Nursing bottle holder

• US 4,295,293 A
• Filed: 04/04/1980
• Issued: 10/20/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul S. Baclit
• Original Assignee: Paul S. Baclit
• Inventors: Baclit, Paul S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shay, F. Barry
• Application Number:
  US06/137,289
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 46/32, 46/99, 46/106, 46/107, 46/112, 46/202, 46/205, 46/232, 46/222, 46/223, 248/105, 248/106, 248/107, 248/123.1, 248/DIG. 10, 128/134, 84/94 C, 84/95 C, 180/166, 280/1.13, 280/1.1 A, 280/1.188, 280/1.189
• US Class Current: 446/78
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0607 having aesthetic features, e.g. toy-like or imitating a female breast
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0638 for supporting in a feeding position
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0684 having a self-supporting base

Abstract

The device includes a main support member in the form of a shell which fits over the body of the infant when the infant is lying down; an upright bottle support removably mounted on the main support for mounting the bottle, this bottle support having a caricature thereon such as of an animal; a bottle carriage on the bottle support, pivoted between an active position in which an infant feeds, and an inactive position in which it is inclined away from the infant'"'"'s face, and having a weight for moving it to inactive position when the bottle is released; the bottle support includes a music box which is activated by the bottle carriage when the latter is moved to inactive position; and the main support while carrying the bottle support is demountably positionable on a pull-toy, such as a buggy which, together as a combination toy can be enjoyed by an older child.

Claims

1. A nursing bottle holder in conjunction with a pull toy, forming a combination toy, wherein,

the bottle holder includes a main support member adapted to be placed in an active position over an infant in lying position, and having its longitudinal dimension in the head-to-body direction of the infant, and having a top wall element and depending side elements with bottom surfaces engageable with the surface the infant is lying on, said bottom surfaces being shaped to contact said surface and support said main member stably thereon,

a bottle support demountably supported on the main support member, and a bottle carriage supported in the bottle support for positioning a bottle carried thereby for feeding by the infant,

the depending side elements having vertical slots opening from said bottom surfaces in longitudinally spaced positions therealong, and

the pull toy having axles and wheels supporting a body, and

the main support member being fitted over the body of the pull toy, with the slots receiving the axles, and the pull toy supporting the nursing bottle holder, thereby constituting the combination toy.

2. A combination toy according to claim 1 wherein,

the depending side elements of the main support member include bottom elements spaced downwardly from the top wall element, thereby forming spaces between themselves and the top wall element, and the spaces open longitudinally toward the head of the infant, the spaces receiving the arms of the infant and the open ends thereof facilitating placement of the nursing bottle holder over the infant by moving it longitudinally as the infant'"'"'s arms move relatively into the spaces,

the main support member has a generally continuous outer surface with a channel in the top wall element thereof extending longitudinally, the channel having an open end opposite the head of the infant, and a closed end adjacent the head forming a limiting stop element,

the channel has ribs and grooves at its sides, and the bottle support is positioned in the channel, and includes tongues at its sides, and is put in position by sliding it into the channel through the open end of the latter, with the tongues on the bottle support riding in the grooves in the channel, to a position against the stop element, and

the bottle carriage is pivoted for movement between an active position in which the nipple end of the bottle is in position for the infant to feed from the bottle, and an inactive position which the bottle is swung away from the infant'"'"'s face.