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US 2006/0069409 A1Published application
Pacifier deterrent
OwnerSusan Morrisinventor
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Abstract
A pacifier deterrent includes an artificial, flexible nipple for being sucked on by a child. A coating is applied to the nipple, and has a pungent taste adapted to wean the child of a sucking habit. A mouth guard is located at a base of the nipple, and is designed to prevent the pacifier deterrent from being sucked completely into a mouth of the child.
Claims10
A pacifier deterrent, comprising:
- an artificial, flexible nipple for being sucked on by a child;
- a coating applied to said nipple, and having a pungent taste adapted to wean the child of a sucking habit;
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- a mouth guard located at a base of said nipple, and designed to prevent said pacifier deterrent from being sucked completely into a mouth of the child.
1 more element
A method for weaning a child of a sucking habit comprising the step of applying a pungent coating to an artificial, flexible nipple of a pacifier adapted to be sucked on by the child.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.