Crib baby bottle holder for self feeding

A device and an enclosure to which the device is releasably attached for enabling a child placed in the enclosure to self feed from a bottle having feeding fluid kept at desired temperatures deviating from ambient temperature up to 25° C., with the enclosure comprising at least one side enclosure wall comprised of at least one vertically extending bar element, and containing a horizontally positioned mattress perpendicularly positioned adjacent a base of the at least one side enclosure wall, and the device comprising:

• a) a bottle retaining receptacle with a receptacle retaining portion having an open top and an inner dimension of the retaining portion suitable for accepting and retaining the bottle with feeding fluid;
• b) a releasable fastening element or elements integrally attached to the bottle retaining receptacle with which the retaining receptacle is releasably fastened in an upright stable position to the enclosure by means of the fastening element or elements and supported by the mattress at a position adjacent to and accessible to a child placed on the mattress and within the enclosure, whereby the child is able to remove the bottle from the receptacle to enable it to self feed itself;
• wherein the bottle retaining receptacle comprises at least two apertures in a wall thereof and wherein the releasable fastening element or elements comprise at least one fastening strap with the at least one fastening strap being drawn into the bottle retaining receptacle through one aperture and out of the bottle retaining receptacle through another aperture to effect the integral attachment between the releasable fastening element or elements and the bottle retaining receptacle, and
• c) a separate temperature maintaining insert placed into the bottle retaining receptacle prior to placement of the bottle therein, wherein the insert is heated or cooled prior to the placement thereof in the bottle retaining receptacle and placed within the bottle retaining receptacle in thermal proximity to the bottle placed in the bottle retaining receptacle, wherein the heated or cooled insert maintains a desired elevated or cooled temperature respectively for a requisite period of time, and wherein the insert is shaped to fit into the bottle retaining receptacle at a position adjacent the bottle inserted therein.

A device and an enclosure to which the device is releasably attached for enabling a child placed in the enclosure to self feed from a bottle having feeding fluid kept at desired temperatures deviating from ambient temperature up to 25° C., with the enclosure comprising at least one side enclosure wall comprised of at least one vertically extending bar element, and containing a horizontally positioned mattress perpendicularly positioned adjacent a base of the at least one side enclosure wall, and the device comprising:

• a) a bottle retaining receptacle with a receptacle retaining portion having an open top and an inner dimension of the retaining portion suitable for accepting and retaining the bottle with feeding fluid;
• b) a releasable fastening element or elements integrally attached to the bottle retaining receptacle with which the retaining receptacle is releasably fastened in an upright stable position to the enclosure by means of the fastening element or elements and supported by the mattress at a position adjacent to and accessible to a child placed on the mattress and within the enclosure, whereby the child is able to remove the bottle from the receptacle to enable it to self feed itself;
• wherein the releasable fastening element or elements comprises at least one strap element and a clip comprising two leg elements connected at one end and the clip having an open other end for placement over a wall of the bottle retaining receptacle and the fastening element and the clip longitudinally enclosing a substantial length of a section of a wall of the bottle retaining receptacle and a section of the at least one strap element and wherein the enclosed sections of the wall and the at least one strap element are apertured in alignment with each other and wherein the clip comprises integral extension elements which are aligned with the apertures in the bottle retaining receptacle and the at least one strap element, the extension elements passing through the aligned apertures and fasten the legs of the clip together to effect the integral attachment between the releasable fastening element and the bottle retaining receptacle, and
• c) a separate temperature maintaining insert placed into the bottle retaining receptacle prior to placement of the bottle therein, wherein the insert is heated or cooled prior to the placement thereof in the bottle retaining receptacle and placed within the bottle retaining receptacle in thermal proximity to the bottle placed in the bottle retaining receptacle, wherein the heated or cooled insert to maintains a desired elevated or cooled temperature respectively for a requisite period of time, and wherein the insert is shaped to fit into the bottle retaining receptacle at a position adjacent the bottle inserted therein.