Nipple pacifier
AssigneeBamed AG
InventorPeter Röhrig
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Abstract
A pacifier nipple with a subdivided, elastomeric nipple body (1) comprising a fastening portion (2), a neck portion (3) and a head portion (4) and in which a receiving space (6) for substances, e.g. a medicament for oral administration, is provided; this receiving space (6) is provided in the head portion (4) that is separated from the neck portion (3), and the head portion (4) is formed by a reversible hood (7) provided with a sealing lip (9′) abutting on the remaining nipple body (2, 3) and liftable therefrom.
Claims15
A pacifier nipple with a subdivided, elastomeric nipple body comprising:
- a fastening portion;
- a neck portion;
- and
- a head portion including a substance-receiving space covered by a wall;
- wherein the wall is formed by an outwardly reversible hood connected with the neck portion and forming the head portion having a rim which forms a sealing lip abutting on a front end side of the neck portion at an edge thereof and liftable therefrom.
A method of producing a nipple with a subdivided, elastomeric nipple body, said nipple body including a fastening portion, a neck portion, and a head portion having a substance-receiving space covered by a wall, said wall being formed by an outwardly reversible hood connected with the neck portion and forming the head portion having a rim which forms a sealing lip abutting on a front end side of the neck portion at an edge thereof and liftable therefrom, the method comprising the steps of:
- injection molding the nipple body with the hood in an outwardly reversed position;
- and
- turning back the hood to a normal position in which the rim is located adjacent the neck portion, after the nipple has been removed from the mould.
A device for producing a nipple with a subdivided, elastomeric nipple body, said nipple body including a fastening portion, a neck portion, and a head portion having a substance-receiving space covered by a wall, said wall being formed by an outwardly reversible hood connected with the neck portion and forming the head portion having a rim which forms a sealing lip abutting on a front end side of the neck portion at an edge thereof and liftable therefrom, comprising:
- a mould corresponding to the nipple body, wherein the mould has an associated core for forming the outwardly reversed hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.