Adjustable baby bottle holder

• US 5,037,046 A
• Filed: 08/29/1990
• Issued: 08/06/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BUSY Bottle Incorporated
• Original Assignee: BUSY Bottle Incorporated
• Inventors: Mingledorff, Frank C. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US07/574,120
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• Field of Search: 248/102, 248/103, 248/104, 248/105, 248/106, 248/107, 248/900, 248/130, 248/133, 248/136, 248/137, 248/139, 248/141, 248/311.3, 211/182
• US Class Current: 248/106
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0638 for supporting in a feeding position
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/0684 having a self-supporting base

Abstract

A support for holding a baby bottle in a feeding position including a frustro conical bottle holder and adjustable support arms and legs permitting adjustable positioning of the holder. Rachet type adjustment means include relatively rotatable members having detents and recesses which connect the moveable parts permitting adjustment therebetween.

Claims

1. A support for supporting a fluid filled container in a dispensing position comprising:

a frustro conical container holder having a first opening on one end thereof to permit insertion of said container therein and a second smaller opening on the opposite end thereof permitting a dispensing means on said container to extend through said second smaller opening;

a pair of support arms adjustably attached approximately midway on outer wall surfaces of said holder between said first and second openings, one each of said pair of support arms being located on opposite sides of said holder;

said pair of support arms being disposed in a vertical direction for supporting said holder above a ground support surface;

a pair of support legs adjustably connected to said support arms and being disposed in a horizontal direction for engagement with said ground support surface;

multiple adjustment means including first adjustment means connected between said holder and said support arms; and

second adjustment means connected between said support arms and said support legs;

said multiple adjustment means permitting adjustment of said holder and a container supported therein in a dispensing position relative to said ground support surface.

2. The support of claim 1 wherein said first and second adjustment means each include adjustable locking means having a plurality of locking positions permitting multiple adjustment of said support arms and said support legs relative to each other and multiple adjustment of said support arms and said holder relative to each other.

3. The support of claim 2 wherein said locking means is a ratchet member pair having including other opposing, cooperating ratchet plates rotatable each with the other.

4. The support of claim 3 wherein said ratchet plates further include a plurality of detents on one of said plates and a plurality of recesses on the other of said plates.

5. The support of claim 4 wherein said ratchet plates include spring biasing means to maintain said plates locked in a preselected locking position.

6. The support of claim 1 wherein said holder includes an inspection window located approximately midway between said first and second openings to permit inspection of the contents of said container.

7. A support for supporting a fluid filled container in a dispensing position comprising:

a frustro conical container holder having a first opening on one end thereof to permit insertion of said container therein and a second smaller opening on the opposite end thereof permitting a dispensing means on said container to extend through said second small opening;

a pair of support arms adjustably attached approximately midway on outer wall surfaces between said first and second openings of said holder, one each of said pair of support arms being located on opposite sides of said holder, said pair of support arms being disposed in a vertical direction for supporting said holder above a ground support surface;

a pair of support legs adjustably connected to said support arms and being generally disposed in a horizontal direction with respect to said holder for engagement with said ground support surface;

multiple adjustment means including a first ratchet member pair connected between said holder and said support arms and a second ratchet member pair connected between said support arms and said support legs;

said ratchet member pairs having a plurality of locking positions permitting adjustment of said support arms and said support legs relative to each other and adjustment of said support arms and said holder relative to each other for adjusting said holder and a container supported therein in a dispensing position relative to said ground support surface.

8. A support of claim 7 wherein said ratchet member pair include oppositely disposed cooperating ratchet plates having a plurality of detents in one of said plates and a plurality of recesses on the opposite of said plates and further including spring biasing means to maintain said plates defining said locking positions locked in a preselected locking position relative to each other.