Children's bottle and toy holder

• US 4,121,797 A
• Filed: 07/05/1977
• Issued: 10/24/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas R. Macneil
• Original Assignee: Thomas R. Macneil
• Inventors: MacNeil, Thomas R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Albert A.
• Application Number:
  US05/812,714
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 248/102, 248/103, 248/104, 248/105, 248/106, 248/107, 297/188, 46/32, 46/53, 297/153
• US Class Current: 248/102
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0638 for supporting in a feeding position
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0661 attachable to other devices or furniture, e.g. crib, commode or stroller

Abstract

A device for holding an infant'"'"'s feeding bottle, toy or the like. The device includes a pair of spaced end members extending from a support and having means of removeably engaging a holder. Several different holders may be utilized for engaging or supporting the feeding bottle, the toy, etc. Alternatively, the holder can be provided with means of engaging a bottle and a toy simultaneously.

Claims

1. A device for holding a child'"'"'s feeding bottle, the device comprising a support having two upstanding walls spaced from each other, an end member extending upwardly from each of the walls and a substantially rigid, rod-like holder having terminal ends, a circumferential, first attachment groove formed proximate one terminal end and a circumferential second attachment groove forward proximate the other terminal end, and having a depressed area located between the terminal ends forming a saddle providing the means of engaging the feeding bottle, each of the end members having an upper portion, and one of the end members having its upper portion including a first recess having flexible spaced opposed walls and the upper portion of the other end member including a second recess having flexible spaced walls, the first attachment groove adapted to removeably engage the first recess and the second attachment groove adapted to removeably engage the second recess thereby providing a removeable engagement between the holder and the end members.

2. A device for holding a child'"'"'s toy, the device comprising a support having two upstanding walls spaced from each other, an end member extending upwardly from each of the walls, each of the end members having an upper portion, a substantially rigid, rod-like holder having terminal ends, a circumferential engagement groove formed between the terminal ends and a circumferential, first attachment groove formed proximate one terminal end and a circumferential second attachment groove formed proximate the other terminal end, the upper portion of one of the end members including a first recess having flexible spaced opposed walls and the upper portion of the other end member including a second recess having flexible spaced opposed walls, the first attachment groove adapted to removeably engage the first recess and the second attachment groove adapted to removeably engage the second recess thereby providing a removeable engagement between the holder and the end members.