Baby food container and spoon combined

• US 3,116,152 A
• Filed: 01/22/1959
• Issued: 12/31/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elmer L. Smith
• Original Assignee: Elmer L. Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Elmer L.
• Application Number:
  US03/788,333
• Time in Patent Office: 1,804 Days
• US Class Current: 426/115
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/004 Table-ware comprising food additives to be used with foodstuff spoon-like infusers A47G19/16; drinking straws A47G21/183
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 35/08 from plastics material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/01 Fins

Claims

1. A THROW-AWAY BABY FOOD CONTAINING AND FEEDING UNIT FOR SINGLE-HANDED USE COMPRISING A COLLAPSIBLE TUBE CONTAINING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF NON-SOLID FOOD AND BEING OF A CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION THAT IT MAY BE UTILIZED AS A HANDLE, SAID TUBE HAVING A FORWARD END PROVIDED WITH A CONICAL AXIALLY LOCATED OUTWARDLY PROJECTING INTEGRAL DISCHARGED NIPPLE, SAID NIPPLE, WHEN OPENED, ENABLING THE FOOD IN THE CONTAINER TO BE PROGRESSIVELY EJECTED AND THUS DISPENSED FOR USE, THE APICAL TIP PORTION OF SAID NIPPLE BEING EASILY OPENABLE WHEN SERVED SO THAT ONE CATCHING HOLD OF THE TUBE AND SQUEEZING IT AND COMPRESSING THE CONTAINER DISCHARGES THE FOOD IN THE TUBE AND THUS DISCHARGES IT IN A RESTICTED QUANTITY, AND A SPOON HAVING A BOWL INTEGRALLY JOINED AND THUS COMBINED WITH THE FORWARD END OF SAID TUBE, THAT PORTION OF THE CONSTUCTION PROVIDING THE JUNCTIONAL JOINT BETWEEN THE SPOON AND TUBE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID AND SAID NIPPLE OVERHANGING THE BOWL OF THE SPOON WITH WHICH IT COOPERATES.