EP1297814A1 - Tétine pour bébés pour nourriture épaisse - Google Patents

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EP1297814A1
EP1297814A1 EP02256739A EP02256739A EP1297814A1 EP 1297814 A1 EP1297814 A1 EP 1297814A1 EP 02256739 A EP02256739 A EP 02256739A EP 02256739 A EP02256739 A EP 02256739A EP 1297814 A1 EP1297814 A1 EP 1297814A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/001—Teats having means for regulating the flow rate
    • A61J11/0015—Teats having means for regulating the flow rate by size or shape of the opening
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/0035—Teats having particular shape or structure
    • A61J11/0065—Teats having particular shape or structure for improving rigidity, e.g. anti-bite-through or anti-collapsing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/02—Teats with means for supplying air
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J11/00—Teats
    • A61J11/04—Teats with means for fastening to bottles
    • A61J11/045—Teats with means for fastening to bottles with interlocking means, e.g. protrusions or indentations on the teat

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  • This invention relates to a teat for use with a baby feeding bottle and more particularly to a teat for dispensing semi-solid rather than liquid feed.
  • Teats for baby bottles are designed to deliver liquid feed, such as milk, from the bottle to the baby.
  • the baby sucks on the teat to draw the feed through one or more apertures in the end of the teat.
  • Present teats are designed to deliver liquid feed of a watery consistency, such as milk, from the bottle to the baby. However, they do not function with feeds of a much thicker consistency.
  • a baby feeding teat for dispensing semi-solid feed comprising a body portion with a mouthpiece at one end thereof having an aperture therein dimensioned to allow the passage of the semi-solid feed therethrough, the aperture being dimensioned and arranged on the mouthpiece so that its cross sectional area increases when the baby compresses and sucks on the mouthpiece to draw the semi-solid feed therethrough.
  • the mouthpiece is elliptical in cross section with a pair of facing longer sides.
  • the aperture extends between the pair of facing longer sides of the mouthpiece.
  • three apertures are provided on the mouthpiece.
  • the or each aperture is an open slot.
  • the slots are parallel to each other.
  • ribs are formed on the interior surface of the mouthpiece on opposite walls thereof.
  • the ribs extend along the whole length of the mouthpiece and they preferably are off-set relative to each other.
  • the baby feed bottle shown in Figure 1 has a main portion 1 and a neck portion 2 with a rim 6. These portions are generally cylindrical, but the main portion is marginally waisted, as indicated at 3, to facilitate hand holding.
  • the neck has an interrupted screw thread 4 for receiving an annular teat fitting cap 22 (see Figure 5).
  • the cap 22 is used to attach the teat 8 to the bottle 2 and comprises a cylindrical body 22A with an end wall 23 with a central hole 24 in it.
  • the interior of the body 22A is formed with an internal interrupted screw thread 21.
  • the bottle is made of clear polycarbonate and provided with graduated markings (not shown) indicating capacity, for example up to a full capacity just at the top of the main portion 1 wherein it starts to merge into the neck portion 2 of reduced diameter.
  • the base 5 of the bottle is slightly domed, convexly upwardly, whilst the rim 6 of the bottle neck has a chamfered edge 7.
  • FIGS 2A, 2B, 3 and 4 show the configuration of a moulded teat 8 of the invention for use with the bottle of Figure 1.
  • the teat 8 comprises a mouthpiece 11 which is elliptical in cross section and has a shallowly curved surface 10 at its remote end in which perforations 12 are formed.
  • a dormal cap or cover (not shown) of known type is normally fitted on the screw cap 22 to enclose the teat 8, the end surface 10 of the teat contacting the undersurface of the dormal cap to make a seal therewith and prevent feed leaking from the teat 8 until the cap is removed.
  • the perforations preferably consist of three equi-distantly spaced open slots 12A-12C spanning the shorter distance across the mouthpiece end, as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • the mouthpiece 11 is elliptical in plan view rather than circular as in conventional bottle-feed teats, for reasons which will be explained hereafter.
  • the two outside slots 12A and 12C are preferably 5.5mm long whereas central slot 12B is preferably 7mm in length.
  • Each slot 12A-12C is preferably 0.4mm wide. It should be noted that these dimensions are given by way of example only and that the slots could therefore be dimensioned to suit the characteristics of the thick feed to be dispensed.
  • the teat 8 has a body portion 11A with an annular groove 13 around its base localised immediately above an outwardly extending annular flange 14.
  • the flange 14 has a downwardly depending inner annular lip 15 extending from its undersurface and an outer axially shorter bead or lip 16 to define an annular recess 16A therebetween (see Figure 6A) which receives the upper edge of the bottle neck 2.
  • the lower half of the inner annular lip 15 has a section 17 which tapers radially outwardly. This section 17 cooperates with the inner surface of the neck 2 and acts as a flap valve when the teat is in use, as will be described later with reference to Figure 5.
  • a rib 18 is formed on the inside wall of each of the longer sides of the teat mouthpiece 11 between the centre slot 12B and outer slots 12A and 12C, as shown in Figure 4.
  • Each rib 18 extends axially along substantially the whole length of the mouthpiece 11 (see Figures 6A and 6B).
  • the underside of the annular flange 14 and the bead 16 has two pairs of diametrically opposed grooves 19 therein which extend from the outer edge of the flange 14 to the outer wall of the inner annular lip 15 for reasons which will be explained.
  • the flange 14 is dimensioned to seat on the rim 6 of the bottle neck 2 with the inner lip 15 extending into the interior of the bottle neck with a small clearance from the interior surface of the bottle beck 2.
  • the bead 16 fits around the bottle neck 2 on the chamfered rim 7 and the two pairs of diametrically opposed grooves 19 bridge the top of the rim 6 to allow air to pass from the exterior to the interior of the bottle 1.
  • Figures 6A and 6B show how the teat 8 is mounted on the bottle neck 2 using the cap 22.
  • Figure 6A shows the annular cap 22 screwed loosely on to the bottle neck.
  • the teat flange 14 and inner depending lip 15 are undistorted, with the lip 15 spaced with a small radial clearance within the neck 2 of the bottle.
  • Figure 6B shows the effect of screwing the cap 22 onto the bottle neck 2. It can be seen that the inner region 32 of the flange 14 is pressed downwardly due to the axial pressure exerted on the teat by the inner peripheral rim 24A of the cap 22 which is seated in the annular groove 13 on the teat 8. In consequence, the inner depending lip 15 is deformed radially outwardly to engage and seal at 33 with the interior wall of the bottle neck 2. An axial movement of the cap 22 by about 2mm is sufficient to deform the teat from the position shown in Figure 6A to the condition shown in Figure 6B.
  • the open slots 12A-12C of the teat 8 of the invention allow baby feed of a much thicker consistency to be delivered from the teat 8 during feeding. However, they are narrow enough to normally prevent the thick feed from passing through them.
  • feed of a much thicker consistency we mean one which has a consistency similar to thin porridge.
  • the baby bites on the teat and thereby applies a pressure to the longer sides 20 of the mouthpiece 11 whilst sucking.
  • This pressure/biting action compresses and deforms the mouthpiece 11 to form a longer more elliptical shape in cross section, which has the effect of widening the slots 12 to form larger apertures in the mouthpiece end 10. This allows the viscous feed to pass through the slots and out of the bottle.
  • the ribs 18 on the inner side of the mouthpiece assist in preventing the mouthpiece from collapsing easily under pressure from the baby's mouth whilst feeding.
  • the teat can be moulded from natural or synthetic rubber, silicone or thermoplastic elastomer.

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