Baby Bottle Preparation
AssigneeIdeaz, LLC
InventorDavid Mathieu
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Abstract
A method of filling a baby bottle is provided which comprises providing a baby bottle containing a hermetically sealed bottle liner, which contains a measured amount of powdered infant formula. The bottle liner comprises a lip retainer for preventing the bottle liner from falling into the bottle. The hermetic seal on the bottle liner may be opened. The method includes disposing filtered, heated water into the liner to mix with the powdered infant formula. A cap and nipple assembly is applied to the bottle.
Claims25
A method of filling a baby bottle, comprising:
- a) providing a bottle liner containing a predetermined amount of powdered infant formula, dimensionally and volumetrically compressed along a first direction corresponding to a depth dimension of the baby bottle, and substantially sealed against the entry of ambient air;
- b) opening the seal of the bottle liner, allowing the bottle liner to dimensionally and volumetrically expand along the first direction sufficiently so as to accommodate an appropriate amount of water based on the predetermined amount of powdered infant formula;
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- c) dispensing filtered, heated water in the appropriate amount into the bottle liner to mix with the powdered infant formula.
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A baby bottle liner, comprising:
- a container including walls defining an enclosure containing a predetermined amount of powdered infant formula, the container being further:
- dimensionally and volumetrically compressed along a first direction corresponding to a depth dimension of a baby bottle;
- substantially sealed against the entry of ambient air;
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- upon the seal being opened, dimensionally and volumetrically expandable along the first direction sufficiently so as to accommodate an appropriate amount of water for mixing with the powdered infant formula based on the predetermined amount thereof.
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A pod for mixing water and powdered infant formula, the pod comprising:
- walls defining a body, the body containing a predetermined amount of powdered infant formula;
- an inlet aperture for admitting water into the body for mixing with the powdered infant formula;
- an outlet aperture for dispensing a liquid infant formula mixture;
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- a screen disposed across the outlet aperture, the screen being configured to substantially prevent the infant formula from being dispensed through the outlet aperture in the powdered form, but to permit the infant formula to be dispensed through the outlet aperture upon the same having been mixed with the admitted water sufficiently to dissolve therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.