of the nipple. Furthermore, a through-hole is formed at the two ends of the protective sleeve. The innovative feature is that the protective sleeve consists of two or more irregular tooth-shaped compression unit sections and, furthermore, one end of the protective sleeve is fitted onto the round stay and functions as an engagement end that provides for the conjoinment of the protective sleeve to the nipple. When the protective sleeve is compressed, the nursing end of the nipple projects beyond the through-hole and thereby provides for sucking by the infant.

Abstract: A coupling sleeve has internal screw-threads for enabling the sleeve to be screwed onto an externally threaded neck of a commercially available small bottle of water or other liquid. External screw-threads on the sleeve enable it to have screwed to it a cap-and-nipple combination of a baby's drinking bottle. A first seal is provided between the neck-rim of the bottle and the sleeve and a second seal is provided between an end-rim of the sleeve and an annular sealing flange on the nipple.

Abstract: A nursing bottle having a rigid body, an open end, and an aperture, a flexible liner suspended from the open end of the body, a feeding nipple attachable to the open end of the body. An attached, slidably engagable, pump for pumping air into the chamber between the liner and body. The pump pressurizes the chamber and expels air from the liner. An air regulating device permits airflow in and out of the chamber in restricted quantity, so when pressure is applied to the pump, there is an increase of pressure within the chamber to force out the air trapped within the liner. The pump, also fashioned to be the protective storage hood for the nipple.

Abstract: The present invention is a sipping lid for attachment to standard size baby bottles of the type having a hollow body to contain a liquid to be consumed by an infant and an externally threaded upper portion. The sipping lid includes a cap portion having an internally threaded portion adapted to screw onto the externally threaded portion of the baby bottle. A rigid nipple is integral with the cap portion and has an end wall at a free end thereof distal from the cap portion. The nipple and the cap portion define an internal cavity of the sipping lid. A pair of small holes extend through the end wall into the internal cavity. The cap portion engages the externally threaded portion of the hollow body of the baby bottle providing a seal between the sipping lid and the baby bottle. The holes both enter the infant's mouth simultaneously such that air cannot freely enter the baby bottle until suction by the infant is released.

Abstract: A free flow formula cap comprising uniquely designed plugs to act as a passive sealing system for the nipple of a baby bottle. The plugs are retained within and at the bottom of the cap so that they align axially with the neck of the nipple when the cap is placed on the bottle. The plugs are operated from the exterior of the cap by depressing them together axially thereby pinching the nipple to create a seal between the end of the nipple and the bottle. The seal created by the plugs prevents the common problem of powder formula clogging the nipple during mixing of the same. The nipple remains sterile as one does not have to use her hands to unclog the nipple if the same were to get clogged during the mixing of the powdered formula.

Abstract: A method of feeding an infant utilizing a nursing bottle, having a resilient shell body with at least one aperture, a flexible liner, and a feeding nipple that utilizes air pressure to expel trapped air from a liner. That when the aperture or apertures are covered by the operator's finger or hand, and pressure is applied to the shell body, air trapped in the liner can be expelled prior to feeding the infant.

Abstract: A nipple adapter in the form of a unitary assembly for receiving the external thread of a bottle with a narrow neck is disclosed. The nipple adapter may be fitted to commercially available bottles and containers having a wide variety of beverage contents such as water, mineral water, juice, milk and soda pop. The nipple adapter has a cover, a nipple with a flange, a seal and a housing. The cover has an inner shelf extending circumferentially around an interior face of the cover. The inner shelf has an inner land and a negative angular portion extending from the inner land to the interior face of the side wall of the cover defining a triangular cross section. The housing has an outer shelf disposed on and extending circumferentially around an outer annular wall. The outer shelf has an outer land extending from the outer annular wall and a positive angular portion extending from the outer land to the outer annular wall defining a triangular cross section.

Abstract: A disposable sterile plastic bag includes a liquid receiving chamber which can be accessed upon removal of a tear off strip for introducing therein liquids, such as breast milk. The bag also includes a closure member to close the bag once filled with milk. The bag further includes indicia thereon for indicating the volume of milk in the bag, and an extension away from the chamber so that information about the milk can be provided, e.g. by writing, on the bag without danger of piercing the bag. Once opened, the bag can be attached to an outlet port of a breast pump such that pumped milk is conveyed directly and sterilely into the bag, and the bag can then be stored in sub-ambient temperature until ready to be fed to a baby, at which time the bag is opened, the closure is cut off from the bag and the bag is installed on, and used as a liner for, a bag holder which is provided with a cap and nipple and acts as a feeding bottle.

Abstract: An improved baby bottle nipple cover with a cap retainer that keeps the cap in proximity to the opening when not covering the nipple and that leaves the the collar free to sealingly secure the nipple. The nipple cover is easily transferable from one baby bottle to another.

Abstract: A holder for use in disposable feeding systems includes a body which is made from two straight pieces or sections capable of being arranged in an abutting, end-to-end relationship in which they assume a non-coaxial arrangement that results in an angular body shape designed, for instance, to promote infant feeding in a semi-upright position. From this feeding position, the body sections of a transformable embodiment can be moved to a filling position, in which they are arranged coaxially to form a straight body shape that facilitates the insertion and/or filling of a disposable liner. The body sections of both the transformable and non-transformable embodiments may also be provided with finger guides, which promote the proper gripping of the holder by a user, and finger holes, which facilitate the expulsion of air from a liquid-filled liner receivable in an interior of the holder.

Abstract: A holder for use in disposable feeding systems includes a body which is made from two straight pieces or sections capable of being arranged in an abutting, end-to-end relationship in which they assume a non-coaxial arrangement that results in an angular body shape designed, for instance, to promote infant feeding in a semi-upright position. From this feeding position, the body sections of a transformable embodiment can be moved to a filling position, in which they are arranged coaxially to form a straight body shape that facilitates the insertion and/or filling of a disposable liner, preferably via movement of a friction fit mechanism. The body sections of both the transformable and non-transformable embodiments may also be provided with finger guides, which promote the proper gripping of the holder by a user, and finger holes, which facilitate the expulsion of air from a liquid-filled liner receivable in an interior of the holder.

Abstract: A liquid feed bottle for an infant having a body made from a container portion bonded to a teat with an orifice. The body holds a liquid feed such as milk. A cap is bonded or sealed to the body and protects the teat. A cap portion is initially detachable from the body by pulling and removing a tear strip, the cap portion thus released being subsequently securable on the body by a press fit.