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US 11,730,680 B2Granted
Baby bottle with flexible nipple regions
AssigneeMayborn (UK) Limited
InventorsArnold Rees, Ian Webb, Mark Armstrong, Tom Cotton
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Abstract
According to a first embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, and nipple. The nipple comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion allowing movement of the teat portion towards and away from the base portion. According to a second embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, nipple and handle portion removeably secured to the vessel by the collar. The invention includes a flexible region or regions to provide a more natural feeding by closely mimicking the human breast.
Claims30
A baby bottle, comprising:
- a vessel with an opening comprising a rim;
- and
- an assembly configured to mount and seal over the vessel comprising:
- a collar configured to removably couple to a nipple and mount over the vessel opening;
- and
- a nipple having a teat with an aperture, a base, an areola portion between the teat and the base, and a flange configured to seal over the vessel rim,
- i. wherein the flange extends from a substantially cylindrical lower portion of the base to define the outermost nipple circumference, and
- ii. wherein an air vent projects internally into the nipple interior below the teat, and
- wherein the nipple and collar together define a breast shape comprising a teat projecting from a domed configuration that extends outwardly and downwardly to a widest circumferential edge of the collar.
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A baby bottle, comprising:
- a vessel with an opening comprising a rim;
- and
- an assembly configured to mount and seal over the vessel comprising:
- a collar configured to removably couple to a nipple and mount over the vessel opening;
- and
- a nipple having a teat with an aperture, a base, an areola portion between the teat and the base, and a flange configured to seal over the vessel rim,
- i. wherein the flange extends from a lower portion of the base to define the outermost nipple circumference, and
- ii. wherein an air vent projects internally into the nipple interior below the teat, and
- wherein the nipple and collar together define a breast shape having a domed configuration extending from the teat outwardly and downwardly to a widest circumferential edge of the collar.
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A baby bottle, comprising:
- a vessel with an opening comprising a rim;
- and
- an assembly configured to mount and seal over the vessel comprising:
- a collar configured to removably couple to a nipple and mount over the vessel opening;
- and
- a nipple having a teat with an aperture, a base, an areola portion between the teat and the base, and a flange,
- i. wherein the flange extends circumferentially from a lower portion of the base to seal over the vessel rim, and
- ii. wherein an air vent projects internally into the nipple interior below the teat, and
- wherein the nipple and collar together define a wide circular breast shape having a domed configuration extending outwardly and downwardly from the teat to a circumferential edge of the collar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.