Teat Unit for Feeding Bottles
AssigneeMedela Holding AG
InventorPeter Vischer
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Abstract
A teat unit for a feeding bottle has a teat and an adjustment mechanism. The teat can be changed, in terms of its shape or stiffness, by the adjustment mechanism. In this way, one and the same teat can be used with different outward forms. The teat can be adapted to the needs of the baby before or during feeding.
Claims25
A teat unit for a feeding bottle comprising:
- a teat;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism for manually changing the shape or stiffness of the teat.
A teat unit for a feeding bottle, comprising:
- a teat having an extensible portion for at least part of the teat;
- an adjustment mechanism which is mounted to the feeding bottle, the adjustment mechanism having a driver part which engages the interior of the teat, and an element that moves the driver part relative to the feeding bottle to thereby change a contour of the teat.
An improved liquid feeding nipple, the nipple having a fluid delivery end and a base, with at least a portion of the nipple being extensible between the delivery end and the base and defining a length therebetween, wherein the improvement comprises a mechanism mounted to extend a driver member within the nipple interior, the driver member being manually adjustable by a user to extend or contract the nipple length so as to change an exterior dimension of the nipple.
A feeding nipple, for a liquid such as milk, comprising:
- a flexible teat having an axis extending along a path for fluid delivery,
- a mechanism mounted internal to the teat which can contact the teat, and
- a driver for moving the mechanism and the teat relative to each other to thereby change the external shape of the teat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.