Flexible neck baby bottle
OwnerBernice Simpsoninventor
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Abstract
A flexible neck baby bottle (10) comprises a nursing container (12) having a neck (14) at an open end, to hold a liquid therein. A nipple assembly (16) is adapted to be received in a mouth (18) of a baby (20). A structure (22) is for mounting in a watertight sealed manner the nipple assembly (16) to the neck (14) of the nursing container (12). A facility (24) in the nursing container (12) directly below the neck (14), is for allowing bending of the neck (14) with the mounting structure (22) and the nipple assembly (16) freely in any direction without inhibiting a flow of the liquid from the nursing container (12) out through the nipple assembly (16) and into the mouth (18) of the baby (20), so that the baby can easily maneuver and orient the nipple assembly (16) at any angle when nursing.
Claims1
A flexible neck baby bottle comprising:
- a) a nursing container having a neck at an open end, to hold a liquid therein;
- b) a nipple assembly adapted to be received in a mouth of a baby comprising an artificial teat having an annular lip and a cylindrical connector having an annular socket at one end to receive said annular lip of said teat and a flange at the other end of said connector;
- c) means for mounting in a watertight sealed manner said nipple assembly to said neck of said nursing container comprising external threads on said neck, an annular cap nut having internal threads at one end of said nut for engaging said external threads and the opposite end of said nut having means for clamping the flange of said connector onto a rim of said neck as said annular cap nut is tightened on the neck of said nursing container;
- d) means in said nursing container directly below said neck for allowing bending of said neck by the baby with said mounting means and said nipple assembly freely in any direction without inhibiting a flow of the liquid from said nursing container out through said nipple assembly and into the mouth of the baby comprising a corrugated circular bellows integral with said nursing container between said cylindrical body and said neck, said bellows including a plurality of annular, circular ridges with a plurality of annular, circular recesses between said annular ridges made out of a plastic sufficiently soft and pliable to permit both bending in any direction by movement of the baby as well as compression and expansion when bent, so that the baby can easily maneuver and orient said nipple assembly at any angle when nursing;
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- e) means in said nursing container directly below said bending means comprising a plurality of annular grooves formed in said nursing container to receive the fingers of a hand of the baby for allowing a better gripping of said nursing container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.