Compartmentalized baby bottle and associated method
OwnerTravis Peresinventor
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Abstract
A compartmentalized baby bottle includes main and secondary interior compartments for housing and selectively introducing a soluble mix to a fluid, as needed by the caregiver. A plurality of conduits are formed along a bottom-most end of the main interior compartments for allowing the soluble mix to pass therethrough. A conduit-sealing mechanism is provided such that a care giver is permitted to selectively combine the mix and fluid together without prematurely exposing the mix. Advantageously, the conduit-sealing is selectively biased between open and closed positions for preventing the fluid and mix from undesirably mixing together until the care giver is ready to do same.
Claims14
A compartmentalized baby bottle for storing and selectively introducing a soluble mix to a predetermined quantity of fluid, said compartmentalized baby bottle comprising:
- a main interior compartment adapted to receive and hold the fluid therein, said main interior compartment having a plurality of conduits formed therein;
- a secondary interior compartment spaced apart from said main interior compartment and being adapted to receive and hold the soluble mix therein;
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- a conduit-sealing means for selectively maintaining said main interior compartment initially isolated from said secondary interior compartment during non-operating conditions;
- wherein said conduit-sealing means is intermediately and removably coupled to said main and secondary interior compartments respectively, said conduit-sealing means being arranged in such a manner that one of said main and secondary interior compartments remains statically affixed to said conduit-sealing means while another one of said main and secondary interior compartments is independently separated from said conduit-sealing means respectively;
- wherein said conduit-sealing means comprises
- a body removably coupled to a bottom-most end of said main interior compartment and a top-most end of said secondary interior compartment;
- a divider statically conjoined to an interior perimeter of said body and being centrally positioned therein, said divider being provided with a first plurality of openings formed therein;
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- an activation switch slidably interfitted inside said body in such a manner that said activation switch sits on top of said divider, said activation switch being provided with a second plurality of openings selectively aligned with said first plurality of openings respectively;
- wherein said activation switch is suitably sized and shaped to be positioned on said divider and freely rotated along an arcuate path defined about a longitudinal axis passing through said divider.
A compartmentalized baby bottle for storing and selectively introducing a soluble mix to a predetermined quantity of fluid, said compartmentalized baby bottle comprising:
- a main interior compartment adapted to receive and hold the fluid therein, said main interior compartment having a plurality of conduits formed therein;
- a top nipple section removably connected to said main interior compartment;
- a secondary interior compartment spaced apart from said main interior compartment and being adapted to receive and hold the soluble mix therein;
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- a conduit-sealing means for selectively maintaining said main interior compartment initially isolated from said secondary interior compartment during non-operating conditions;
- wherein said conduit-sealing means is intermediately and removably coupled to said main and secondary interior compartments respectively, said conduit-sealing means being arranged in such a manner that one of said main and secondary interior compartments remains statically affixed to said conduit-sealing means while another one of said main and secondary interior compartments is independently separated from said conduit-sealing means respectively;
- wherein said conduit-sealing means comprises
- a body removably coupled to a bottom-most end of said main interior compartment and a top-most end of said secondary interior compartment;
- a divider statically conjoined to an interior perimeter of said body and being centrally positioned therein, said divider being provided with a first plurality of openings formed therein;
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- an activation switch slidably interfitted inside said body in such a manner that said activation switch sits on top of said divider, said activation switch being provided with a second plurality of openings selectively aligned with said first plurality of openings respectively;
- wherein said activation switch is suitably sized and shaped to be positioned on said divider and freely rotated along an arcuate path defined about a longitudinal axis passing through said divider.
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