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US 5,611,622 AGranted
Pacifier and thermometer assembly
OwnerMac Wanginventor
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Abstract
The temperature detection probe of a digital thermometer may be detachably disposed within a pacifier nipple by forcibly inserting a coupling rod having a rounded split head which carries the probe through a stub tube having a circular bottom plate securing the base of the nipple to a base plate. A cover is provided for enclosing the nipple when the pacifier is not being used.
Claims4
A pacifier and thermometer assembly comprising a pacifier and a thermometer detachably connected to said pacifier, wherein said pacifier comprises:
- a base plate having a hole formed therethrough, a shoulder portion inside the hole of said base plate, and an inner thread around one end of the hole of said base plate;
- a nipple inserted through the hole of said base plate, the nipple having an outward flange at one end abutting the shoulder portion of said base plate;
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- a locating member fastened to said base plate to secure said nipple to said base plate, said locating member comprising a circular bottom plate having an outer thread around the periphery threaded into the inner thread of said base plate, means located on top of said circular bottom plate for maintaining said nipple in close contact with one side of said base plate, a center hole formed through said circular bottom plate for receiving said thermometer, and a stub tube extending upwardly from said circular bottom plate around the center hole of said locating member and fitted into the hole of said base plate.
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