Feeding Bottle System
OwnerChantal Lau, David Nahmiasinventors
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Abstract
Feeding bottle (10) comprising a neck to which a teat (14) is attached, characterized in that it comprises at least two visual marks (20, 22) located on one and the same circumference near the neck or near the teat and separated from one another about the axis of the feeding bottle, one of these marks (20) defining one angular position of the feeding bottle (10) about its axis for which the other mark (22) indicates a point through which the free surface (24) of the liquid contained in the feeding bottle needs to pass in order for the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid at an outlet orifice (16) of the teat (14) to be substantially zero.
Claims23
A feeding bottle system, comprising a feeding bottle with a neck;
- and further comprising at least two visual positioning marks located on a same circumference in the vicinity of the neck or of a nipple, and separated from one another around an axis of the feeding bottle;
- one of these marks being configured to be positioned in an angular position around the axis of the feeding bottle for which an inclination of the bottle allows the other mark to pass through a free surface of a liquid contained in the feeding bottle, in order for the free surface of the liquid to pass in the vicinity of an outlet orifice of a nipple mounted to the neck, such that the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid at the outlet orifice of the nipple is substantially zero.
A feeding bottle system comprising:
- a feeding bottle comprising a body, a central axis, and a neck configured for mounting a nipple thereto;
- and
- at least two positioning marks, comprising:
- a central mark, configured for orienting an angular position of the bottle around its central axis so that the central mark faces upwards during feeding;
- and
- a side mark, configured in such a way as to guide a user to incline the bottle relative to the horizontal until an optimum inclination is reached where a free surface of a liquid inside the bottle simultaneously passes through both the side mark and an outlet orifice of a nipple mounted on the neck, thereby causing a hydrostatic pressure of the liquid, at the outlet orifice, to be substantially zero.
A calibrated nipple crown, comprising a standard nipple crown that has been modified to comprise:
- a central mark disposed on the nipple crown (defining a vertical reference line passing through the central mark);
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- three pairs of side positioning marks (22, 22′, and 22″) disposed on at least a side face of the nipple crown;
- wherein the side marks are also mirrored symmetrically across the vertical reference line onto an opposite side of the nipple crown;
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- further wherein:
- the first side mark 22 comprises a single line or bump/ridge;
- the second side mark 22′ comprises two, closely-spaced parallel lines or bumps/ridges;
- and the third side mark 22″ comprises three, closely-spaced parallel lines or bumps/ridges;
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- wherein the nipple crown further comprises:
- the label “100%” printed on the nipple crown next to the first side mark;
- the label “50%” printed on the nipple crown next to the second side mark;
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- the label “25%” printed on the nipple crown next to the third side mark.
A method of using a feeding bottle system, wherein the system comprises:
- a feeding bottle with a neck, a central axis, and a liquid contained within the bottle;
- a nipple, with an outlet orifice, mounted on the neck;
- a central positioning mark;
- and
- at least one side positioning mark;
- wherein the liquid has a free surface;
- and
- wherein the method comprises:
- a) adjusting an angular orientation of the feeding bottle around its central axis until the central positioning mark is facing upwards;
- and then
- b) adjusting the inclination of the bottle with respect to the horizontal in such a way so that the free surface of the liquid passes simultaneously through both the side positioning mark and the outlet orifice of the nipple;
- thereby causing the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid at the outlet orifice to be substantially zero.
A method of using a feeding bottle system to feed a baby, wherein the system comprises:
- a feeding bottle with a neck, a central axis, and liquid contained within the bottle;
- and
- a nipple, with an outlet orifice, mounted on the neck of the bottle using a transparent nipple crown;
- wherein the liquid has a free surface defining a liquid level;
- and
- wherein the method comprises:
- a) viewing the free surface of the liquid level through the transparent nipple crown;
- and
- b) adjusting the inclination of the bottle with respect to the horizontal until the free surface of the liquid level matches the lower edge of the baby's upper lip or matches the corner of the baby's lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.