Vessel for breast milk collection, preservation, transportation, and delivery
AssigneeCeres Chill Co.
InventorElizabeth Joy Myers
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Abstract
A vessel includes an inner container, an outer container, a connector, a cap, and a lid. The outer container includes a first coupler and an outer chamber. The inner container includes a second coupler and an inner chamber to hold a liquid. The inner container is receivable at least partially within the outer chamber. The connector includes a third coupler that is complementary to the first coupler, and a fourth coupler that is complementary to the second coupler. When both the first coupler is engaged with the third coupler and the second coupler is engaged with the fourth coupler, the outer chamber is entirely enclosed within a liquid-proof barrier.
Claims16
A method of storing liquid, the method comprising:
- transferring liquid to an inner chamber of an inner container;
- coupling an inner container coupler of the inner container to a first coupler of a connector;
- inserting the inner container into an outer chamber of an outer container;
- coupling an outer container coupler of the outer container to a second coupler of the connector such that the connector defines a gap between the inner container and the outer container;
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- providing a third coupler of the connector for coupling to a lid coupler of a lid, wherein the third coupler of the connector is complementary to the outer container coupler of the outer container.
A method of connecting containers, comprising:
- coupling a first coupler of a connector to an outer container coupler of an outer container,
- wherein the first coupler of the connector is discontinuous with a second coupler of the connector such that the outer container coupler cannot transition from engagement with the first coupler to engagement with the second coupler without first disengaging from the first coupler and the first complex of the connector and the second coupler of the connector have a same diameter;
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- coupling a third coupler of the connector to an inner container coupler of an inner container,
- wherein the third coupler is different than the first coupler and the second coupler, and
- the third coupler is radially inward of the first coupler and the second coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.