Surgery – Instruments – Oral pacifier
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-28
2001-04-24
Recla, Henry J. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Oral pacifier
C606S235000, CD24S193000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06221093
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to infant pacifiers and more particularly pertains to a new infant pacifier and pillow for removably attaching a pacifier to a pillow.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of infant pacifiers is known in the prior art. More specifically, infant pacifiers heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,534,014; U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,113; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 380,268; U.S. Pat. No. 4,697,589; U.S. Pat. No. 5,344,355; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,475,923.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new infant pacifier and pillow. The inventive device includes a cushion for removably attaching a pacifier to. The cushion comprises a pillow and a covering. The pillow is compressible and the covering encases the pillow. A pacifier for pacifying an infant comprises a nipple and a base. The base has a first side and a second side. At least one clip for receiving a strap is affixed to and extends away from the second side of the base of the pacifier. A bore for receiving a nipple is in the base. The nipple is elongate having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion of the nipple is fixedly coupled in the bore of the base. A strap for securing the pacifier to the cushion is secured by the clip to the base. The strap has two ends. Each of the ends has a fastener means thereon such that the first and second ends of the strap are fastenable together.
In these respects, the infant pacifier and pillow according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removably attaching a pacifier to a pillow.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of infant pacifiers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new infant pacifier and pillow construction wherein the same can be utilized for removably attaching a pacifier to a pillow.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the infant pacifiers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new infant pacifier and pillow which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art infant pacifiers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a cushion for removably attaching a pacifier to. The cushion comprises a pillow and a covering. The pillow is compressible and the covering encases the pillow. A pacifier for pacifying an infant comprises a nipple and a base. The base has a first side and a second side. At least one clip for receiving a strap is affixed to and extends away from the second side of the base of the pacifier. A bore for receiving a nipple is in the base. The nipple is elongate having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion of the nipple is fixedly coupled in the bore of the base. A strap for securing the pacifier to the cushion is secured by the clip to the base. The strap has two ends. Each of the ends has a fastener means thereon such that the first and second ends of the strap are fastenable together.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the infant pacifiers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new infant pacifier and pillow which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art infant pacifiers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such infant pacifier and pillow economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow for removably attaching a pacifier to a pillow.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new infant pacifier and pillow which includes a cushion for removably attaching a pacifier to. The cushion comprises a pillow and a covering. The pillow is compressible and the covering encases the pillow. A pacifier for pacifying an infant comprises a nipple and a base. The base has a first side and a second side. At least one clip for receiving a strap is affixed to and extends away from the second side of the base of the pacifier. A bore for receiving a nipple is in the base. The nipple is elongate having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion of the nipple is fixedly coupled in the bore of the base. A strap for securing the pacifier to the cushion is secured by the clip to the base. The strap has two ends. Each of the ends has a fastener means thereon such that the first and second e
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Recla Henry J.
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