Infant feeder

An infant feeder comprising:

• a handle formed on a proximal-distal axis, the handle having a base, a handle portion of the handle distally extending from the base and a tongue of the handle proximally extending from the base, the tongue having a proximal end, a tongue sidewall distally extending from the proximal end of the tongue;
• a radially inwardly extending, circumferential first groove formed on the tongue sidewall, a radially inwardly extending, circumferential second groove formed on the tongue sidewall, a circumferential sidewall portion of the tongue sidewall distally spacing the first groove from the second groove, the circumferential sidewall portion having a uniform cross section;
• a pouch assembly comprising a pouch and a collar releasably joined to the pouch, the pouch having a proximal end and an open distal end, a sidewall of the pouch being formed of a flexible material and bounding a food volume, a plurality of holes formed in the pouch sidewall to permit the passage of food therethrough, the pouch sidewall having an inner surface, a radially inwardly extending bead formed on the inner surface of the pouch sidewall to be adjacent the distal end of the pouch, the bead sized to be received in either the first groove or the second groove, the pouch sidewall comprising an outer surface, a radially outwardly extending circumferential pouch flange formed on the outer surface of the pouch sidewall near the distal end of the pouch, a collar groove formed on the inner sidewall of the collar and sized to receive the pouch flange;
• wherein in a first configuration, the bead is disposed in the first groove, and wherein in order to place the infant feeder in a second configuration, a predetermined axial force is exerted on the collar relative to the handle, thereby dislodging the bead of the pouch from the first groove, axially sliding the bead in a distal direction along the circumferential sidewall portion of the tongue until the second groove is met and snapping the bead into the second groove, thereby decreasing the food volume.

An infant feeder comprising:

• a handle extending along a central axis, the handle comprising a base extending laterally from the handle and a tongue extending proximally from the base, a width of the tongue being less than both a width of the base and a width of the handle, the tongue comprising includes a first detent and a second detent axially spaced from each other the first detent and the second detent being defined above a horizontal plane corresponding to the base;
• a pouch assembly removably coupled to the tongue and defining an internal food volume, the pouch assembly comprising:
• a flexible pouch with a plurality of openings for dispensing food;
• and
• a mating detent configured to selectively engage the first or second detent of the tongue, such that when the pouch assembly is in a first position, the mating detent engages the first detent, and in response to an axial force, the pouch assembly transitions to a second position in which the mating detent engages the second detent.