Feeding bottle

• US 6,123,065 A
• Filed: 11/30/1998
• Issued: 09/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Caspar Teglbjarg
• Original Assignee: Caspar Teglbjarg
• Inventors: Teglbjarg, Caspar
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, Carl D.
• Application Number:
  US09/147,316
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 126/263.01, 126/263.02, 126/263.04, 126/263.05, 126/263.06, 126/263.07, 126/263.08, 126/263.09, 126/261, 126/262, 126/263.03, 215/11.1, 215/11.2, 215/11.3, 219/43, 62/457.3, 62/457.2, 62/530
• US Class Current: 126/263.09
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/2411 Baby bottle warmers; Devices for warming baby food in jars
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/28 Warming devices generating the heat by exothermic reactions, e.g. heat released by the contact of unslaked lime with water
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 11/008 Protecting caps
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 11/04 with means for fastening to bottles
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 11/045 with interlocking means, e.g. protrusions or indentations on the teat
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/42 Heating means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/00 Feeding-bottles in general
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/003 Vacuum feeding-bottles vacuum bottles in general A47J41/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/008 having storage compartments, e.g. for storing a teat

Abstract

A feeding bottle for infants useful for travelling and including a storage compartment for the nipple and a heater. The bottle includes an outer wall with an opening for the nipple at a first end and which turns inwardly at the opposite end defining a second opening, the wall terminating to form a closed portion within the bottle. The bottle thus includes a first storage space for the feeding material and a second storage space for the heater and for a nipple.

Claims

1. A feeding bottle comprising:

an elongated and generally cylindrical outer wall having a screwthreaded first opening at a first end thereof constructed and arranged for attachment of a cap and nipple thereto, and at an opposite end thereof folding inwardly towards the first end defining a second opening, and terminating to form a closed portion within the bottle and forming thereby a first storage space for feeding material including the first opening, said first storage space extending to the opposite end, the closed portion further defining a second storage space accessible through the second opening and tapering toward the first end, the second opening having a diameter substantially coextensive with the opposite end, the first and second storage spaces being coextensive over a substantial length;

a closure for the second opening;

a screwthreaded cap for the first opening which is removable to enable attachment of the nipple;

a nipple constructed and arranged for attachment to the bottle at the first end;

a removable and initiable temperature adjusting unit constructed and arranged for placement in an upper portion of said storage space for adjusting the temperature of the feeding material in said first storage space, said temperature adjusting unit corresponding in shape to the upper portion of said storage space, a remaining portion of said storage space being defined between the upper portion and the second opening, the remaining portion being sized to accommodate the nipple for storage therein.

2. The feeding bottle of claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a screwthreaded outer portion having a central opening therein for receipt of the nipple, and a central disk for sealing the central opening and which is removable for insertion of the nipple through the central opening.

3. The feeding bottle of claim 1, additionally comprising a sleeve fitted over the outer wall to increase rigidity of the bottle, and which extends past the opposite end.

4. The feeding bottle of claim 1, wherein the temperature adjusting unit is a heating unit.

5. The feeding bottle of claim 4, wherein the heating unit is a chemical heating unit.

6. The feeding bottle of claim 5, wherein the chemical heating unit comprises first and second compartments separated by a diaphragm, and means for puncturing the diaphragm, the first and second compartments each containing a component such that an exothermic reaction results from mixing the components.

7. The feeding bottle of claim 1, wherein a portion of the outer wall comprises insulation against heat loss.

8. The feeding bottle of claim 1, wherein the insulation comprises a double wall with a vacuum space therebetween.

9. The feeding bottle of claim 1, wherein the outer wall has a plastic coating thereon.