Baby bottle with mixing device

• US 20120305514A1
• Filed: 06/06/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lashana M. Harris
• Original Assignee: Lashana M. Harris
• Inventors: Harris, LaShana M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,490,803 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2031 having openings brought into alignment
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2093 Containers having several compartments for products to be mixed
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/00 Feeding-bottles in general

Abstract

A baby bottle including a nipple and separable compartments for holding powdered formula and water. By sliding or rotating a knob to a pre-selected mix position, apertures in the separable compartments are aligned thereby allowing mixture of the powdered formula from an upper compartment into a lower compartment containing the water. The bottle is shaken to thoroughly mix the formula and the water, after which, the bottle and formula mix are ready to use.

Claims

1. A baby bottle with mixing device for mixing a liquid and powder, comprising:

a cylindrically shaped lid including a top wall, a first sidewall, and an elastomeric nipple, said first sidewall containing first female threads, said top wall having a circular aperture formed therein sized to receive said nipple, the bottom surface of said top wall abutting a top surface of the outer marginal portion of said nipple;

a cylindrically shaped stationary valve member including a second sidewall with first male threads at a top edge, said first male threads being capable of being threaded into said first female threads to connect said lid to said stationary valve member, a first circular bottom wall having a first aperture formed therein, said first aperture being sized to fit within a one third circular sector of said first bottom wall, said first aperture being located so as not to include the center point of said first bottom wall, said second sidewall extending below said first bottom wall and including second female threads, said second sidewall having a slot formed therein, said slot being above and parallel to said second bottom wall, said slot extending around one third of the circumference of said second sidewall;

a cylindrically shaped movable valve member having a third sidewall and a second bottom wall, said third sidewall having a first circumferential groove formed within the outside surface thereof and located near a top edge thereof, said third sidewall having a second circumferential groove formed within the outside surface thereof and located near a bottom edge thereof, said first and said second grooves each including sealing means disposed therein, said movable valve member capable of being inserted within said stationary valve member whereupon said first bottom wall abuts said second bottom wall and said sealing means forming a leak-proof seal between said second sidewall and said third sidewall, said slot being situated between said grooves, said third sidewall having a rectangular window formed therein and located between said first groove and said second groove, said window containing a vertical axle with a lever pivoting thereon, the back side of said window being sealed off with a box, said box being integral with said third sidewall, said lever capable of being fully contained within said window and said box and capable of being pivoted out through said slot to a position where a user can push said lever to spin said movable valve member within said stationary valve member, said second circular bottom wall having a second aperture formed therein, said second aperture being sized to fit within a one third circular sector of said second bottom wall, said second aperture being the same size as said first aperture, said second aperture being located so as not to include the center point of said second bottom wall;

said first aperture and said second aperture being totally mis-aligned when said lever is at a first end of said slot and said first aperture and said second aperture being totally aligned when said lever is at a second end of said slot; and

a cylindrically shaped water compartment including a bottom wall and a fourth sidewall with second male threads at a top edge, said second male threads capable of being threaded into said second female threads to connect said stationary valve member to said water compartment.

2. The baby bottle mixing device of claim 1, wherein said sealing is selected from the group consisting of an o-ring, a circumferential band, and an elastomeric strip.