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Bottle holder with frangible joint

  • US 5,603,479 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1995
  • Issued: 02/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bottle holder for maintaining a bottle in place proximate and accessible to a feeding child, said bottle holder comprising:

  • a cradle and means for engaging a bottle and securing the bottle within said cradle;

    a clamp for releasably engaging an environmental surface; and

    a partially rigid neck connecting said clamp to said cradle, said partially rigid neck including a frangible joint and a remaining length, said frangible joint being of predetermined strength of less magnitude of the strength of said remaining length of said partially rigid neck, whereby a shearing force applied to said partially rigid neck will cause said partially rigid neck to break at said frangible joint, said frangible joint comprising a tube having first threads and second threads, said partially rigid neck including third threads cooperating with said first threads of said frangible joint and fourth threads cooperating with said second threads of said frangible joint, whereby said frangible joint is disposed serially within said partially rigid neck and is connected to said partially rigid neck by mutual threading.

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