Bottles and jars – Nursing bottles and nipples
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-17
2001-06-05
Weaver, Sue A. (Department: 3727)
Bottles and jars
Nursing bottles and nipples
C606S234000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06241110
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to improved baby products, such as children's pacifiers, baglets, and baby bottle nipples. The present invention is also directed to methods for construction of such products.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a combination pacifier shield is provided having at least two components of different compositions or hardnesses. In a preferred embodiment, the pacifier includes a soft shield component which rests against a child's face and a hard shield backing component which improves the overall structural integrity of the shield and pacifier.
In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, a combination baglet is provided. As is well known in the art, the baglet is the portion of a pacifier that a child sucks on, and the nipple is the portion of a baby bottle that the child sucks on to drink therefrom. The term baglet is generally used in the art with reference to pacifiers, and the term nipple with respect to baby bottles. In the present application, however, including both the specification and claims, the term baglet is broadly used to refer to both baglets of pacifiers and nipples of baby bottles for the sake of clarity and ease of discussion.
In accordance with the present invention, the combination baglet has at least two components of different hardnesses provided therein. In one preferred embodiment, the baglet has soft and hard components. In one such embodiment, silicones are used of different hardnesses. The soft component is preferably any of the traditional materials used in the art for a traditional baglet. The hard components, in contrast, are preferably harder raised portions or bumps which are provided on or in the baglet for a baby to teethe on.
In an additional or alternative embodiment, the baglet has bumps thereon to assist the baby with teething. These bumps preferably comprise raised sections or areas on the baglet (although they can alternately be depressed sections), which rub against the baby or child's gums. The bumps can be of any desired shape or configuration.
Further embodiments of the invention will be apparent in conjunction with the drawings and the detailed disclosure herein.
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Cohen Morris E.
Weaver Sue A.
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