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US 6,708,363 B2Granted
Infant pacifier cleaning container
OwnerL. Chris Larseninventor
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Abstract
A pacifier cleaner is disclosed that includes a container and a pacifier cleaner insert removably held in the container. The container encloses the pacifier while also holding a liquid for cleaning the pacifier. The insert is adapted to clean the nipple and the inside surface of the pacifier base while wet with a cleaning liquid distributed in the container. The insert may have clustered bristles, fingerlike extensions or flocked fibers. The pacifier base cleaning surface may have a convex shape to correspond with the shape of an inside surface of a pacifier base.
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A pacifier cleaner for cleaning a pacifier comprising
- a container adapted to contain a pacifier and to hold a liquid for cleaning a pacifier, and
- a pacifier cleaner insert,
- wherein the insert is configured to cooperate with the container so that the insert can be removably held in the container,
- wherein the insert has a pacifier base cleaning surface that is adapted to clean an inside surface of a pacifier base, and
- wherein the insert has nipple cleaning surface that defines a nipple chamber and that is adapted to contact a nipple of a pacifier along the length of the nipple, wherein the nipple chamber has a length that essentially corresponds with the length of a nipple of a pacifier, and
- wherein the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface are both adapted to be wetted as a liquid for cleaning a pacifier is distributed in the container to the cleaning surfaces so that the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface can respectively scrub the pacifier base and the nipple of the pacifier while wet with the cleaning liquid.
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A pacifier cleaner for cleaning a pacifier comprising:
- a container adapted to contain a pacifier and to hold a liquid for cleaning a pacifier, and
- a pacifier cleaner insert that is nonporous to a liquid held in the container for cleaning the pacifier,
- wherein the insert is configured to cooperate with the container so that the insert can be removably held in the container,
- wherein the insert has a top surface from which a plurality of extensions extend, wherein the extensions have terminal ends that act as a pacifier base cleaning surface to clean an inside surface of a pacifier base,
- wherein the insert has an interior surface from which a plurality of extensions extend, wherein the extensions have terminal ends that act as a nipple cleaning surface to clean a nipple of a pacifier along the length of the nipple, and
- wherein the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface are both adapted to be wetted as a liquid for cleaning a pacifier is distributed in the container to the cleaning surfaces so that the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface can respectively scrub the pacifier base and the nipple of the pacifier while wet with the cleaning liquid.
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A pacifier cleaner for cleaning a pacifier comprising:
- a container adapted to contain a pacifier and to hold a liquid for cleaning a pacifier,
- wherein the container includes a container base and a container lid, and
- a pacifier cleaner insert configured to cooperate with the container so that the insert can be removably held in the container,
- wherein the insert includes a top component and a bottom component,
- wherein the top component has a platform that has a top surface and that defines a nipple aperture, wherein a plurality of clustered bristles extend from the top surface, wherein the clustered bristles have terminal ends that act as a pacifier base cleaning surface to clean an inside surface of a pacifier base,
- wherein the bottom component has a sidewall with an interior surface from which a plurality of clustered bristles extend, wherein the clustered bristles have terminal ends that act as a nipple cleaning surface to clean a nipple of a pacifier along the length of the nipple, and
- wherein the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface are both adapted to be wetted as a liquid for cleaning a pacifier is distributed in the container to the cleaning surfaces so that the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface can respectively scrub the pacifier base and the nipple of the pacifier while wet with the cleaning liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.