CN1263440C - disposable drinking container and nipple - Google Patents
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Abstract
A disposable drinking container (10) having a nipple so as to be particularly suitable for use by infants. The drinking container has a container body (12) in the form of a small bottle or the like which is pre-filled with a drinking liquid, and a container closure (20). The container closure includes a flexible suckling nipple (25) for delivering drinking liquid from within the container body. The nipple is held to the container body by a cap rim and the closure further includes a sealing portion (28) which initially seals the container and shields the nipple from contamination. The sealing portion is removable to expose the nipple for use. In one form the sealing portion may comprise a projection which is integrally formed with the cap rim, and frangibly detachable therefrom. In another form the sealing portion comprises a flexible disc which is sealed around a central aperture of the cap rim. The nipple may be adapted to be at least partially collapsible into the container body whilst the sealing portion is in place.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to disposable disposable drinking container and nipple shield distribution portion thereof.Drinking container is particularly suitable for the baby or is difficult to from old man's use of the container drinkable liquid with traditional beverage dispense aperture.
Background technology
Disposable disposable drinking container is popular, and this part is because the cause of its convenience.In addition, service-strong disinfection technology and impermeable sealing member during in view of manufacturing and packing, nonrecoverable container can provide reliable spatter property and wholesomeness.Now popular a kind of nonrecoverable drinking container develops from sports bottles, and this sports bottles has the nipple shield that can seal or open bottle by the mouth or the finger of user.Athlete such as cyclist use over this bottle of form usually, and still, this bottle past is not to be with content to sell, before use must be from drinkable liquid source fill bottle.One-time exercise carafe fill in advance, disposable is very convenient, thereby in the non-carbonated soft drink of commerce is sold, particularly for those at the volley or the motion back replenish mineral or nutraceutical beverage, it obtains increasingly extensive application.
The baby, and unwell sometimes old man often needs or wishes to drink from special container, the nipple shield of dispense liquid is a nipple in the oriented mouth of this vessel.Baby's drinking container of most common form is simple, repeatedly used nursing-bottle, and it has a lid, and suction nozzle or nipple that rubber or plastics are made are housed on the lid.In order to provide beverage, must open container, the fill nursing-bottle of another drinkable liquid and change lid with nipple shield or nipple to the child.Between each the use, must wash bottle, preferably to its sterilization.Thereby bring problem with the nursing-bottle feeding infant for the baby-sit person, particularly when being away from home, carrying baby's apparatus.
Past, people proposed fill in advance that various forms of babies use, disposable beverage container.For example, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 273, No. 171 (people such as Maricoma) disclose a kind of disposable Nursing container of fill in advance, and it is used to hold and feeds suckling liquid by suction nozzle.The rectangular box form of this Nursing container, nipple shield is equipped with by the nipple shield adnexa in its top.The nipple shield adnexa has the projection of a point, is used for piercing through the opening of cartridge top, makes liquid flow to nipple shield from box.This Nursing container utilizes a kind of detachable lid of frictional fit to reach when selling and cover nipple shield when not using.
United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 112 has been described another example of disposable nursing-bottle in No. 628 (Conrad), it in use more resembles traditional non-once baby bottle.The key of the described nursing-bottle of this patent be to seal nipple shield sealing and prevent the cap assemblies abused, this makes it be particularly suitable for nonrecoverable occasion.In its original shape, cap assemblies is sealed in the top of bottle, and its orientation is inverted nipple shield.During use, cap assemblies is unloaded from bottle, make nipple shield from depressurization wherein.Then, the part that makes cap assemblies have nipple shield is inverted on direction, is installed in the bottle top again, thereby makes nursing-bottle be in user mode.
The known baby bottle that also has several other forms, United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 678 No. 092, the 4th, 830, No. 205 and the 4th, 706, has been described several examples No. 827.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, a kind of disposable infant drinking container is provided, comprising: a vessel, it is used to hold drinkable liquid, and described vessel has an open mouth; A nipple shield has one and sucks part, and it is used for mouth by vessel to baby's drinkable liquid of providing and delivering, and a lid, and it has integrally formed decorative cover and hermetic unit; Wherein, the nipple shield body plan must cover the uncovered mouth of vessel, and fixes on the thronely on open mouth by decorative cover, and described decorative cover is installed on the vessel around mouth; It is characterized in that: what decorative cover and integrally formed hermetic unit covered nipple shield sucking part in order to avoid be exposed to environmental contaminants, and forms health sealing on the uncovered mouth of vessel with nipple shield, goes out, goes into container to prevent liquids and gases; The hermetic unit of described lid can be sucked part so that use from the decorative cover dialysis with what expose nipple shield by user.
In one embodiment of the invention, container is made of plastics, and is bottle or similar type.For example, container can be the thin-walled plastic bottle that polyethylene terephthalate recyclable plastics, polycarbonate plastic or analog are molded as.This bottle preferably has a bottom in the bottom, bottle can be placed in the plane, and have a mouth at the top, and cap assemblies can be installed on the mouth.
Decorative cover also can be made of plastic.Decorative cover preferably is formed with a circumferential flange that extends and an annular inner portion that limits above-mentioned hole downwards, and described hole is positioned at the center, aims at the mouth of vessel.Flange is suitable for making cap assemblies to be installed on the bottle.Use the circumferential ridge and/or the groove that form on decorative cover flange and vessel mouth of known forms, decorative cover can be fixed on the mouth of bottle.Perhaps, can form the screw thread that cooperatively interacts on decorative cover and vessel mouth, perhaps the decorative cover flange also can be contained on the vessel by thermal weld or similar type.
Flexible nipple shield preferably has an outward extending circumferential flange, and it makes nipple shield be in central authorities with respect to above-mentioned hole below the decorative cover annular section.In a preferred embodiment of cap assemblies, the part of nipple shield can be turned over by interior, and nipple shield partly " is subsided " in first shape of container, and in this first structure, nipple shield remains on below the annular section of lid at least in part.In this shape, decorative cover is sealed in the mouth of bottle, and the hermetic unit of cap assemblies is on the hole, thereby nipple shield is sealed in the space of being defined by bottle, decorative cover and hermetic unit, and this space is the same space of the drinkable liquid of container.When removing hermetic unit, the end of nipple shield is drawn out by the hole, and nipple shield recovers from rollover states, and nipple shield passes the hole full extension of decorative cover, nipple shield is in drinks shape.In drinking shape, the baby can contain the nipple shield end, sucks liquid from vessel by the nipple shield end.
If container contents does not once use up, nipple shield preferably can be from drinking the shape shape of subsiding of overturning back again.An over cap can provide with container, if must or wish that over cap can be engaged on the cap assemblies, covers nipple shield in above-mentioned storage process, and/or protect hermetic unit before removing hermetic unit.
In one embodiment, hermetic unit is integrally formed with decorative cover, has around the sealing of the fragility of its outer rim shape, and this outer rim is molded into the inner edge of the decorative cover that limits centre bore.In this embodiment, hermetic unit have one when in place from the axial projection of decorative cover, user can apply enough cross force to it, destroys fragile sealing, and hermetic unit is removed from decorative cover.Hermetic unit can be formed on the hollow inside in the upright projection, and it is suitable for holding the end of nipple shield.
In another embodiment, hermetic unit comprises a flexiplast or stack disk or analog, its welding or be bonded on the annular section of decorative cover with closed hole.Hermetic unit can form a loosening sheet, and user can be caught loosening sheet, and hermetic unit is peeled off so that expose nipple shield the hole from decorative cover.
By catching the nipple shield end, it is pulled through the hole, drink shape thereby nipple shield is drawn out to from the shape of subsiding.Perhaps, when vessel is when making with flexible material, the wall of squeeze receptacle body can make nipple shield recover from rollover states gently.By the squeeze receptacle body, because unique outlet of container is to pass nipple shield, and nipple shield generally has only a very little opening, so the internal pressure of container temporarily increases.Like this, the pressure of increase forces nipple shield to pass hole on the decorative cover to extend to and drink shape.
The most handy softer, the inertia of nipple shield, flexible and mouldable material such as silicone rubber etc. are made.In a kind of form of the present invention, nipple shield has a circumferential flange, the cap assemblies that it is installed in the vessel mouth is pressed between the surface of bezel ring, and vessel mouth, nipple shield is fixed on the container and between cap assemblies and vessel forms liquid-tight seal.
The present invention also provides a kind of method of the disposable infant drinking container that is shaped, comprise molded vessel with a uncovered mouth, the flexible nipple shield of sucking on the molded opening that is suitable for being assemblied in the vessel mouth, a molded integral cap, described lid is installed so that be fixed on nipple shield on the described opening and seal described container with the described container of drinkable liquid fill around the vessel mouth, it is characterized in that, single-piece lid forms with a central hermetic unit is whole, and described central hermetic unit can be from the remainder dialysis of lid to break a seal described container and expose described nipple shield for use.
In one embodiment of the invention, vessel comprises a bottle made from plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate or analog.For example, the available suitable method of moulding of the shaping of vessel carries out as " blow moulding (blow moulding) ".The also available plastics of decorative cover are molded, but, preferably also can make lid with the plastics different with vessel, and this is the practice in this specialty.Nipple shield should be used softer flexible material body plan, makes it be suitable for being sucked by the baby, has been found that with silicone rubber or molded this purpose that is suitable for of similar material.
When being assemblied in cap assemblies on the vessel, vessel and cap assemblies preferably are in disinfection, with the pollution of the anything unexpected that prevents drinkable liquid.For this purpose, that fill and the process of adding a cover are preferably carried out under relative aseptic state and/or before the installation cover assembly in some cases, behind the drinkable liquid of packing into, in vessel, fill with inert gasses such as nitrogen in the remaining space.Above-mentioned measure is known in the Food container manufacturing field of fill in advance substantially.
In a kind of form of the present invention, hermetic unit is integrally formed and have an axial projection with decorative cover, and when decorative cover was assemblied on the vessel, this projection was stretched out from the vessel mouth.In this case, hermetic unit preferably is connected in the interior week in hole by a thin annular wall, laterally upstanding portion is pressurizeed with finger and just can lean on frangible portion branch Kaifeng and remove hermetic unit from decorative cover.This version is particularly advantageous, and only to relate to three members be vessel, nipple shield and the whole decorative cover and the assembling of hermetic unit because make this drinking container structure.In addition, any adhesion technique is not depended in sterilization between decorative cover and hermetic unit sealing, and this is because both are integrally formed and are connected by thin-walled portion.
In this form of the present invention, the upright projection of the hermetic unit end of sucking preferably hollow and that be suitable for admitting therein nipple shield.Nipple shield suck the end fits best in the inside of projection, the inner surface that makes projection makes the hole sealing with anti-leak against the end with suction hole of nipple shield.
In another kind of form of the present invention, hermetic unit is configured to the form of flat flexible disc, and flexible disc is made with the material of liquid impermeable and gas such as suitable plastics, paper tinsel or paper tinsel and the lamination of plastics.In this case, hermetic unit can use weak binding agent or thermal welding technology on the outer surface that is installed in decorative cover on the hole, can peel off so that use from decorative cover with dish.
Manufacture method also can comprise an over cap is assemblied in step on the cap assemblies.Over cap preferably is assemblied at least a portion of hermetic unit and decorative cover, and can shed exposing hermetic unit from decorative cover, and installs once more after removing sealing member, so that cover nipple shield in the process of opening the back storage capsule.Protection hermetic unit before over cap also can and be removed in hermetic unit Kaifeng is to prevent unexpected removal of hermetic unit or the too early destruction that prevents the sealing that hermetic unit provides.If necessary, when over cap is assemblied on the cap assemblies, around or covering protection lid an additional band or cover also can be set, preventing the removal of over cap before use, or provide the vision indication of taking off and prize over cap for unauthorized.
The present invention also provides a kind of drinking container capping, comprise a decorative cover, decorative cover has a flat substantially annular upper plate, the annular upper plate has the mounting portion of extending from its outer rim, described mounting portion is suitable for cooperating and is fixed on one drinks on the mouth of container, and hermetic unit extends upward from the central authorities of described upper plate; It is characterized in that: the sealing part is by inner edge integral installation and the sealing of a fragile connecting portion around annular upper plate, this fragility connecting portion makes when the finger of user applies a cross force with respect to the mounting portion on hermetic unit, hermetic unit can disconnect with the mounting portion, described capping comprises that also is suitable for the flexible nipple shield that the baby sucks, wherein, hermetic unit and nipple shield body plan must make an end of nipple shield be engaged in the hollow inside of hermetic unit, extend by a hole that forms on the mounting portion when removing hermetic unit with box lunch.
In a kind of form of the present invention, detachable sealing member is integrally formed and have an axial bossing with decorative cover.Marginal portion between sealing member and the decorative cover comprises the annular section of a thin-walled, and it is easily splitting when axial projection applies cross force.This bossing is hollow preferably, is suitable for admitting therein the end of sucking of nipple shield.The base section ground upset of nipple shield makes to suck partly can be contained in the bossing of sealing member, and this bossing is preferably outstanding that this gives prominence to so far in the use location unlike nipple shield from decorative cover.
In another kind of form of the present invention, nipple shield also is in the shape of subsiding, thereby compares with the shape of drinking of nipple shield, overturns in the bottom of nipple shield.In this form of the present invention, the flange of the nipple shield of arranging around the bottom is connected in bezel ring,, and in the shape of subsiding, the bottom of the upset of nipple shield deviates from detachable sealing member from flange protrusions, until it with the whole connecting portion of the end of nipple shield.Sealing member is stretched to backward from the connecting portion of itself and bottom in the end of sucking that is suitable for that the baby sucks of nipple shield.In this case, sealing member can be a flat flexible disc, and this flexible disc is to make with the lamination of the material of liquid impermeable and gas such as suitable plastics, paper tinsel or plastics, paper tinsel and/or cardboard etc.
In one embodiment, nipple shield has a flange portion of arranging around decorative cover at decorative cover around the place that container finish assembles.The flange of nipple shield preferably arrange to such an extent that be clipped in or be pressed in decorative cover and container finish between, with the installation portion of the mouth of sealing decorative cover and container.
Decorative cover can comprise a flat dish, and this dish has a centre bore that constitutes passage, and a flange integrally formed, circumference, that extend downwards, and it is used for lid is installed in container.This flange can be provided with within it the surface and go up circumferential ridge or the groove that forms, and its convex ridge or groove that is suitable for forming on the outer surface with container finish cooperatively interacts.
The present invention also provides a kind of capping of drinking container, comprise a lid, described lid has the flange portion and the integrally formed middle body that is sealed in described flange portion that are suitable for being installed on the drinking container mouth, when described flange portion is contained on the drinking container mouth, the inside of drinking container and its outside seal; And flexible nipple shield, this flexible nipple shield has a circumferential flange on the flange portion that can be contained in lid, it is characterized in that: middle body is formed with a hollow inside, flexible nipple shield has one and is suitable for the nipple end that cooperates with the hollow inner tight of described middle body, and described middle body can be removed to expose described nipple end from flange portion by the fragility part in use.
The present invention also provides a kind of nipple shield that is used for the disposable infant Nursing container, comprises a mounting portion, and it is the form of flange substantially ringwise, so that nipple shield is contained on the liquid container; Suck part for one, it has a hole, and this hole is used for carrying liquid by nipple shield to the baby from container in the time of on being contained in container; And one sucking the part and intermediary coupling part, mounting portion, wherein, nipple shield is provided with circumferential groove on the border of sucking part and coupling part, so that two of forming nipple shield are stable shaped, promptly, store shape and drink shape, in storing shape, the coupling part with drink shape and compare and overturn.
The most handy softer and flexible material of nipple shield such as silicone rubber etc. are molded.
Nipple shield suck the part and the best length in coupling part about equally, thereby above-mentioned circumferential groove in drinking shape roughly in midpoint along nipple shield.In storing shape, to be convenient to nipple shield between the shape when mobile crooked or fold along circumference storing and drink when nipple shield for above-mentioned groove, and above-mentioned mounting portion is fixed on the Nursing container.
In a kind of recommended structure, the coupling part of nipple shield from the plane of a basic horizontal of the connecting portion of it and flange to having slick bending on its basic vertical plane with the connecting portion of sucking part.This is convenient to nipple shield and is storing and drinking between the shape and move smoothly.
The surface also can be set on nipple shield add competent structure, be preferably disposed on the inner surface of sucking part, so that it is stacked mutually to hinder the tendency that fluid flows through nipple shield to reduce the antipodal surface of nipple shield.The above-mentioned competent structure that adds can comprise for example one or more vertical convex ridges sucked on the part inner surface that are arranged on.
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At following embodiment shown in the drawings the present invention is only described in more detail by way of example now.
Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of drinking container, and drinking container is in the sealing shape among the figure, the over cap installation in position;
Fig. 2 is the axonometric chart of drinking container, and drinking container is in the sealing shape among the figure, and over cap and sealing member are removed;
Fig. 3 is the axonometric chart of drinking container, and drinking container is in and drinks shape among the figure, and its nipple shield exposes standby;
Fig. 4 is drinking container and the exploded view that has the cap assemblies of over cap;
Fig. 5 is the sectional side view that is in the sealing shape, comprises the drinking container of over cap;
Fig. 6 is the sectional side view of drinking container, and sealing member is installed on the thronely among the figure, and nipple shield subsides;
Fig. 7 is the sectional side view of drinking container, and sealing member is removed among the figure, is pulling up nipple shield;
Fig. 8 is the sectional side view that has the drinking container of the nipple shield that pulls up;
Fig. 9 is the side view that is in the nipple shield of the state of pulling up;
Figure 10 is the sectional side view of the nipple shield of Fig. 9;
Figure 11 is the side view that is in the nipple shield of collapsed mode;
Figure 12 is the sectional side view of the nipple shield of Figure 11;
Figure 13 is the sectional side view of the nipple shield of special shape;
Figure 14 is the sectional side view that the drinking container of nipple shield is housed;
Figure 15 is the axonometric chart on top of second kind of drinking container that the top of second kind of form is housed;
Figure 16 is the axonometric chart on top of drinking container that is just shedding Figure 15 of hermetic unit;
Figure 17 and 18 is the axonometric charts at the drinking container top of second kind of form, and it has removed hermetic unit, and nipple shield stretches out stand-by;
Figure 19 is mounted in the central cross sectional view at the drinking container top of second kind of form on the drinking container;
Figure 20 is the cutaway view that is in the nipple shield structure of the recommendation that pulls up shape;
Figure 21 is the cutaway view of nipple shield that is in the recommendation of the shape of withdrawing fully;
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Expression is in the drinking container 10 according to one embodiment of the invention in each shape in Fig. 1 to 8.Container 10 comprises a vessel 12, and it is cylindrical substantially, has a flat bottom 14 in its lower end, has a mouth 16 in the top, and this mouth has a circular open (see figure 4).In a recommendation form of the present invention, vessel 12 comprises the bottle that plastics such as callable polyethylene terephthalate etc. are made, and this is known drink bottle structure.The bottle of this recommendation form is less relatively, for example, has about 100 to 250 milliliters liquid storage capacity, and this is particularly because embodiments of the invention are applicable to baby's cause.
Specifically consult Fig. 1 to 4 now, container 10 also comprises a cap assemblies 20, and it is assemblied on the container finish 16, so that in use seal nozzle part opening 18.Cap assemblies comprises a decorative cover 22, and decorative cover 22 has the flat annular section 24 and the flange portion 26 that extends that have center hole 25 downwards.Easy in order to narrate, flange portion 26 is called as downward extension, this be because when cap assemblies be contained on the vessel and container with 14 whens placements of its bottom, this flange extends downwards from annular section with respect to annular section 24 outer surface up.Flange portion 26 make the periphery of being a bit larger tham container finish 16 interior week, decorative cover 22 is assemblied on the container finish 16 at the position of the contiguous mouth antelabium in downside (down) surface of annular section.In use, decorative cover 22 is securely fixed on the vessel 12 at mouth 16.Decorative cover and vessel can interconnect in any suitable manner, for example interconnect by binding agent, thermal welding or by the interlocking interference engagement or by the circumferential ridge that forms on decorative cover and container finish and/or the interlocking of groove.
Flexible nipple shield preferably has two stable shape, and in a shape, it is conical that nipple shield is substantially, and, for example extend from its bottom along a direction, (be called stretching, extension herein, pull up or drink shape or state) as shown in Figures 9 and 10.Another shape is to subside or store shape or state, and in this state, nipple shield is folding and bending area self is folding around a circumference, and above-mentioned fold domain roughly is positioned at the centre of the nipple shield size that is in the stretching, extension form.For example in Figure 11 and 12, nipple shield just is in the shape of subsiding.When being in when subsiding shape, in the mounting portion 52 and (for example suck part 56, see Fig. 9 or 10) between coupling part 54 upsets of the nipple shield that extends, the coupling part is extended downwards from the mounting portion, extend upward from the merging portion of it and coupling part and suck part 56, thereby form the shape of subsiding of the nipple shield 50 shown in Figure 11 or 12.When nipple shield was in subside shape and mounting portion 52 and is installed on the decorative cover 22, nipple shield extended downwards from decorative cover under the upper surface of annular section 24 at least substantially, as Fig. 2, shown in 4 and 14.
Cap assemblies 20 also comprises a sealing member 28 (Fig. 4), and the sealing part is the form of flexible material dish.Sealing member 28 is preferably made by the material of liquid impermeable and gas such as suitable paper tinsel, plastics or plastics and the lamination of paper tinsel.This sealing member is known in the drink and food field of containers of fill in advance.The sealing member dismountable type is contained on the upper surface of decorative cover 22, crosses hole 25 and extends.Sealing member 28 can guarantee that together with the sealing device between decorative cover 22 and the vessel 12 content of container 10 keeps sealing till the use of container.
Cap assemblies also can comprise an over cap 30, specifically sees Fig. 4.In the time of on being installed in decorative cover, over cap 30 is suitable for being assemblied on the sealing member 28, ruptures or removal with the accident that prevents sealing member 28, and reduces to abuse the probability of container and content thereof.For further having improved the performance that prevents to abuse container, can be on the adjacent part of the edge of over cap and vessel 12 with a band (not drawing among the figure), this is known in this specialty.This band designs to such an extent that make over cap not damage band just can not to pull down from container, and the indication of the vision of taking off or prize over cap so just is provided.When over cap is in place (Fig. 1), sealing member 28 is just by hidden.
The over cap 30 of preferred embodiment is a bit larger tham the decorative cover 22 that it assembles, and can be formed with the little convex ridge that is provided with at interval on circumference around its medial surface, so that against the lower edge of decorative cover, thereby dismountable type is held in place over cap when assembling on decorative cover.This simple snap-on covers (snap-fit cap) is known in disposable beverage and food containers field.
Over cap preferably comparatively closely is assemblied on the decorative cover with the space that avoids waste.Over cap can be placed on the container after first the use once more, and still, owing to closely cooperating between over cap in recommendation form of the present invention and the decorative cover, nipple shield should be placed to the storage shape once more before placing over cap once more.This is to press downward in the hole 25 by the part 56 of sucking with nipple shield, and nipple shield is remained on below the height of annular section 24 at least substantially.Even over cap closely cooperates on the hole that nipple shield 50 passes in use, this can be placed on the decorative cover over cap once more and does not interfere with nipple shield.Perhaps, over cap needs to be shaped on a location structure, for example, and around the low annular wall or the circular depressions at over cap inner surface center.The size of this location structure should make the end of the nipple shield that is in extended configuration can be placed on wherein when over cap is placed once more, thereby nipple shield is more easily handled to collapsed mode from extension state by the pressure from over cap in the process that it is placed once more.
A convenience that special benefits is used when being applied to fill in advance, disposable drinking container according to the lid and the nipple shield of embodiments of the invention.For example, the fill in advance that on supermarket or similar market, can buy, disposable drinking container 10 is in the state shown in shown in Figure 1 or Fig. 5 cutaway view.Container 10 has been equipped with drink liquid 13 (see figure 5)s such as Sucus Mali pumilae, and through sterilization and sealing in order to avoid the pollution when making, sealing is particularly realized by the sealing member 28 of hidden nipple shield 50.In order to use drinking container, the child caretaker only need unload over cap 30, peel seal 28.Nipple shield 50 just exposes in hole 25 like this, in order to use, nipple shield must to be extended to from the storage shape and drink shape.Needn't take off nipple shield and just can easily accomplish this point, therefore get ready for using very at leisure.
The procedural representation of disposable drinking container 10 that uses fill in advance is in Fig. 5 to 8, and Fig. 5 represents to be in the container 10 of sealing state, and the container of the fill in advance that consumer bought generally is in the sealing state.Band around over cap 30 edges does not draw in the drawings.As mentioned above, over cap 30 preferably is engaged on the decorative cover 22 fast, and personnel such as user such as child caretaker are easy to it is shed.The sectional side view of Fig. 6 represents not have the container 10 of over cap.Shed sealing member 28 from container 10 then, thereby expose the nipple shield 50 below it, be convenient to user and use.In order to use drinking container 10, user must pull up nipple shield from the storage shape shown in Fig. 5 and 6 then.Nipple shield 50 is pulled up to drinking shape several method can be arranged from storing shape, wherein a kind of of expression among Fig. 7.Specifically, the end that user is clamped nipple shield with finger, upwards drawing gently is so that pull out nipple shield by hole 25.
Pulling up nipple shield also can be by increasing the internal pressure of container 10 with respect to atmospheric pressure, thereby forces nipple shield 50 to be pressed into extended configuration from container.When container 10 is when making with flexible material, the outside of squeeze receptacle body 12 can increase above-mentioned internal pressure gently.
In a kind of alternate method, nipple shield 50 is made the spring of a bias voltage to extended configuration, and in this case, when shedding sealing member 28, nipple shield 50 can eject to drinking shape from the shape of subsiding automatically.For the ease of using drinking container first, this is particularly advantageous, still, just has problem if want that nipple shield is returned the storage shape.Therefore,, over cap also can be contained on the nipple shield when nipple shield is in extended configuration,, do so if desired so that behind Kaifeng, can protect nipple shield if nipple shield is made this form.Nipple shield can form the fexible bias pressure of this needs by the character of making material, but, compares stretching and store the nipple shield structure that shape all can be stable with above-mentioned, and the wall thickness of this nipple shield is perhaps thicker.The wall thickness of the increase of manufacturing nipple shield material can be used for increasing the elasticity of nipple shield and return the ability of extended configuration.
Fig. 8 represents container 10 with side view, and its nipple shield 50 is in extended configuration.
Consult Fig. 9 now, 10,11 and 12, these figure represent that with side view and cutaway view nipple shield 50 is in the stretching, extension and the shape of subsiding.Nipple shield 50 the most handy softer, inert, nontoxic, mouldable material body plans make it be suitable for putting into baby's mouth.Silicone rubber is a kind of suitable material, and those skilled in the art obviously also can be selected other material for use, for example plastics and/or rubber.The best molded formation of nipple shield, the molded type that is adopted depends on the material of body plan nipple shield.Nipple shield preferably is molded as extended configuration (Fig. 9 and 10), then, when making cap assemblies 20 it is placed to the storage shape.
What the nipple shield in Fig. 9 to 12 illustrated embodiment comprised that there is a little consumption aperture mounting portion 52, end sucks part 56 and one in the mounting portion with suck coupling part 54 between the part.Mounting portion 52 comprises a flat annular lip, and it is used for nipple shield is fixed on decorative cover 22 and/or vessel 12.Coupling part 54 as shown in Figures 9 and 10 comprises a frustoconical, extends to the bottom of sucking part 56 that has than minor diameter from annular mounting portion.Suck part 56 and be conical substantially, extend to end (this consumption aperture does not mark in the drawings) from merging with consumption aperture with the coupling part.Nipple shield suck the arbitrary shape that part certainly also can be made into to be needed, for example making the top has spheric cylindrical shape roughly, perhaps according to the existing suitable shape body plan of baby's city milk head-shield.
The nipple shield of recommending has two stable shape, that is, the extended configuration and the shape of subsiding are respectively shown in Figure 10 and 12.The main difference of these two kinds of shapes is layouts of coupling part, and overturn in the coupling part in the shape of subsiding.Overturn in the coupling part of so-called nipple shield, its implication is in rollover states, the coupling part usually outwardly the surface inwardly, and common inward-facing surface is outwardly.In this example, this means that also the opposite directions in coupling part 54 extend, and for example, extends downwards when upset, then extends upward conversely when not overturning.When nipple shield is in the storage shape (Figure 11 and 12), coupling part 54 is 52 extensions downwards from the mounting portion, suck part 56 and extend upward from the merging with the coupling part, at least roughly return the plane of mounting portion.On the other hand, when nipple shield is in (Fig. 9 and 10) when drinking shape, coupling part 54 52 extends upward from the mounting portion, further extends upward from its end and suck part 56.
Because the nipple shield in storing shape is positioned under the plane of mounting portion at least substantially, in use, the mounting portion is installed in below the annular section 24 of decorative cover, thereby in manufacture process, and sealing member 28 can be placed on the decorative cover upper surface and not interfere with nipple shield.
Figure 13 be special shape nipple shield 50 ' side view.It is stable shaped that nipple shield 50 ' molded shape is convenient to form two kinds of above-mentioned nipple shield.Specifically, nipple shield 50 ' in coupling part 54 ' and suck be provided with on part 56 ' junction surface a circumferential groove 60 '.Be convenient to foldingly or crooked at circumferential groove 60 places, nipple shield can be stabilized in subside in shape.For the same reason, in the coupling part 54 ' and mounting portion 52 ' connecting portion also can be provided with similar groove 62 '.If groove 60 ', 62 ' formation can not cause the unacceptable attenuation or the reduction of nipple shield wall material, the formation of these grooves can be finished on nipple shield in the formation of corresponding convex ridge.
Consult Figure 13 now once more, nipple shield 50 ' be preferably in is provided with one or more surfac topographys on its inner surface, for example, the complete facing surfaces of nipple shield stacks mutually in the process of sucking in order to reduce, can nipple shield suck part 56 ' on one or more reinforcement configurations are set.For example, nipple shield suck part 56 ' inner surface on can be provided with one or more circumference reinforcing ribs 64 '.As an alternative or supplement, for identical purpose, can be arranged on the vertical upwardly extending one or more reinforcing ribs of nipple shield.
The vessel 12 the most handy plastics of the drinking container 10 of disposable, fill in advance such as other plastic construction of callable polyethylene terephthalate or the known container suitable for drinking of this specialty.Other material of body plan vessel 12 also can be glass, metal or laminated plate, still, because plastics are in light weight, and the performance that is easy to the container that sealed plastic makes, thereby preferably use plastics.The mechanography of known manner is preferably adopted in the manufacturing of vessel, and its details depends on used manufactured materials.For example, can adopt blow molding technology.
Decorative cover is preferably also used plastic construction, but also can use known other the suitable material of those skilled in the art.Decorative cover can be used the plastic construction different with vessel, for example the polyethylene of available suitable density or polypropylene body plan.The manufacturing technology that is used for forming decorative cover can certainly change according to employed material, is suitable for adopting injection molded for suitable material.
As mentioned above, nipple shield preferably is molded as extended configuration, with can be placed to the shape of subsiding before or after decorative cover is connected.In the manufacture process of recommending, comprise that at least the cap assemblies of decorative cover, nipple shield and sealing member was made a unit before on the vessel that is assembled to fill in advance.For example, decorative cover and nipple shield are molded respectively, and sealing member cuts out from sheet material.Then, thus nipple shield inserted below decorative cover be assemblied in the decorative cover.Simultaneously, by applying opposite pressure and nipple shield be placed to the shape of subsiding to the mounting portion and the end of sucking part along the nipple shield axis.Perhaps, nipple shield also can be placed to the shape of subsiding when depanning or after the depanning just.
Nipple shield can be fixed on the decorative cover by frictional fit, perhaps suitably adopts certain external adhesive.Then, use binding agent, thermal welding or known other suitable seal method of any those skilled in the art that sealing member is applied on the upper surface of decorative cover.So just made cap assemblies, if desired, before or after being assemblied in cap assemblies on the vessel, can be on cap assemblies with the over cap device.If also need band or cover, then be preferably in and apply after cap assemblies is assemblied on the container, this is because band or cover also should be assemblied on the part of vessel, so that provide above-mentioned to laying down lid or prizing the vision indication of lid.
Form vessel, filling drinking liquid more earlier.Then, cap assemblies is assembled and is sealed on the vessel, thereby the liquid contents and the nipple shield of container is sealed in wherein.Decorative cover can for example use binding agent or thermal welding to be installed in the mouth of vessel according to the known any suitable mode of those skilled in the art.But, in recommendation form of the present invention, utilize the mounting portion of nipple shield itself that cap assemblies is sealed in vessel.Specifically as shown in figure 14, the flange 52 of nipple shield can be provided with to such an extent that be clipped between the edge of the inner surface of decorative cover and vessel mouth, thereby when being assemblied in cap assemblies on the vessel, the nipple shield flange forms sealing betwixt.When nipple shield is to use that this is particularly advantageous when making than soft material such as silicone rubber, soft material can bear compression, and fabulous sealing characteristics is provided.
When sealing can be provided by the nipple shield flange, still decorative cover must be fixed on the vessel, this preferably adopts convex ridge that cooperatively interacts and/or the groove of going up formation in vessel mouth periphery and the decorative cover flange week to realize.For example, the structure of Figure 14 is presented at the corresponding circumferential groove 72 and the flange 74 that form on the inner surface of the circumferential ridge that forms on the outer surface of vessel mouth 70 and decorative cover flange 24 and is meshing with each other.Fit tolerance between decorative cover and the vessel mouth makes when corresponding flange and/or groove positive engagement, and pressure acts on the nipple shield flange between mouth edge and the decorative cover, thereby forms good sealing.
As a kind of replacement scheme, the outer surface of the inner surface of decorative cover and vessel mouth can form screw thread, and it is meshing with each other until forming sealing.Do not recommend to use this form in this example, this is owing to unnecessary, does not also need the sort of performance that decorative cover is unloaded from vessel that screw thread is installed can be provided.
Figure 15 to 19 expression is according to the another kind of form of the drinking container 100 of one embodiment of the invention.Drinking container 100 is similar to above-mentioned container 10 substantially, but the structure of cap assemblies changes to some extent.Know among Figure 19 and shown that multi-form cap assemblies, Figure 19 are the central sectional side views of the cap assemblies 110 of container 100.In the drinking container cap assemblies of this form, decorative cover 112 and hermetic unit 120 are actually integrally formed, and this can be avoided sealing member is installed in the hell and high water that the decorative cover surface may be brought.
Figure 17 is the top axonometric chart of cap assemblies 110 of the modification of container 100.Cap assemblies 110 comprises the decorative cover 112 that a basic and above-mentioned decorative cover 22 is identical, and it has a flat annular upper surface 114 and one flange portion 116 of extension downwards, and decorative cover is fixed on the mouth of vessel by this flange portion.But during fabrication, decorative cover 112 does not form and resembles decorative cover 22 the sort of centre bores, is positioned at central authorities, Unitarily molded, hermetic unit 120 that can removal but have one.Hermetic unit 120 protrudes upward above flat annular surface 114 from the central authorities of decorative cover, and is installed on the inner edge of annular section by the edge wall portion 115 (dotting in Figure 15) of a fragility.
Shown in the cutaway view of the decorative cover of Figure 19 and hermetic unit, hermetic unit 120 is hollow structures, and shape is the spitting image of the end of sucking of nipple shield itself.The inner surface of hermetic unit end preferably is shaped very near the shape of the outer surface of nipple shield end.This can make the end of nipple shield be placed on when container is in sealing state in the hollow inside of hermetic unit, and this has several benefits.For example because the inner surface of hermetic unit closely surrounds the nipple shield end of containing consumption aperture, thereby reduced liquid by consumption aperture from bleed spatial probability in the cap assemblies of vessel.Liquid can not freely flow through the nipple shield consumption aperture, and this is because the hole is little that this situation can not take place, and also always is resisted against on the surface of hermetic unit owing to the hole.In fact, consumption aperture is crack or similar type, and as there not being the distortion of pressure reduction or nipple shield, liquid just can not flow through the hole at the place, hole.Because hermetic unit is to use the plastics identical with decorative cover molded, thereby its rigidity can prevent the distortion of nipple shield substantially.In addition, for example container is squeezed or the vessel internal pressure is increased relatively when dropping, thereby makes nipple shield end with holes more firmly against the inner surface of hermetic unit end, and this has further reduced the probability that liquid spills.In addition, around the hermetic unit inner surface, can form convex ridge towards its end, its edge closely contacts the outer surface of nipple shield towards the end, thereby makes the space of nipple shield end seal within the inner surface of the nipple shield outside and lid.
In the drinking container (100) of this form, as mentioned above, hermetic unit 120 is integrally formed with decorative cover 112, thereby decorative cover and hermetic unit make together, makes the manufacturing of drinking container and assembling all more easy.Decorative cover and hermetic unit are molded with the fragile part of annular thin wall (115) betwixt, this place's hermetic unit 120 in use can with decorative cover 112 dialysis.As shown in the figure, for example, hermetic unit is bent upwards (in Figure 16 at label 122) from the plane surface 114 of decorative cover, basically form a vertically extending part (124), this part curves a domed ends (126) then, and its internal diameter close match is in the external diameter (seeing Figure 19) of nipple shield end.Because the end of nipple shield end in hermetic unit closely cooperates, thereby significantly reduced the probability that liquid leaks from vessel by the hole of nipple shield end.Because the periphery of hemispherical nipple shield end closely is matched with the interior week of hemispherical hermetic unit, if thereby the situation that internal pressure relatively increases in vessel, occurs, this tends to flexible nipple shield is resisted against on the inner surface of hermetic unit more tightly, thereby can prevent the leakage from its end.
Annular thin wall part (115) between decorative cover and hermetic unit, its width can have only 1 millimeter, and thickness is preferably 1 millimeter or littler.Actual wall thickness can change according to the material of molded decorative cover and hermetic unit, and also basis is for making hermetic unit embrittlement change in the required power of decorative cover.For example, bigger if desired intensity surpasses the convenience open, so, at the edge wall thickness of fragile part can make thicker slightly, otherwise then can make more thinner.
In recommendation form of the present invention, hermetic unit is provided with from the plain film part 128 of the outside two opposite sides horizontal expansion of hermetic unit.It partly is to apply cross force to hermetic unit for the convenience of the users that these plain films are set, so that hermetic unit 120 is disconnected from decorative cover 112.For example, user can hold bottle with two, pushes plain film part 128 with thumb in every side of hermetic unit, thereby hermetic unit is disconnected.
Because the hermetic unit 120 in this form of the present invention is outstanding slightly from decorative cover, and the nipple shield end is located at wherein, makes container sealed, thus when hermetic unit is in place nipple shield and incomplete " subsiding ".But because hermetic unit is not preferably given prominence to the whole length of nipple shield, thereby nipple shield just partly is collapsed upon in the cap assemblies when sealing.When removing hermetic unit, hermetic unit is damaged fragile sealing, as shown in figure 16 from sidepiece pressurized and inclination.In the aforesaid operations process, (Figure 17 and 18) still in hermetic unit, removed from decorative cover until hermetic unit fully in the nipple shield end.When removing fully, the pressure that is added in the hermetic unit both sides increases the frictional force that cooperates quite closely and produce between nipple shield and hermetic unit, thereby makes the part of sucking of nipple shield be pulled to its extended configuration fully.Nipple shield preferably can be retracted to the shape of subsiding, if the content of container once can not use up, need reduce the nipple shield contamination of heavy when storing, and so, it is useful especially that Here it is.Nipple shield is when subsiding shape, even do not use lid, contamination of heavy also can significantly reduce, and this is because nipple shield does not extend the top on decorative cover surface 114, thereby has reduced to contact the probability on any unhygienic surface.
As mentioned above, an over cap also can be with the drinking container supply of fill in advance, and over cap can be placed on the decorative cover, so that store unspent container, covers nipple shield once more with anti-pollution.Over cap can be used for two kinds of recommendation forms of the present invention of describing in detail above equally.In of the present invention second form of describing, over cap is arranged on the hermetic unit in transportation with in selling, and for example can help avoid the accident fracture of hermetic unit.Perhaps, in second kind of form of the present invention, bottle can carry out batch package, is used to protect outstanding hermetic unit in situations such as transportation.For example, cardboard package, loan dish that is suitable for the accumulating bottle etc. can be shaped on recess, puts into hermetic unit in these recesses, thereby is protected in order to avoid rupture.
In another kind of replacement scheme, hermetic unit 120 itself can body plan must make it work as to put into the opening that forms on the decorative cover when removing hermetic unit once more.For example, hermetic unit 120 can be formed with one or more circumferential flanges, and above fragile wall portion, it is connected in decorative cover thereon, is used for hermetic unit is fixed on the decorative cover opening, so that cover the nipple shield of withdrawal slightly.The circumferential flange that diameter is bigger slightly than decorative cover diameter can push back in the opening bottom of hermetic unit not pass too far again.Then, hermetic unit can be fixed in the opening by the interference engagement between edge of opening and the hermetic unit edge, in order to avoid by the excessive insertion of circumferential flange.If the edge of hermetic unit does not provide the enough interference engagement with the decorative cover edge of opening, so, when both separately the time, the circumferential flange of another additional appropriate size is arranged on below the above-mentioned circumferential flange and anti-ly excessively inserting that it closely separates.In this embodiment, the interval between two flanges can be equivalent to the material thickness of decorative cover at the edge of opening place.Perhaps, the circumferential flange that forms on hermetic unit 120 may not need, and can form lug near the hermetic unit bottom on plain film part 128, so that hermetic unit is fixed in the decorative cover, thereby seals bottle once more behind Kaifeng.In any case, before placing hermetic unit once more, nipple shield is preferably put into container with the shape that it subsides.
For the method for using Kaifeng and open drinking container 100 is illustrated in Figure 15 in order, in 16 and 17.Figure 15 represents to be in the bottle of sealing state, and hermetic unit 120 is integrally formed with decorative cover 112.In order to use bottle, must remove hermetic unit 120, this is to apply side force by the lobe to hermetic unit to realize.For example, when being used to hold bottle, available thumb is to 128 reinforcings of plain film part.This splits fragile thin-walled portion 115, thereby destroys the sealing that is formed by lid.Then, make hermetic unit 120 and decorative cover 112 dialysis, as shown in figure 16.When hermetic unit and decorative cover dialysis, the nipple shield 130 sealed parts that the end is assemblied in the hermetic unit are extracted from the hole.Because hermetic unit is removed fully, nipple shield 130 is from the bottle full extension, and is ready for using, shown in Figure 17 and 18.
Figure 20 is a kind of cutaway view of nipple shield 130 of recommendation form.As shown in the drawing, nipple shield bottom has a flat substantially annular circumferential flange portion 132, the projection of nipple shield suck part 134 from its extension.About mid portion that nipple shield is preferably in size between its flange bottom and the nipple shield end is shaped on circumferential groove 136.As shown in the figure, this circumferential groove can comprise a thin-walled portion, thereby forms the groove towards nipple shield inside.Groove or thin-walled portion are convenient to nipple shield and are stabilized in and subside in shape.In addition, in the bottom with suck the part of sucking that the intermediary coupling part 140 of part preferably makes the projection that is bent to horizontal expansion from flange bottom sleekly, the bending of cross section can be arch, thereby nipple shield can easily move to the shape of subsiding from extended configuration.Because the coupling part 140 of nipple shield makes the plane that is basically parallel to flange portion 132 at two-part meet, thereby nipple shield is not difficult from extended configuration to depressing to the shape of subsiding, this be since except that above-mentioned groove or thin-walled portion with the significantly cause of bending that all need not in any zone of nipple shield.Have been found that the coupling part of nipple shield is suitable for being bent to from the internal diameter slyness of base flange the scope of the groove of mid point most.Figure 21 represents to be in the nipple shield 130 that subsides in the shape with cutaway view.
Because 130 of nipple shields are prepared to use once, thereby the wall thickness of nipple shield structure needn't be so thick as the nipple shield that uses repeatedly, thereby can save the material that uses in molding process.For example, the thickness of the wall of most of nipple shields 130 can be 0.5 to 1.5 millimeter, and thicker material (for example 2 millimeters) is arranged at base flange 132 places.In addition, the domed ends that is provided with liquid hole (not shown) also can have thick slightly wall material.As shown in drawings, compare with its tubular barrel portion in the end of nipple shield, and diameter can be big slightly, so that the baby uses.
Favourable sealing characteristics in view of the described drinking container of this description, be specially adapted to a use occasion of fill in advance according to the drinking container of body plan of the present invention, in this application scenario, the content of bottle is injected into, then, install the cap assemblies that has nipple shield with the content in the sealed container wholesomely.Certainly, preferably bottle and cap assemblies are carried out disinfection before injecting content and assembling, still, this can finish according to the known any suitable mode of those skilled in the art.Certainly also should note the health in assembling process, for example before closing on the sealed container body, apply sterilisation vapour stream or take similar measure to cap assemblies inside.
Depend on content and Canning Technique, can be according to the nonrecoverable drink bottle of the fill in advance of the embodiment of the invention in the supply of places such as supermarket for mass consumption.Certainly, baby's drinkable liquid can obtain at present in this manner, but as mentioned above, general baby's drinkable liquid need transfer in drinking container such as the repeatedly used baby bottle once more, and this has the defective of inherent health and convenience aspect.In addition, the present invention can be applicable in the medical usage, for example easily, supply to the oral drug of baby inoculation or medical treatment, perhaps just at feeding infant in the ward in puerperal of hospital, the content of sterilizing in this application scenario is a particular importance, and the utilization rate of bottled product is very high.In addition, the present invention also is applicable in the remote poverty-stricken area in the world and supplies medicine or feeding infant, because can not or be difficult to the scene in those places bottle and content carried out disinfection.When nutriment is drunk in famine child supply, drink that fluid may be abused or blended before use situation in prescription can be mixed mistakenly and dilute, thereby cause difficultly, and the nonrecoverable drink bottle of fill in advance also can solve this difficulty.
Those skilled in the art is obviously understood, the shape of container, particularly vessel is unessential to principle of the present invention, though also describe and illustrate the shape of bottle/jar in this description, but, also can adopt many other container shapes of many different materials body plans.In addition, be that retainer ring is installed in nipple shield on the container though the embodiment that has described in this description all uses " decorative cover ",, those skilled in the art is known, also nipple shield can be installed by that way in the enforcement of each side of the present invention.If adopt suitable known manufacturing technology and/or material, nipple shield can be directly connected in vessel really, even is linked as integral body with it.
In this manual, unless upper and lower literary composition has needs in addition, " comprising " speech is interpreted as containing described thing (integer) or thing group, but does not comprise other thing or thing group.
The front description of this invention is just undertaken by example, should not be construed as limitation of the invention, and the present invention is defined by the claims.
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1. disposable infant drinking container comprises:
A vessel, it is used to hold drinkable liquid, and described vessel has an open mouth;
A nipple shield has one and sucks part, and it is used for mouth by vessel to baby's drinkable liquid of providing and delivering, and
A lid, it has integrally formed decorative cover and hermetic unit;
Wherein, the nipple shield body plan must cover the uncovered mouth of vessel, and fixes on the thronely on open mouth by decorative cover, and described decorative cover is installed on the vessel around mouth;
It is characterized in that: what decorative cover and integrally formed hermetic unit covered nipple shield sucking part in order to avoid be exposed to environmental contaminants, and forms health sealing on the uncovered mouth of vessel with nipple shield, goes out, goes into container to prevent liquids and gases; The hermetic unit of described lid can be sucked part so that use from the decorative cover dialysis with what expose nipple shield by user.
2. disposable container as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: decorative cover is annular and has the hermetic unit that stretches out from its central authorities, described hermetic unit is connected with the connecting portion of decorative cover by fragility, connecting portion that should fragility when applying cross force between decorative cover and hermetic unit can disconnect, and makes hermetic unit from the decorative cover dialysis.
3. disposable container as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described hermetic unit has a hollow inside, and nipple shield is sucked the end and is assemblied in this hollow inside.
4. disposable drinking container as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: described lid is molded out of plastic single-piece.
5. disposable drinking container as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: described decorative cover is installed on the vessel, and user can not shed it.
6. disposable container as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: the connecting portion of described fragility comprises that a wall thickness subtracts circlet.
7. as claim 1,2 or 3 described disposable drinking container, it is characterized in that: the nipple shield body plan has a bottom that has circumferential flange, sucking part stretches out from bottom center, circumferential flange is fixed between the vessel flange and described decorative cover of a described uncovered mouth of qualification, thereby nipple shield is fixed on the vessel, and the described health of being convenient between vessel and lid seals.
8. disposable drinking container as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: nipple shield also is shaped on a bending area in the bottom with between sucking partly, and this bending area is convenient to move towards the plane of flange by the end that makes nipple shield suck part the upset of the part that realizes the nipple shield bottom.
9. disposable drinking container as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: being separated in of hermetic unit and decorative cover forms a round center hole on the decorative cover, the part of sucking of nipple shield extends through this centre bore.
10. drinking container capping, comprise a decorative cover, decorative cover has a flat substantially annular upper plate, and annular upper plate has the mounting portion of extending from its outer rim, described mounting portion is suitable for cooperating and is fixed on one drinks on the mouth of container, and hermetic unit extends upward from the central authorities of described upper plate;
It is characterized in that: the sealing part is by inner edge integral installation and the sealing of a fragile connecting portion around annular upper plate, this fragility connecting portion makes when the finger of user applies a cross force with respect to the mounting portion on hermetic unit, hermetic unit can disconnect with the mounting portion, described capping comprises that also is suitable for the flexible nipple shield that the baby sucks, wherein, hermetic unit and nipple shield body plan must make an end of nipple shield be engaged in the hollow inside of hermetic unit, extend by a hole that forms on the mounting portion when removing hermetic unit with box lunch.
11. capping as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that: nipple shield has the bottom of a band shape circumferential flange, described circumferential flange is engaged in the mounting portion, the part of sucking with nipple shield of described nipple shield end is extended from described bottom, and the hollow of hermetic unit is inner to closely cooperate to reduce the probability that liquid leaks from the suction hole on the nipple shield end around described nipple shield end.
12. capping as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: described mounting portion and hermetic unit are molded out of plastic single-piece, and described connecting portion comprises a plastic hoop that reduces thickness.
13. capping as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: described hermetic unit stretches out nipple shield and sucks the sub-fraction of part from the bottom expanded range from described mounting portion, thereby being assemblied in the hermetic unit and base flange in the mounting portion time when the nipple shield end, nipple shield partly subsides in capping.
14. capping as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: described hermetic unit is shaped at least one plane surface part so that the finger of user applies cross force to sealing.
15. the method for shaping disposable infant drinking container, comprise molded vessel with a uncovered mouth, the flexible nipple shield of sucking on the molded opening that is suitable for being assemblied in the vessel mouth, a molded integral cap, described lid is installed so that be fixed on nipple shield on the described opening and seal described container with the described container of drinkable liquid fill around the vessel mouth, it is characterized in that, single-piece lid forms with a central hermetic unit is whole, and described central hermetic unit can be from the remainder dialysis of lid to break a seal described container and expose described nipple shield for use.
16. method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: be included in be installed in lid on the vessel before, an end of nipple shield is assemblied in the step in the hollow inside of described hermetic unit.
17. the capping of drinking container, comprise a lid, described lid has the flange portion and the integrally formed middle body that is sealed in described flange portion that are suitable for being installed on the drinking container mouth, when described flange portion is contained on the drinking container mouth, the inside of drinking container and its outside seal; And flexible nipple shield, this flexible nipple shield has a circumferential flange on the flange portion that can be contained in lid, it is characterized in that: middle body is formed with a hollow inside, flexible nipple shield has one and is suitable for the nipple end that cooperates with the hollow inner tight of described middle body, and described middle body can be removed to expose described nipple end from flange portion by the fragility part in use.
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