Pacifier
OwnerPentti Alanen, Eva Söderlinginventors
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a pacifying or a feeding dummy comprising an actual mouthpiece (10) and a cover piece (11) for attaching the dummy to a feeding bottle. The actual mouthpiece comprises a piece made of an elastic material to be held in the mouth of a baby between the tongue and the palate. The mouthpiece of the pacifying dummy can be either a hollow or a solid piece. The invention is characterized in that the wall (13) of the hollow mouthpiece or the solid mouthpiece has a space (14) formed into it for the insertion of a dosage unit (20) containing an active agent.
Claims19
A pacifying or a feeding dummy, which comprises a mouthpiece and a cover for attaching the dummy to a feeding bottle, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a piece made of an elastic material to be held in a mouth of a baby between the tongue and the palate and a part to be held between the alveoli in the mouth of a baby and wherein the mouthpiece of the pacifying dummy is either a hollow or a solid piece, the mouthpiece having one end that is to be located in the mouth of the baby,
- the mouthpiece having a wall that contains a pouch for insertion of an active agent-containing dosage unit and
- the wall of the mouthpiece having an outside and the pouch including an insertion orifice through which an active agent-containing dosage unit is inserted into the pouch, the insertion orifice being positioned on the outside of the mouthpiece wall between the part to be held between the alveoli and the one end of said mouthpiece.
A pacifying or a feeding dummy, comprising a mouthpiece that includes a piece made of an elastic material to be held in the mouth of a baby between the tongue and the palate and a part to be held between the alveoli in the mouth of the baby, the mouthpiece having a tip end that is to be located in the mouth of the baby, the mouthpiece having an outer surface extending from the tip end to said part to be held between the alveoli in the mouth of the baby, the mouthpiece being provided with a pouch for receiving an active agent-containing dosage unit, the mouthpiece also including an insertion orifice communicating with the pouch and opening to said outer surface of the mouthpiece through which the active agent-containing dosage unit is inserted into the pouch.
A pacifying or a feeding dummy, comprising a mouthpiece that includes a piece made of an elastic material to be held in the mouth of a baby between the tongue and the palate and a part to be held between the alveoli in the mouth of the baby, the mouthpiece having an outer surface and a tip end located in the mouth of the baby, the mouthpiece being provided with a pouch for receiving an active agent-containing dosage unit, the mouthpiece also including an insertion orifice communicating with the pouch and opening exteriorly of the mouthpiece to insert an active agent-containing dosage unit into the pouch, the insertion orifice extending transverse to a direction of extent of the pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.