US 2022/0192930 A1 · INFANT PACIFIER

Abstract

An anatomically emulating infant pacifier for a sucking infant's mouth has a substantially spherical silicone ball member with a hollow interior portion or cavity that may be designed to hold a gas or a liquid. A substantially circular, areola emulating, portion is disposed on the silicone ball member with a plurality of protrusions disposed therein. A nipple member centers the areola emulating portion, protruding perpendicularly from the areola emulating portion at a distal end of the nipple emulating member. The proximal end of the nipple emulating member, which may have at least one hole disposed therethrough, has a diameter substantially equivalent from the distal end, the middle portion of the nipple member narrower than the distal and proximal ends. The hollow interior portion of the silicone ball member is designed to equalize to the prevalent gas or air pressure, the silicone ball member designed to be squeezable by the baby to emulate a human breast.

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Dependent claims

An anatomically emulating infant pacifier for a sucking infant's mouth comprising:

a substantially spherical, silicone ball member with a hollow interior portion or cavity, wherein the cavity is filled with a predetermined amount of one of either a gas or liquid and is hermetically sealed to retain the gas or liquid;
a substantially circular, areola emulating, portion disposed or formed on the silicone ball member, the areola-emulating portion including a plurality of protrusion members disposed within the substantially circular, areola emulating portion;
and
a nipple emulating member substantially centering the substantially circular, areola emulating portion and having proximal and distal ends, the nipple emulating member having a substantially cylindrical configuration with the distal end coupled to and protruding longitudinally up from the areola emulating portion;
wherein the hollow interior portion of the silicone ball member is adapted to equalize to a prevalent gas pressure such that the silicone ball member is squeezable by the infant to emulate the feel of a human breast.

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An infant feeding bottle comprising:

a substantially spherical ball member with a hollow interior portion or cavity, wherein the spherical ball member is laterally divided at a horizontal plane located at or near a middle portion of the spherical ball member thereby forming at least two separable portions that include an upper ball portion and a lower ball portion, each of the two separable ball portions adapted to be coupled to each other via respective helically threaded male and female elements at a middle portion;
a substantially circular, areola-emulating portion disposed or formed on the upper spherical ball portion, the areola-emulating portion including a plurality of protrusion members disposed within the substantially circular, areola emulating portion, wherein the horizontal plane is substantially coplanar to the substantially circular, areola emulating, portion;
and
a nipple-emulating member substantially centering the substantially circular, areola emulating portion and having proximal and distal ends, the nipple emulating member having a substantially cylindrical configuration with the distal end coupled to and protruding longitudinally up from the areola emulating portion, wherein the nipple portion includes a least one self-closing hole at the proximal end adapted to dispense a fluid located within the cavity;
a stand assembly coupled to or in contact with a base of the lower portion of the spherical ball member;
and
a handle assembly including a ring member supporting a right-side handle member and a left-side handle member, the handle assembly coupled to the lower helically threaded portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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