Title: Self-feeding bottle

Description: SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

My invention relates to a device for the bottle feeding of babies, and particularly to a bottle holder with clamp with attached tubing terminating in a nipple which permits a baby to drink from the contents of a bottle enclosed in the device without supervision. A filled bottle is capped and placed in the holder. The holder may be clamped to the top rail of a playpen or to the headboard of a crib. Flexible tubing is attached to the device with a nipple mounted on the free end of the tubing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the nipple; and

FIG. 6 is an end view of the nipple taken along line III--III of FIG. 5.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1-6 illustrate the invention 10 which consists of a bottle holder 11 fitted with a clamp 12 that may be fastened by a thumbscrew 14 to the rail 31 of a crib 30. A conventional baby's milk bottle 35 may be inserted into the holder 11, with the bottle 35 capped by a bottle top 15 fitted to a length of flexible tubing 16 that terminates in a nipple 17 fitted with an x-shaped valve slot 18.

The bottle holder 11 is in the form of a hollow open tube, completely open at its rear end 37 and fitted with a U-shaped opening 38 at its forward end 37, with the rear end opening of a size to permit free passage of a conventional baby's bottle. The U-shaped opening 38 at the forward end 36 is of a size to permit the central portion of the bottle cap 15 to extend beyond opening 37 while restraining the peripheral section of the bottle cap 15 so that a bottle 35 may be retained in the inverted position when the holder is clamped in place with the forward end 36 of the holder oriented downwards.

Clamp 12 of the device preferably extends from the side of the rear end 37 of the holder 11 and permits fastening the holder section 11 so that its axis is oriented in the vertical plane or at any desired angle to the vertical plane, when clamp 12 is tightened by thumbscrew 14 to a crib rail 31.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein, such modifications being within the spirit and scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.
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Inventors: Tkaciukas, Eugenia (Maplewood, NJ, US)

Application Number: 481641
Filing Date: 1974-06-21
Publication_date: 1976-03-23
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 215/11.1 222/181.1, 222/181.2, 248/103
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

179995	Jul, 1876	Bray	248/103.
227075	Apr, 1880	Thompson	215/11.
892800	Jul, 1908	Black	248/103.
1020136	Mar, 1912	Feely	248/103.
1304066	May, 1919	Klenetzky	248/103.
2056096	Sep, 1936	Etter	222/181.
3065873	Nov, 1962	Plate	215/11.
3082985	Mar, 1963	Herdman	248/103.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Norton, Donald F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Behr & Woodbridge