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US 6,695,869 B2Granted
Pacifier
AssigneePlaytex Products, Inc.
InventorsWilliam E Fitzpatrick, Aiden J Petrie, Richard D La Torre
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Abstract
There is provided a one-piece pacifier that has two substrates in which the second or outer substrate overmolds onto the first or inner substrate. The two substrates for the pacifier form a shield for the pacifier. The outer substrate forms the pacifier's nipple. The pacifier is made by forming a plurality of holes in the inner substrate and overmolding the outer substrate onto the inner substrate to form a nipple and a shield for the pacifier.
Claims18
A pacifier comprising:
- a first substrate having a primary hole and a plurality of secondary holes;
- and
- a second substrate that overmolds onto said first substrate, wherein said first and second substrates form a shield for said pacifier, and wherein said second substrate covers only some of said plurality of secondary holes and alone forms a nipple for said pacifier.
A one-piece pacifier comprising:
- a rigid material substrate having a primary hole and a plurality of secondary holes;
- and
- an elastomeric material coating that is overmolded onto said rigid material substrate, wherein said rigid material substrate and elastomeric material coating form a shield, and wherein said elastomeric material coating covers only some of said plurality of secondary holes and alone forms a hollow nipple.
A method of making a pacifier comprising:
- forming a primary hole and a plurality of secondary holes in an inner substrate;
- and
- overmolding an outer material onto said inner substrate to cover only some of said plurality of secondary holes to form a nipple and a shield for the pacifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.