Nursing Bottle Type Patents (Class 248/102)
  • Patent number: 5765225
    Abstract: A baby bib having a bottle holding capability. The bib has an attached bottle-holding structure which maintains a baby bottle in a predetermined position, both laterally and longitudinally. The bottle holding attachment is made of a soft structural material covered with a fabric material similar to the bib fabric. The bottle holder may also be made with a harness attached to it so that it may be held in place without being attached to a bib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Inventors: Rachel Goeckeritz, Joseph Goeckeritz
  • Patent number: 5727842
    Abstract: Devices for holding baby bottles for infants in car seat with or without crash bars. One device, for a car seat which does not have a crash bar, contains two fasteners which may attach to each side of the car seat or to the seat of the automobile. Each fastener is attached to an adjustable cord, which in turn is attached to a sling. The sling is preferably filled with foamed plastic to create a soft surface for the infant. A holding cord is attached by its center to the center of the sling. The ends of the holding cord wrap around the baby bottle and may be snugly secured to hold the bottle. A second device is designed for car seats with crash bars. This device comprises a flexible arm containing a spine made up of a plurality of segments. The arm is attached to the crash bar. The distal end of the arm is attached to a bottle rest which contains straps for securing the bottle. Each of these devices permits the bottle to be kept within the easy reach of an infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: James G. O'Neil
  • Patent number: 5711500
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder that may be biased against a person holding the baby, or rested upon the baby, for stability with at least one hand of the person being free to do other things, and by the baby with or without hands. Also, the holder has adjustable features for shifting the holder and the bottle within the holder to achieve comfortable positioning for feeding the baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Victor De Los Santos
  • Patent number: 5707031
    Abstract: A forearm supporting device that is particularly useful for persons nursing a baby comprises an inner, elongate body made of rigid material and having first and second ends. This body is tapered from the first to the second end. An outer sleeve of flexible sheet material extends completely around and along this elongate body and covers its top and bottom surfaces. One or two straps are provided to detachably connect the device to one's forearm. Preferably the body is made of rigid, insulating foam and is hollow so that it can be used to store a nursing bottle. An access opening into the body is provided at the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Taryn Creighton-Young
    Inventor: Taryn Creighton-Young
  • Patent number: 5702039
    Abstract: A utility belt attachable to the two sides of a stroller in front of the occupant includes a plurality of tethers adapted to retain various objects relating to entertaining infants and small children. A traverse strap is suspended from two circular stroller frame members using Velcro hook-and-loop attachment to permit adjustment to various sized strollers. A plurality of object-holding tethers are fastened at a first end to the traverse strap. Each tether has a free end which is adapted to secure an item thereto such that toys, pacifiers, bottles, and the like. These items are thus secured to the stroller. A tether permanently attached to the traverse strap is provided with a ring which is sized to fit onto the neck of a feeding bottle and secure to the bottle when the lid is tightened onto the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Junior Products Inc.
    Inventor: James Olaiz
  • Patent number: 5685447
    Abstract: An air expelling apparatus includes a cylindrical member that has a shell body with a closed top end, an opened bottom end and a peripheral wall with an interior area. A disk-like stand, is integral with the bottom end of the shell body, with the interior area of the shell having its opening at a bottom portion of the stand. The stand has a top portion integral with the peripheral wall of the shell body, and has a lower peripheral wall. Lastly, the stand is capable of functioning like a handle when the cylindrical member is positioned within the shell body of any disposable baby bottle. The stand allows the cylindrical member to operate in a piston-like manner when positioned through the lower opening of any disposable baby bottle and be in contact with the liner of a disposable baby bottle to expel air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Inventors: Shaun Springett, Vincent L. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 5664745
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a baby bottle adapter for releasable attachment to the bottom of the baby bottle, the adapter being capable of playing a musical melody when activated. The adapter includes a top chamber of a size and shape to accept the bottom of a baby bottle, the top chamber being formed from a side wall and a bottom provided by an internal divider located with the adapter. The adapter also has a bottom chamber located below the top chamber, the bottom chamber being sealed against liquid infiltration and containing means for playing a musical melody upon activation. The bottom chamber is formed from the side wall and the internal divider of the adapter and a base attached to the bottom of the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: Sharon Hadaway
  • Patent number: 5624090
    Abstract: An infant feeding system including a baby bottle, a support member for providing a stable resting place for the baby bottle when positioned thereon, a grasping mechanism adapted to receive and hold the baby bottle therein, and a mounting mechanism for engaging the grasping mechanism to a point on the support member. The grasping mechanism and baby bottle are rotationally adjustable and/or removable with respect to the support member to accommodate a variety of feeding positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Inventor: Rebecca Gammelgaard
  • Patent number: 5613657
    Abstract: A retaining mechanism for a baby bottle is provided having a bottle fastening ring at one end and an adjustable, quick release fastening device at the other end of a strap of polypropelene material. The bottle fastening ring is made of an inert strong semi-rigid plastic material and is securely stitched to the strap. The fastening device is a Velcro loop and hook strip. The fastening ring is adapted to slip over the neck of the bottle to rest against the shoulder. The bottle cap with nipple, when fastened to the bottle neck, holds the fastening ring securely in place against the bottle shoulder. The Velcro fastening device is adjustable to fasten around any number of different size structural components on a baby bed, stroller, high chair, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Junior Products Inc.
    Inventor: James Olaiz
  • Patent number: 5582335
    Abstract: A nursing baby bottle holder for supporting a baby bottle in a nursing position is provided. The baby bottle has a body portion and a neck portion. The holder comprises a length of material defining an annular open end to releasably secure the body portion of the baby bottle. The length is sufficient to drape the material around a neck of a user while supporting the baby bottle in a nursing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Inventors: Mark D. Beard, Deborah A. Beard
  • Patent number: 5573153
    Abstract: A feed cloth and bottle combination includes a cloth sized to be draped over a user's shoulder. An area of the cloth includes a first of a hook and loop fastener. A strap is secured to a baby bottle with an exterior surface of the strap having a second of a hook and loop fastener such that the strap and the bottle can be secured to the cloth with the bottle held in any desired orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Mother In Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: Penny S. Stillman
  • Patent number: 5513885
    Abstract: A rim to be placed upon a baby bottle to permit positioning and manipulation of the bottle by the baby feeding from such bottle. The outer surface of the rim has a number of flats to prevent the rim rolling along a surface. A number of flexible fingers project towards the center to receive and hold a baby bottle inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Inventor: Diane Joffe
  • Patent number: 5459903
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for supporting an oral device proximate to a person's mouth is disclosed. The person is disposed on a body support having a superstructure positioned above the person, such as a baby seat. The apparatus comprises a cord having a generally central portion and first and second distal sections. The first and second distal sections terminate at respective first and second ends. A adjustable clamp joins portions of the first and second distal sections, the clamp forming a loop portion of the cord having an adjustable circumference adapted for adjustably gripping the oral device. Spring-biased clips are adapted for securing each of the first and second ends to the superstructure. The oral device comprises a pacifier, a food item, a feeding device such as a baby bottle, or the like. The method and system utilize the apparatus in conjunction with the body support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Inventor: Brian M. Treacy
  • Patent number: 5456432
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder for attachment to a support to adjustably hold a baby bottle in a position for feeding a baby includes an L-shaped body member having an upper leg and a lower leg with a pair of spaced handle members extending forwardly from the upper leg in the same direction as the lower leg and being positioned above the lower leg. A first elastic band is attached to the lower leg to surround and hold a baby bottle and a second elastic band is attached to the upper leg to secure the bottle holder to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventors: G. Thomas Ennis, Manochehr Shoushtari
  • Patent number: 5421496
    Abstract: A nursing nipple or pacifier placed on a tube or pipe that distances the bottle, for hanging purposes, by time of liquid sucking, which is suitable for feeding devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventors: Gersh Korsinsky, Eduard Korsinsky, Michael Korsinsky
  • Patent number: 5217192
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder is designed to hold a baby bottle for an infant who cannot hold the bottle himself or herself. The design is such that the end which corresponds to the nipple end of the bottle is narrower than the end which corresponds to bottom of the bottle. In addition, the holder is constructed and balanced in such a manner that the holder is freestanding whether or not a bottle is attached. The bottle is firmly grasped but is slidably mounted so that it may be repositioned for balance. Three members of the bottle holder are joined together so that the bottle position may be changed depending on the position of the baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Inventor: Sharon L. Oktayuren
  • Patent number: 5188320
    Abstract: A resilient member having a central section is adapted to fit against the chest of the infant and two generally parallel downwardly extending side sections are adapted to fit snugly under the arms and against the sides of the infant. The central section has an extension which extends over the neck such that when the member is fitted over the chest of an infant, with the sides under the infant's armpits, the extension is in proximity to the chin of the infant. An inclined groove is provided along the upper surface of the extension for frictionally holding a nursing bottle in an inclined angle relative to the mouth of the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Inventor: John G. Polka
  • Patent number: 5183229
    Abstract: A holder is provided for a baby bottle of the type having a body, a cap and a nipple. The holder consists of a mechanism for retaining the body of the baby bottle. The baby bottle will remain stationary, when the retaining mechanism with the baby bottle is placed onto a mattress in a crib or the like near a mouth of a baby, allowing the baby to always have access to the nipple for feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Inventor: Michael D. Duggan
  • Patent number: 5178291
    Abstract: A nursing lid includes an internally threaded skirt, wherein the skirt includes a positioning web extending orthogonally relative to the skirt in a surrounding relationship, with the positioning web terminating in a reinforcing rib of a circular construction arranged about a perimeter of the web. The lid further includes a lid top web formed with an opening for mounting a nipple therethrough. The positioning web permits orientation of the nursing bottle upon a support surface to maintain fluid at a spaced relationship relative to the nipple to minimize leakage therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Inventor: Vickie D. Piercey
  • Patent number: 5116275
    Abstract: A soft, lightweight disc is capable of being used as a tossing toy or twirled around a finger. The disc is circular with an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter and contains a hole centrally in its body. The disc can be constructed of soft buoyant material to enhance floating. For amusement, a doll, or a soda can, and the like could be secured in the central hole. The doll is spherical and fits securely inside the inner perimeter of the disc. An annular disc can be used to rigidify the lower surface of the tossing toy and enhance air flotation and lift. A pair of like annular discs can be used to form a tossing toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Inventor: Mark S. Sassak
  • Patent number: 5072843
    Abstract: A holder for holding a generally cylindrical bottle having an open end and a closed end which comprises a soft, cuddly, plush support member including a body having front and back surfaces forming a three dimensional figure suitable for amusing an infant. The body has a generally circular opening extending completely therethrough from its first surface to its rear surface. The opening is located proximate to the center of the body and is sized for receiving a bottle. The opening includes a ring-like member having an inner diameter at least slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the bottle, so that insertion of the bottle into the opening results in the ring-like member tightly engaging the bottle for gripping and holding the bottle at any selected position along the length of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Inventor: Bonnie L. James
  • Patent number: 4984697
    Abstract: The leakage preventing baby bottle of the invention incorporates a collar inserted over the neck of the bottle, supported by the body of the bottle and held in place by the screw-on nipple cap employed. For a cylindrically shaped bottle, the collar is selected of a greater diameter dimension than that of the bottle itself so as to prop the bottle at an upwardly directed angle to prevent the nipple from leaking or dripping even at such times as the infant, or toddler, is not sucking, and with the bottle at rest. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the collar is comprised of a pair of see-through apertured disks, sandwiched together, and with the lower one being provided with a luminous coloration along its circumference to enhance easy-finding in a darkened environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Inventor: Donna Kelly
  • Patent number: 4953816
    Abstract: A bottle holder for a vehicle safety seat having a restraining device for releasably retaining an infant in a seated position comprises a substantially planar, soft, resilient, flexible pad and means for releasably securing the pad to the restraining device in front of a seated infant. The pad has a chest shielding portion for covering the frontal profile of the infant's chest. A pair of laterally spaced apart upwardly projecting portions of the pad define an upwardly open bottle receiving yoke for cradlingly supporting and frictionally retaining a nursing bottle. A design imprinted on the frontal surface of the bottle holder comprises a fanciful animal figure having ears defined by the upwardly projecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Inventor: Eileen Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 4951997
    Abstract: An infant feeding chair is set forth wherein a chair is provided with a planar seat portion for convenient positioning on a variety of support surfaces and further including a pivotal arm mounted to the seat and provided with a second orthogonal arm movably mounted to said arm. The second arm is provided with a plurality of spaced removable pads with a bottle holder mounted thereto on a pivot formed for limited motion. The bottle holder is mounted to enable a child access to the bottle as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Claire L. Kenney
  • Patent number: 4946119
    Abstract: A security support for an infant feeding bottle comprising an elongated elastic strap or sling having a first loop formed by stitching one end of the strap back onto itself and a second loop formed by placing the first loop through a ring attached to the other end of the strap. The first loop elastically embraces the neck of the feeding bottle and the second loop may be drawn around any suitable object to suspend the bottle in the event it is dropped or thrown by an infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Inventor: Thomas M. Hellhake
  • Patent number: 4943017
    Abstract: A flexible container holder or grasping aid is disclosed that will aid an infant or an invalid in grasping a fluid container. The flexible container holder is a one-piece item with two opposed handle portions and an intermediate central portion for tightly receiving a fluid container. The intermediate central portion is flexible and will deform to accommodate any profile of fluid container. The device is formed of a tough rubber and thus will not be easily destroyed by an infant. The handle portions are of a relatively great thickness compared to the intermediate central portion. This allows the intermediate central portion to be easily deformable while the handle portions will still provide firm support for the fluid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventor: John W. Ennis
  • Patent number: 4941579
    Abstract: An auxiliary device is provided on a nursing bottle and includes a plurality of plastic strips extending from the upper portion of the bottle to the lower portion of the bottle so that any two of the strips can be held by the hands of a baby. Each of the strips has a generally horizontal portion extending radially and outwardly from the upper portion of the bottle, and an inclined generally straight portion extending from the outer end of the horizontal portion to the container. When the bottle comes in contact with the ground, the bottle is supported by some of the strips in such a manner that the nipple and the mouth of the container are tilted upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Inventor: Hwang-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 4932566
    Abstract: A liquid soap dispenser is formed with a central body including a plurality of upwardly depending legs tapering to a reduced dimension from the central body to terminal ends of the legs which are in a normally abutting end-to-end relationship to enable flexure of the legs relative to the central body for securement of the dispenser about the neck portion of an individual. The central body is formed with a downwardly depending extension with an arcuate slot selectively alignable with an arcuate slot formed within a rotatably mounted cap overlying the extension for selective dispensing of soap from within the transparent dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Inventor: Eliezer Weinbaum
  • Patent number: 4902261
    Abstract: A nursing aid is set forth for use in combination with an infant nursing bottle to increase the interest of an infant during a feeding event. The nursing aid includes an elastomeric band formed with a fabric friction enhancing surface with a detachably mounted pliable geometric representation of an animal or the like tethered to the band by an elongate flexible tether line selectively secured to the band by a snap fastener at one end and secured to an interior compartment of the geometric representation by a spring biased axle including a pair of spaced collars to secure and bias the tether line in a normally wound orientation about the axle. A first hook and loop fastener patch is secured to the band cooperative with a second hook and loop fastener patch secured to an underlying surface of the geometrical representation to orient the representation relative to the nursing bottle in a predetermined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventors: Jolie W. Pratt, Mark S. Pratt
  • Patent number: 4895327
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which aids in the feeding of an infant while the infant is placed face-up on a substantially planar feeding surface with its torso in a substantially prone position. The feeding apparatus has a center section for placement across the front of the torso of the infant during feeding. A first anchor section having two ends is coupled to the center section at one end and weighted at the opposite end for placement along one side of the torso of the infant during feeding. A second anchor section having two ends is coupled at one end to the center section opposite from and axially aligned with the first anchor section. It is weighted at the opposite end for placement along the side of the torso of the infant during feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Inventors: Shirley L. Malone, Maxine R. Spurlock
  • Patent number: 4869381
    Abstract: This invention relates to a support for an infant feeder. The infant feeder itself comprises a hollow receptacle formed by an endless side wall extending in a longitudinal direction and having caps disposed at first and second ends thereof. A floating wall is disposed within the hollow receptacle and divides the interior of the hollow receptacle into a strained food receiving chamber and an air receiving chamber. A nipple is mounted on one of the caps at the first end of the receptacle. Food is supplied from the strained food receiving chamber to an infant through the nipple. A peg is molded or otherwise rigidly affixed to the other of the caps at the second end of the hollow receptacle. The peg extends substantially perpendicularly to a flat base portion of the other of the caps. A suction member forming the support for the feeder is removably secured to a surface on which the feeder is to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Inventor: Ann H. Agner
  • Patent number: 4865239
    Abstract: A device for securing articles such as baby bottles or the like to the wrist of an infant includes a first length of tubing having at least one end removably secured to a "T" for forming a loop around an infant's wrist. A coupling is provided for joining the wirst loop to a second loop of material secured around an article such as a baby bottle whereby the article will not drop to the ground even if the infant releases its grip upon it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Inventor: Donald J. Timbrook
  • Patent number: 4809938
    Abstract: An envelope having a strap upon its upper side in which a baby bottle is retained for nursing, wherein said envelope simulates the characteristics of an animated figure, and wherein the front side of said envelope simulates the facial characteristics of the figure, and wherein the strap parts constitutes the nose of the figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Inventors: Sara J. Skinner, Gregory S. Skinner
  • Patent number: 4799636
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder having an enclosure into which the bottle is inserted. A curved surface of the holder permits rocking of the holder upon the bottle being emptied. A weight in the holder imparts rocking movement to the holder upon termination of nursing effort by the infant. An internal wall of the holder insulates the bottle as well as defines air passageways to ease bottle insertion and removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Inventor: William M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4776546
    Abstract: A bib-like device for assisting in nursing a child and improving bonding between a parent and the child. The device includes a bib-like member made from a fabric, such as terry cloth, comfortable for the child. The device defined includes a generally mammary-shaped area defining a pouch therein for retaining a container of liquid, such as formula, milk, juice, or water for the child. The pouch is sized to receive the container therein and communicates with a opening in the fabric for permitting a nipple on the container to protrude therefrom. When worn by either parent, the device improves bonding between the child and parent, especially for the male, by anatomically simulating the female.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventors: Alfred L. Goldson, Amy R. Goldson
  • Patent number: 4759963
    Abstract: A universally adaptable fastening device for fastening fishing poles to railings, which has a quick release function is provided by an elasticized band of about one foot long having a Velcro fastening mechanism to secure the two ends together. This band is fastened to the railing. A band of non-stretchable material having a Velcro fastening mechanism to secure the two ends together is permanently attached crosswise to the elasticized band, closer to one end thereof. This band is fastened to the fishing pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Inventors: Madrid Uso, Jr., Londres Uso
  • Patent number: 4754903
    Abstract: A softdrink carrier adapted to be worn around the neck of a user comprises an elongated strip having a central longitudinal slot defining a pair of separable shoulder straps forming a V-shaped opening to receive the user's head. A pouch forming member at one end of the strip is reverse folded over and in registry with the strip. The sides of the pouch forming member and strip are interconnected to define therebetween an upwardly opening pouch adapted to receive a cup of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Inventor: William M. Dennis
  • Patent number: 4750696
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a baby bottle holder which comprises a baby grasper and a baby bottle holder with a bottle clamp; the baby grasper is put around a baby's body and has two protruding lengthwise edges, a flattened middle section with an arch curvature about its thickness and a curved slot under and along one of the edges; the bottle holder comprises a bottle clamp and an attachment section having a ball covered by a cover with a bolt which is put through the curved slot. The bottle holder can be screwed tightly on the baby grasper by tightening a nut on the bolt. The location of the bottle holder on the baby grasper can be changed to any location along the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Inventor: Lee Shan-Liang
  • Patent number: 4726551
    Abstract: This baby bottle holder enables a baby to feed from a bottle unassisted. Primarily, it consists of a pillow with a body wrap attached that includes flaps for securing it to the baby. It also includes a bottle holder block attached to one flap, which is provided with an elastic strap that holds and retains the baby bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: JB&J, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill A. Randall, William C. Randall
  • Patent number: 4723801
    Abstract: A clip on baby bottle holder is provided and consists of a handle member and two C-shaped clamp members which engage a baby bottle. The handle can be gripped by a baby and also be used as a teething member. In a modification only one C-shaped clamp member is used to engage a baby bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Inventors: Salvatore Musumeci, Lorraine Musumeci
  • Patent number: 4722713
    Abstract: A baby's toy having a flexible arched support, fasteners at each end of the arched support for attaching it to a crib, things to arouse attention, and belt-like members for connecting the things to arouse attention to the arched support. The arched support has an elongated body element formed from a foamed plastic material which is flexible and substantially noncompressible under load. The elongated foamed plastic material is covered, preferably with cloth. In a preferred embodiment, the arched support has two generally elongated body elements made of the substantially noncompressible foamed plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
    Inventors: D. Michael Williams, Lois E. Kelly
  • Patent number: 4718623
    Abstract: A nursing bottle holder comprising body straps surrounding the bottle and a neck strap enclosing the neck of the bottle. Suspension straps are secured to the holder at upper and lower ends, and include fastening means to join the ends of the suspension strap together. A piece of hook and loop tape is slidingly engaged along the suspension strap, to engage a complementary portion of hook and loop tape provided on a car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Inventor: Alice M. McClure
  • Patent number: 4655715
    Abstract: A thin, lightweight, nursing bottle holder with handles for the movement of the holder by a baby includes a picture display at the distal end for attracting the baby's attention. The picture in the display is preferably one which changes as the bottle holder is tilted so that the baby will learn hand/eye and hand/mouth coordination while motivating the baby to continue the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Inventors: F. Rene Van de Carr, Marc Lehrer
  • Patent number: 4630793
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder system that includes an elongated, flexible belt removably attached to a pair of arms extending from a child's seat such as a stroller or a high chair and a biasable loop member adapted to hold a baby bottle connected to the center portion of the belt. In the non-use position, the belt hangs downwards and the loop member is disposed below the horizontal plane of the pair of arms. In the use position, the child has pulled the bottle upwards to his mouth and the loop member is positioned above the plane of the arms. A unitary biasable belt and loop member or a biasable loop member attached to a flexible belt can be used. Removable attaching means such as snap-on connections are used to secure the belt to the arms of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Inventor: Leslye Hunter
  • Patent number: 4564957
    Abstract: A baby bottle security garment is provided. The baby bottle security garment includes in combination a garment for covering at least part of the chest area of an infant, a sleeve piece for removably receiving and securing therein a baby bottle, and a strap member for securing the sleeve piece to the garment. Because of the way of securing the sleeve piece to the garment, the sleeve piece hangs from the garment and is normally positioned proximate the chest area of an infant wearing the garment when the chest area of the infant is in an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Inventor: Ruth Scharf
  • Patent number: 4513935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nursing bottle support. The object is to sustain the nursing bottle in position to enable the baby to ingest the liquid food contained therein. It consists of a tripod from which two strings hang therefrom to support a wire framework wherein the nursing bottle is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Inventor: Everado M. Aguirre
  • Patent number: 4498613
    Abstract: A support device is provided for nursing bottles and young child amusement items comprising a body encircling, resilient and adjustable strap having secured to a center, front portion thereof one end of a pliable, but non-extendible, band member approximately 9-inches long, the other end of said band member being fixedly secured to one side of a frustoconically contoured elastic loop member adapted to interlockingly engage the neck portion of nursing bottles and undercut portions of amusement devices.The body encircling strap has free ends joined at the back of the wearer by a "Velcro" fastener or other adjustable fastener means permitting easy under-the-arm or over-the-shoulder attachment to, or detachment from, a young child; and the elasticity of the frustoconical elastic loop member permits easy adult attachment to, and detachment from, nursing bottles and appropriate child amusement items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Inventors: Barbara S. Donahue, Irene Ficca
  • Patent number: 4473907
    Abstract: A combined enclosure and support for an infant's feeding bottle in which the bottle is inserted with the nipple projecting upwards in a position to facilitate the infant's feeding itself. The invention is formed of two principal portions, a bib which covers the chest area and a lower appended enclosure for the bottle. Straps attached to the bib are provided for securing the bib about the infant's neck. The enclosure contains an outward facing vertical slot. Across this slot are horizontal elastic straps that are separated from one another in the vertical direction. The spacing between the elastic straps permits a visual determination of the amount of fluid remaining in the bottle without removal, while the elasticity of the straps accommodates a variety of bottle sizes. The bib and enclosure, in one embodiment, are formed of quilted material to provide insulation designed to maintain the bottle at its initial temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Inventor: Susan Maillard
  • Patent number: 4416438
    Abstract: A bottle holder for holding a baby's feeding bottle comprises an elongated flexible member having a loop at one end for securing about the neck of a feeding bottle, and an anchoring suction cup at the other end for selectively mounting on a smooth support surface in a feeding area or station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Inventor: Sterling J. King
  • Patent number: 4405106
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder includes a base for resting upon the chest of an infant, a bottle holding member hinged to the forwardmost edge of the base for extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, and a prop hinged to the rear end of the bottle holding member for engaging the base portion at one of a plurality of points disposed at varying distances from the forwardmost edge thereof to vary the angle at which the baby bottle is held. The bottle holding member includes a clamp for releasably engaging a conventionally-sized baby bottle. The base, bottle holding member and a prop are preferably formed as a single piece using a plastic molding or forming process to provide living hinges between the base and the bottle holding member and between the bottle holding member and the prop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Inventor: Teri A. Adler