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US 2006/0213857 A1Published application
Bottle that reduces the risk of tooth decay
OwnerCharlene Chen, N. Quachinventors
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Abstract
To reduce tooth decay in children such as infants, the feeding bottle contains two reservoirs where one reservoir substantially surrounds the other. Such construction permits the reservoirs to be more easily filled without spillage and allows the reservoirs to be more readily cleaned. Such construction also gives the illusion that only a preferred liquid is contained in the feeding bottle, thereby rendering it easier for parents to persuade a child to drink from the bottle.
Claims26
A nursing apparatus comprising:
- a bottle including a plurality of reservoirs for carrying different liquids, wherein at least one of the reservoirs is substantially surrounded by another one of the reservoirs;
- a conduit for providing a liquid into a child's mouth;
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- a valve interconnecting the reservoirs with the conduit, the valve selectively coupling the conduit in fluid communication with each of the reservoirs so that liquid carried in one of the reservoirs can be substituted for liquid carried in another one of the reservoirs without removing the conduit from a child's mouth.
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A method for using a nursing apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- a bottle including a first and a second reservoir for carrying different liquids;
- a conduit for providing a liquid into a child's mouth;
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- a valve interconnecting the reservoirs with the conduit, said method comprising:
- introducing a liquid into the first reservoir until a predetermined volume of liquid is contained in the first reservoir;
- and
- causing relative motion between the first and second reservoirs until the second reservoir is substantially surrounded by the first reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.