Container for collecting and storing breast milk
AssigneeCapitol Vial Inc.
InventorMark Ostrowski
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Abstract
A container for collecting and storing breast milk. More particularly, one embodiment provides a container for collecting and storing breast milk obtained using a breast pump, comprising: a body, wherein the body has an open end with a lip, a closed end and a cavity between the open end and the closed end for receiving therein the breast milk; a cap; a hinge disposed adjacent the open end of the body for connecting the cap to the body; a sealing mechanism disposed on the cap, wherein the sealing mechanism provides a resealable, watertight seal between the cap and the lip of the body when the cap is placed thereon; and at least one thread disposed at the open end of the body, wherein the thread is configured to provide a screw-on connection between the body and the breast pump.
Claims21
A container for collecting and storing breast milk obtained using a breast pump, comprising:
- a body, wherein the body has an open end with a lip, a closed end and a cavity between the open end and the closed end for receiving therein the breast milk;
- an unthreaded cap;
- a hinge disposed adjacent the open end of the body for integrally connecting the cap to the body so that the body, hinge and cap are a unitary structure;
- a sealing mechanism disposed on the cap, wherein the sealing mechanism provides a resealable, watertight seal between the cap and the lip of the body when the cap is placed thereon;
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- at least one thread disposed at the open end of the body, wherein the thread is configured to provide a screw-on connection between the body and the breast pump.
A container for collecting breast milk obtained using a breast pump and for feeding the breast milk to a baby using a feeding nipple, comprising:
- a body, wherein the body has an open end with a lip, a closed end and a cavity between the open end and the closed end for receiving therein the breast milk from the breast pump;
- an unthreaded cap;
- a hinge disposed adjacent the open end of the body for integrally connecting the cap to the body so that the body, hinge and cap are a unitary structure;
- a sealing mechanism disposed on the cap, wherein the sealing mechanism provides a resealable, watertight seal between the cap and the lip of the body when the cap is placed thereon;
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- at least one thread disposed at the open end of the body, wherein the thread is configured to provide a screw-on connection between the body and the breast pump when collecting the breast milk and a screw-on connection between the body and the feeding nipple when feeding the breast milk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.