Nipple holder

A device for holding a plurality of baby bottle nipples for washing comprising, a rim member having opposed side portions and opposed end portions arranged in a flat plane, a plurality of spaced U-shaped longitudinal members each having a generally flat intermediate region and upwardly extending end regions, the end regions of each of said longitudinal members being joined to said end portions of said rim members, a plurality of spaced U-shaped transverse members each having a generally flat intermediate region and upwardly extending end regions, the end regions of each of said transverse members being joined to said side portions of said rim member, the intermediate regions of said longitudinal members intersecting the intermediate regions of said transverse members to form a first foraminous face of said device spaced from the plane of said rim member, a plurality of sets of protuberances disposed on the intermediate regions of said longitudinal members and said transverse members, each of said sets comprising four equal-spaced protuberances surrounding an intersection between a transverse member and a longitudinal member, the space between the protuberances of each set being slightly in excess of the diameter of the head of a nipple and the spacing between nearby sets being greater than the diameter of the base of the nipple, whereby said sets of protuberances receive the heads of nipples and position the nipples out of contact with each other, and a foraminous closure engageable with the rim member of the device, said closure providing another face for the device, said other face being spaced from said first face a distance slightly in excess of the height of the nipples whereby when said closure engages said rim member said closure prevents the heads of the nipples from being withdrawn from between said protuberances.