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US 4,944,704 AGranted
Toy-shaped musical nurser
OwnerCarol Graceinventor
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Abstract
A musical nurser includes a bottle portion having a detachable base and a removable nipple opposite the base. A music box is mounted within the detachable base, and a removable cap is provided for enclosing the nipple. The bottle portion, the detachable musical base and the removable cap are each shaped so as to form, when assembled, a unitary structure having a toy-like shape.
Claims6
A musical nurser comprising:
- a bottle portion having an open end adapted to receive thereon a nipple and having a closed end opposite said open end;
- a base portion detachably mountable on said closed end of said bottle portion, said base portion including a bottom wall having an aperture therethrough;
- a cap portion detachably mountable over said nipple at said open end of said bottle portion;
- a music source comprising a wind-up music box fully enclosed within said base portion;
- user-actuable means comprising a key for actuating said music source, said key extending through said aperture and including an upper flange of greater dimension than said aperture for preventing complete withdrawal of said key through said bottom wall;
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- said bottle portion, said base portion and said cap portion each being shaped so as to form, when joined to each other, a unitary structure having a predetermined toy-like shape.
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A musical nurser system comprising:
- a plurality of bottle portions, each of said bottle portions having the shape of a portion of a predetermined toy-like shape and having an open end adapted to receive thereon a nipple and having a closed end opposite said open end;
- a first base portion adapted to detachably engage said closed ends of said plurality of bottle portions said first base portion having the shape of a portion of the predetermined toy-like shape;
- a second base portion adapted to detachably engage said closed ends of said plurality of bottle portions, said base portion having the shape of a portion of the predetermined toy-like shape;
- a cap portion having the shape of a portion of the predetermined toy-like shape adapted to removably enclose the nipples at said open ends of said bottle portions;
- a first music source within said first base portion;
- a second music source within said second base position, said second music source being openable to provide a different musical tune from said first music source;
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- said first and second base portions, said cap portion and each of said bottle portions being shaped so as to form a unitary structure having the predetermined toy-like shape when said cap portion and one of said bottle portions are assembled with one of said first and second base portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.