Squeezable feeding container
OwnerRoberto Verdaguerinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a container which includes an applicator structure, preferably in the form of a spoon secured to the open end of the container in which food is stored. Squeezing and/or tilting of the container allows food to pass through the interior of the spoon and be delivered to an infant's mouth. A valve structure is disposed in flow-regulating relation between the food within the container and the applicator spoon. The valve may be moved between an open and closed position to prevent spillage and/or selectively allow food to pass onto the spoon when feeding of the infant is desired.
Claims6
An assembly for feeding food to infants, said assembly comprising:
- a. a container including a hollow interior structured to store food therein and including an open end communicating with said hollow interior,
- b. a retaining structure attached to said container in adjacent relation to said open end,
- c. an applicator means for delivering food from said container to the infant's mouth and interconnected to said container by said retaining structure in communicating relation with said open end and said hollow interior,
- d. said applicator means comprising an elongated hollow interior defining a flow path for food from said container to the infant,
- e. valve means for regulating flow of food from said hollow interior of said container to said flow path and being selectively positionable between an open position and a closed position,
- f. said open position defining open communication between said flow path and said hollow interior and said closed position defining closed communication between said flow path and said hollow interior,
- g. said valve means comprising a first plate mounted in at least partially covering relation to said open end and including a first passage extending therethrough and disposed in communication with said hollow interior of said container;
- and a second plate connected to said applicator means and movable therewith and rotatable therewith relative to said first plate and said retaining structure and mounted adjacent said first plate and including a second passage extending therethrough and disposed in communication with said flow path,
- h. said first plate and said second plate being disposed in removable, confronting relation to one another and removably and collectively sandwiched substantially within said retaining structure and in covering relation to said open end of said container,
- i. said retaining structure comprising a recess formed therein and said first plate comprising a projecting member extending outwardly therefrom beyond said second plate and into received engagement within said recess of said retaining structure, and
- j. said projecting member and recess structurally adapted to be cooperatively dimensioned and configured to prevent relevant rotation between said retaining structure and said first plate when said projecting member and said recess are engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.