Nursing brassiere
OwnerSamuel Hershkovichinventor
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Abstract
A nursing brassiere having two identical cups into which a user's natural breast nipples are removably inserted, each cup having a centered aperture removably engaging an artificial nipple having a flow meter assembly therein. The flow meter assembly provides a pegged wheel with pegs extending from the perimeter and a counter. Each time an infant consumes milk through an artificial nipple, the milk flow contact with the pegs turns the wheel which activates the counter to count the number of wheel turns. The counter operationally wirelessly communicates with a remote central processing unit which stores the number of wheel turns for each breastfeeding session and determines and displays the volume of milk. A reset button restarts the count of the number of wheel turns.
Claims6
A nursing brassiere comprising, in combination:
- a brassiere having a right side surface, a left side surface, a right cup, a left cup identical to the right cup, and a connection portion between the right cup and the left cup, each cup having an aperture centered therein, each aperture having a first side and a second side;
- a hollow semi-flexible unitary artificial nipple removably engaging each cup aperture, each nipple having an exterior wall and an interior wall, each nipple comprising:
- a circular base portion having a center opening;
- an extension portion protruding outwardly from the base portion, the extension portion having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end having a drinking slit therethrough, the rearward end conjoined with the base portion;
- an interior portion defined by the interior wall of the base portion and the extension portion;
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- a flow meter assembly disposed within the extension portion, the flow meter assembly comprising:
- a circular pegged wheel having a plurality of equidistantly spaced apart pegs radially extending outwardly from the perimeter of the wheel;
- a counter in operational communication with the wheel;
- a wireless transmitter operationally engaging the counter;
- a length of wiring in communication between the counter and the flow meter;
- a receiver disposed in the connection portion, the receiver in operational communication with the transmitter;
- a central processing unit disposed in the connection portion, the central processing unit having a display and in operational communication with the receiver and a source of power controlled by an on-off switch;
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- wherein milk flows through the nipple interior portion and over the pegs thereby turning the wheel whereby the counter is activated and whereby the activated counter selectively transmits a number of wheel turns to the receiver;
- wherein the receiver transmits the number of wheel turns to the central processing unit;
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- wherein the display displays the number of wheel turns whereby a volume of milk consumed by an infant through the nipple is determined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.