EP1714631B1 - Disposable baby bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

The opening (16) is connected with the sucking unit (3) and the intermediate element (13). The foldable container is made of flexible and fluid dense material. The container is folded along its longitudinal axis. The fold areas pass spiral around the longitudinal axis of the container. The container is connected with the intermediate element by a fixing ring (15). The sucking unit consists of stable ring area and flexible central area with liquid discharge opening. The retaining element (6) surrounds the baby bottle and consists of finger like element and lax. Independent claims are included for: (1) an arrangement for an one-way baby bottle; (2) intermediate element for baby bottle; and (3) kit for forming an one-way baby bottle.

Description

The present invention relates to baby bottles, in particular disposable one-time disposable baby bottles comprising a nipple unit and a container, and a disposable baby bottle intermediate member, a disposable baby bottle assembly, and a disposable baby bottle kit.

Conventional baby bottles usually consist of a container, a nipple and a ring over which the nipple is fixed to the container in such a way that a liquid outlet located in the nipple is arranged substantially above the center of the container opening. The ring cover is usually screwed to the container, namely to a thread on the outside of the container opening.

Reusable bottles must be sufficiently cleaned and sterilized to prevent the filled drinks, e.g. bacterial, contaminated. Sterilization is time consuming and, if not expertly or inadequately cleaned, remains of residues may be left exposing the child to risk.

Various approaches for one-way bottles are known in the art.

A step towards the rational production of a disposable bottle consists in a reduction of the components. For this purpose, the mouthpiece of the nipple, usually made of a flexible material, and the ring cover, usually made of another, stiffer material, are joined together to form a part, as in US2004 / 0256345 and EP 0 300 786 released.

In DE 35 35 653 and EP 0 300 786 Foldable containers are also proposed, which are folded in particular harmonic like. For delivery, storage and disposal of such containers take up little space and the volume can be increased during filling.

DE 35 35 653 shows a harmonious foldable container whose head portion has been subjected to a hardening process in the vicinity of the container opening in order to be able to engage with the ring Überwurfs.

In order to force a single use of the bottle, the suction unit can be secured to the container by means of a snap-lock, as in US 2004/0256345 and the documents cited therein. Once the bottle has been filled and closed, it can not easily be opened again for refilling.

The FR 2 779 946 describes a foldable suction bottle, the nipple is screwed to the bottleneck. It is proposed to store the folded bottle in a closed cup with a foil.

The WO 01/58235 also shows foldable feeding bottles, the suckers can be attached via a thread on the neck of the bottle. In the FIG. 8 a bottle is shown, whose opening is welded to a rigid part, which is provided with an external thread.

The US 3,182,841 shows a baby bottle, wherein a suction unit is secured with a snap lock on an intermediate element of a container.

The previously known one-way bottles are either unwieldy to use or complicated and expensive to manufacture.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide simple disposable bottles, which provide a comfortable and hygienic use and which are efficient and economical to produce.

This object is achieved by a disposable baby bottle according to claim 1.

Therefore, a disposable baby bottle is presented, which comprises a container, a suction unit and an intermediate element, which intermediate element is inseparably connected or connectable to the opening region of the container and on the other hand is permanently connected or connectable to the suction unit, the intermediate element being more dimensionally stable than the container, especially as the opening area of the container.

Like all baby bottles, the disposable baby bottle according to the invention comprises a container for holding the beverage, e.g. of milk, tea, juice or even porridge, and a suction unit with a mouthpiece for sucking up a child, a patient or an animal. Alternatively or in addition to the suction unit may be provided a closure element for liquid-tight closure of the bottle.

According to the invention, the two essential components, namely container and suction unit, can be coupled to the intermediate element. Before filling either the intermediate element with the container or the intermediate element may be connected to the suction unit. The second connection, either to the suction unit or to the container leads to the liquid-tight coupling of suction unit and container, so that the filling can emerge exclusively through the designated liquid outlet in the mouthpiece of the suction unit.

However, the respective compounds are insoluble to prevent re-refilling the bottle. An undetachable connection can either be made during manufacture or produced by a corresponding closing mechanism. Insoluble here means that the connection should be a nondestructive opening and resealing the bottle to be prevented.

In the previously known baby bottles, the containers were to be manufactured so that engagement with the corresponding part of a suction unit was made possible. This condition limits the material selection and other properties, especially with baby bottles for the individual filling and for the adaptation of a suction unit, a comparatively large container opening is necessary.

In addition, it is necessary to provide a manageable gripping surface on the bottle, as it is usually used to hold the bottle during feeding. For older children, handles can also be provided on the bottle. The gripping surface and the handles are not necessarily compatible with all bottle geometries, but in the case of the bottle according to the invention they can easily be combined with the intermediate element.

The intermediate element ensures that a liquid-tight connection between suction unit and container is made possible, regardless of the nature of the components. The decisive factor is that the intermediate element is at least more dimensionally stable than the container, or as the portion of the container with which the connection is received, so usually the opening area of the container. Dimensionally stable here means that the intermediate element in the hand of the user has a strength which ensures the maintenance of the external shape and the maintenance of the flow opening.

For one-way bottles, it is advantageous to use containers with low wall thickness, which are reasonably priced due to material jump, but also mechanically little claim. This can adversely affect the handling and the ability to liquid-tight connection. The intermediate element compensates for this disadvantage.

Intermediate element and suction unit are connected or connectable via a closing mechanism, in particular when the disposable bottle is delivered in a state in which intermediate element and container are already connected. For use, the bottle is filled and closed by the user by means of the closing mechanism. The connection must therefore not only be liquid-tight, but must also be produced in a few simple steps.

It is in the closing mechanism to a snap-lock. However, the connection can not be solved for another filling again and close again.

For this, the suction unit preferably has at least one resilient snap-lock element, which engages when closing on a counterpart, which is provided on the intermediate element. The arrangement may also be reversed, that is, snap-lock element on the intermediate element and counterpart on the suction unit.

The snap-lock element and the counterpart can be designed annular.

Is the counterpart not provided on the outside of the intermediate element, but lying on the inside, so there is virtually no way to solve the connection non-destructive.

The suction unit is made in one piece. Preferably, the suction unit comprises a central region of substantially flexible material with a liquid outlet and a substantially dimensionally stable annular region.

The central area comprising the mouthpiece preferably has a shape that is comfortable for the child, which either adapts to the jaw or simulates a mother's breast, and a material elasticity that allows the fluid to escape as the child sucks. The substantially dimensionally stable annular region is used primarily for liquid-tight connection with the intermediate element and thus with the container.

In addition, the function of the annular region is to stiffen the transition region between the container and the nipple and to increase the dimensional stability of the intermediate element.

The ring portion may be made of a dimensionally stable PP, the flexible central portion e.g. made of TPR or EVA.

The one-piece design makes it easier to use when assembling the bottle and reduces the number of components.

Suction units may be provided with a specific liquid outlet which is particularly suitable for the discharge of liquids of certain viscosity, for defined quantities of liquid or for the suction power of children of a certain age. Alternatively, the suction unit may comprise a Vario system, which allows the selection and adjustment of different liquid outlets.

Furthermore, an additional valve opening can be provided on the suction unit or on the container, which effects an "anti-colic" effect, thus preventing the child from swallowing air.

The container is foldable. Bottles with foldable containers can be delivered very space-saving. After unfolding, they provide sufficient internal volume. For disposal, the containers can be folded back to take up less space.

The folding can be done in different ways, but for the user, deployment should be intuitive, or even automatic at the time of loading. For this, it is favorable if the folding takes place along a longitudinal axis of the container, for example in a bellows-like or harmonic-like manner. The longitudinal axis is usually arranged perpendicular to the opening surface of the container, but may also extend at a different angle to the opening surface.

Due to the dimensional stability of the intermediate element for the connection area shaping and defines the opening area between the container and suction unit.

In order to achieve this, the intermediate element can consist of sections which are joined together only when connected to the final connection-stabilizing form.

Preferably, however, the intermediate element is designed to be substantially annular, with the opening area of the intermediate element substantially corresponding to the opening area of the container or the suction unit.

Advantageously, the container consists of a flexible, liquid-tight material, preferably a plastic, such as EVA or LDPE. These materials are cost-effective to manufacture, meet the requirements in the food industry and allow various possibilities for the outer contour.

With regard to one-way bottles, lightweight and flexible materials are advantageous for the transport of even large quantities and practical for disposal due to the small footprint.

Preferably, the container is foldable along a longitudinal axis of the container, with pleat surfaces helically wound around the longitudinal axis. In contrast to the harmonica-like folding in which surfaces of different inclinations alternate along the axis, the spiral or helical fold surfaces form contiguous areas on the inside of which the liquid can run.

In the case of the bellows-like or concertina-like folding, surfaces of the same inclination with respect to the axis as well as inwardly and outwardly directed folding angles are opposite each other. As a result, such containers bend too easily. However, this is not desirable for bottles, as a container with a stable cylindrical or conical basic shape is easier to grasp and the liquid can leak better.

The pitch of the turns in containers with a spiral fold can be selected so that in each case inwardly and outwardly directed folding angle are opposite. In such an arrangement, the flexural rigidity is improved.

The good flowability of the liquid on the inner wall of a spiral-foldable container and its flexural rigidity make such containers suitable for bottles of any kind, in particular for disposable bottles, for example with a screw cap.

The foldable container preferably has an edge region without folding surfaces at the opening region, at which connection to the intermediate element can take place.

The connection between container and intermediate ring can be made by gluing or by direct injection molding of different injection-molded plastics. A flexible container opening can also be slipped over a stiffer, annular intermediate element and effect a liquid-tight connection.

Preferably, however, a fastening element is provided by means of which container and intermediate element are connected or connectable. The fastener may be a pair of threads that allows for screwing, in a clamp member or in a snap lock.

A particularly simple solution is to connect containers or intermediate element by means of a fixing ring or to make connectable. The fixing ring, for example a closed elastic band, for example, presses the opening area of the container against the outer contour of the intermediate element. The connection is easy to reach manually and is inexpensive.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the disposable bottle comprises at least one holding element, which at least partially surrounds the disposable bottle, in particular the container.

Particularly in the case of bottles having a flexible or foldable container, it is advantageous if the bottle has an additional gripping surface on which the person holding the bottle for feeding can grasp them without pressure being exerted on the container and himself this deformed or liquid is forced out. The gripping surface can be formed by the intermediate element and enlarged by the holding element.

However, the function of the holding element is mainly that it at least partially surrounds the container, especially when it is empty. A bottle with foldable container can be stowed in an empty state, at least partially within the holding element or be prevented by this at the unfolding, as long as the container is not filled or prepared for a filling.

During delivery and storage, in particular a thin-walled container is protected by the retaining element.

The holding element may be attached to the bottom of the container and simultaneously serve as a storage element for flexible containers.

In a preferred embodiment, the holding element is attached to the intermediate element, either carried out in one piece with this or attached as a separate component to this.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the holding element is at least partially cylindrical. The inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the container. The height of the cylindrical shape preferably corresponds to the longitudinal extent of the container in the folded state.

The cylindrical basic shape of the retaining element preferably has recesses which make it possible to pull the folded container out of the retaining element. In a harmonica-like or spirally folded container, the outer diameter in the folded state is slightly larger than in the unfolded state. The diameter of the holding element is therefore chosen so that the folded container just clamped in the holding element and not readily unfolds itself.

Instead of a cylindrical basic shape with recesses, the holding element can also have finger-like structures which fulfill the same function but require less material.

At the ends of the cylindrical or finger-like holding elements facing away from the side on which the holding element is connected to the bottle, latching elements can be provided, by means of which a collapsed container is held together and prevented from unfolding.

While the container is preferably made of a rather soft plastic, e.g. LDPE or EVA, is a more dimensionally stable plastic, e.g. PP, provided.

The holding member may be formed tab-like in a further advantageous embodiment. In this embodiment, at least one tab may be wrapped around the collapsed bottle and attached or attached. The container unfolds only when the at least one tab is released.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, unused disposable baby bottles are preferably arranged individually in an outer packaging, preferably a blister pack. As long as the disposable baby bottle is in the package, the inner volume of the container is reduced, for example, by the fact that the container is collapsed like a bellows. A container that is bagged of flexible material may also be rolled up or otherwise compressed in the package.

The disposable bottles can be delivered either empty or partially filled. In the latter case, for example, a certain amount of a beverage powder or granules may already be present in the container, which dissolves when a certain amount of liquid is added.

The outer packaging can not only keep the bottle sterile but can also prevent the partial filling from escaping at the same time.

Alternatively, the container or container and intermediate element can be temporarily closed until they are used, for example by means of a foil or a stopper, so that at least the interior of the container is kept sterile and a possible partial filling is prevented from escaping.

The temporary closure may be made airtight so as to prevent air from entering the container and preventing premature deployment.

After removal of the temporary closure, for example a cap or a foil, or after opening the outer packaging, the disposable bottle may need to be unfolded, but otherwise ready for use. It does not have to be sterilized.

The components for a disposable baby bottle, ie container, intermediate element and suction unit, are preferably in an outer packaging, so that after opening an outer packaging unit a disposable bottle is ready for use.

Preferably, in the packaging, a one-piece suction unit is arranged in an inverted position on the container, thus pointing with the central mouthpiece in the direction of the container interior. This arrangement allows a compact package size.

For use, the user has only a few actions to take. These may be the following: opening the blister pack, unfolding the spiral bellows container, filling the container, snapping the suction unit to the intermediate element.

In addition, the disposable baby bottle can be delivered with a lid for covering the sorter unit. The lid is used to temporarily cover the suction unit, if the contents of the bottle is not drunk at a time, and the still partially filled bottle is stored intermediately. The lid can be part of the outer packaging.

Preferably, the lid has closing elements, e.g. a thread or a locking edge, which engages with either the intermediate element or the ring element of the suction unit.

Intermediate elements can be manufactured so that they can be connected to conventional suction units. In this case, only the container or the container and the intermediate element may be provided for single use. The user uses the existing and sterilizable vacuum units together with the disposable, which may be partially filled. For example, on a journey, on the road, in a hospital or nursery, where several children are cared for, it can be dispensed to measure the amount of milk or beverage powder for individual portions and fill, it only takes up to a filling line with water or other fluid. After use, container or container and intermediate element are disposed of.

Preferably, however, the entire bottle consists of disposable components.

The object underlying the invention is therefore further solved by a kit for forming a disposable baby bottle, which consists of a container, a suction unit and an intermediate element, wherein the intermediate element on the one hand with the opening portion of the container is permanently connected and on the other hand with the suction unit undetachably connectable and the intermediate element is more dimensionally stable than the container, in particular as the opening region of the container.

The container is feltbar and the suction unit is in one piece. The between element and the suction unit can be connected or connected with a snap lock.

The kit may also include a container that already contains the beverage or a component of a beverage, for example a powder. Preferably, the container is provisionally closed with a closure element until the disposable bottle is formed so that the contents can not escape. The closure element is either completely removed for use with the bottle, for example it may be withdrawn in the form of a plug, or partially removed if, for example, the tearing of a film exposes a sufficiently large opening.

The closure element can be removed or opened by hand, or the suction element is a lancing device with which a flow area is provided in the closure element.

drawings

FIG. 1

shows a first side view of a first example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention;

FIG. 2

shows a second side view of the first example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention;

FIG. 3

shows a sectional view of the first example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention along a section line AA according to FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 3a

shows a sectional view of another example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention along a corresponding section line;

FIG. 4

shows a detailed view of the first example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention according to marked section B. FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 5

shows a schematic sectional view of a second example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention;

FIG. 6

shows a detailed view of the second example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention according to marked section C from FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 7

shows a side view of an example of a one-piece suction unit;

FIG. 8

shows a perspective view of an example of a ring portion of a suction unit;

FIG. 9

shows a side view of an example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention with a holding element comprising finger-like elements;

FIG. 10

shows a side view of an example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention with a holding element comprising a tab;

FIG. 11

shows a side view of an example of a kit according to the invention for a disposable baby bottle.

FIG. 1 1 shows a first side view of a first example of a disposable baby bottle 1 according to the invention. The disposable baby bottle 1 comprises a container 2, a suction unit 3, comprising a central area 4 and a ring area 5, and a holding element 6.

The container 2 has spirally wound fold surfaces 7a, 7b.

The holding element 6 has recesses 8.

The disposable baby bottle 1 preferably has a volume of about 250 ml and has a diameter 9 of 4-7 cm, preferably 55 mm.

FIG. 2 shows a second side view of the first example of a disposable baby bottle 1 according to the invention.

The container 2 is collapsible along a longitudinal axis 10 and can be at least partially pushed into the holding element 6. The recesses 8 of the retaining element 6 serve to deploy the container 2.

The pitch 11 of the helical winding in the unfolded state is selected so that in each case a fold outwards 12a and a fold inward 12b are opposite. This gives the container 2 a certain flexural rigidity.

FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of the first example of a disposable baby bottle 1 according to the invention along a section line AA according to FIG. 2 , In the present example, the holding element 6 is made in one piece with the intermediate element 13. The intermediate element 13 has a flange-like extension 14 for connection to the container 2. As a fastening element 29, a fixing ring 15 presses the opening region 16 of the container 2 against the flange-like extension 14 and ensures a liquid-tight connection.

At the same time, the intermediate element 13 has an annular recess 17, which serves as a part of a closing mechanism for connection to the suction unit 3.

FIG. 3a shows a sectional view of another example of a disposable baby bottle 1a according to the invention along an analog section line as in FIG. 3 , In the present example, the intermediate member 13a is formed integrally with the container 2a. The flange-like projection 14a merges into the opening portion 16a of the container 2a.

The closure unit 3a is a suction unit 3.

FIG. 4 shows a detailed view of the first example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention according to marked section B. FIG. 3 ,

The intermediate element 13 has an annular recess 17 with an inwardly directed edge 18.

The annular region 5 of the suction unit 3 has an edge region 19 which engages in the annular recess 17 of the intermediate element 13.

The edge region 19 is bent over the entire circumference of the annular region 5 like a hook to form a brim 20, which is not explicitly apparent in the detail view.

When inserting the edge region 19 into the recess 17, the hook-like brim 20 is pressed by the edge 18 against the edge region 19. As soon as the brim 20 has passed the edge 18, it returns to its original position and faces away from the edge region 19.

In this case, the brim 20 engages in the undercut 21 of the edge 18 and there is formed as a closing mechanism 27 a snap-lock 28. The suction unit 3 is thus inextricably linked to the intermediate element 13.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic sectional view of a second example of an inventive disposable baby bottle 101. The disposable baby bottle 101 is in the folded state, that is, the bellows-like container 102 is pushed together. The entire disposable baby bottle 101 with container 102, suction unit 103 and intermediate element 113 is located in a blister pack 122, wherein the film 123 not only completes the blister pack 122 and thus keeps the disposable baby bottle 101 sterile, but also holds the container 102 folded together like a bellows.

The collapsed container 102 contains a beverage concentrate 125.

When the blister package 122 is opened, the container 102 may deploy and be filled with a liquid in which the beverage concentrate 126 dissolves.

Once the disposable baby bottle 101 is filled and in use, the top 124 of the blister pack 122 may be used as a cover for the suction unit when the child stops drinking.

FIG. 6 shows a detailed view of the second example of a disposable baby bottle according to the invention 101 according to marked portion C from FIG. 5 ,

The intermediate element 113 also has, in the example shown here, a flange-like extension 114, over which the opening region 116 of the container 102 is slipped.

At the same time, the intermediate element 113 has a recess 117 for engagement of the annular region 105 of the suction unit 103.

A holding element for stowing the container is not provided.

However, the intermediate element 113 has a gripping surface 126, on which the disposable baby bottle 101 can be held during feeding.

FIG. 7 shows a side view of an example of a one-piece suction unit 3, consisting of a central region 4 of flexible material and a dimensionally stable annular region 5. At the annular region 5, a downwardly facing edge region 19 is provided with a brim 20 which has a hook-like profile in cross-section ,

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of an example of an annular region 5 of a suction unit 3 not shown in detail in the figure.

On the entire circumference of the annular region 5 is provided with a downwardly facing edge region 19, which has a hook-like brim 20. This ensures a liquid-tight connection with an intermediate element not shown in the figure.

The annular region 5 has on its inner side 30 a portion 31 of lesser thickness, which has a plurality of circular recesses 32.

In the production of a one-piece suction unit, the portion of lesser material thickness 31 is overmolded with a flexible material, which thereby fills the recesses 32.

The connection between the central region of the suction unit (not shown in the figure) and the ring area 3 must be liquid-tight and withstand the suction stress when drinking. The recesses 32 enhance the mechanical durability of the connection.

The intermediate element not shown in this drawing is reinforced by the annular region 5 after connection to the suction unit.

FIG. 9 shows a side view of an example of a disposable baby bottle 1b according to the invention with a holding element 6b, the finger-like elements 61 comprises.

FIG. 10 shows a side view of an example of a disposable baby bottle 1c according to the invention with a holding element 6c, which includes a tab 62. The tab 62 holds the collapsed container 2c together.

FIG. 11 shows a side view of an example of a kit according to the invention 70 for a disposable baby bottle 1, consisting of a suction unit 3 and a container 2 already connected to an intermediate element.

The container is provisionally closed with a closure element 71.

For use of the disposable baby bottle 1, the closure element 71 is removed, the container 2 is filled and closed with the suction element 3.

Claims (18)

1. Disposable baby bottle (1; 1b; 1c; 101), having

   (i) a container (2; 2c; 102),

   (ii) a teat unit (3; 103),

   (iii) and an intermediate element (13; 113),

   which intermediate element (13; 113), on the one hand, is or can be permanently connected to the apertural region (16; 116) of the container (2; 2c; 102) and, on the other hand, is or can be permanently connected to the teat unit (3; 103), the intermediate element (13; 113) being more dimensionally stable than the container (2; 2c; 102), especially than the apertural region (16; 116) of the container (2; 2c; 102) and the container (2; 2c; 102) being foldable and the intermediate element (13; 113) and the teat unit (3; 103) being connected or able to be connected to a closing mechanism (27), characterized in that the closing mechanism (27) is a snap-lock catch (28) and in that the teat unit is constructed in one piece.
2. Disposable baby bottle according to Claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate element (13; 113) is constructed in one piece with the container (2; 2c; 102).
3. Disposable baby bottle according to either of Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that a gripping area is formed by the intermediate element (13; 113).
4. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the intermediate element (13; 113) is substantially annular.
5. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the container (2; 2c; 102) consists of a flexible, liquid-tight material.
6. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the container (2; 2c; 102) is foldable along a longitudinal axis (10) of the container (2; 2c; 102), fold surfaces (7a, 7b) being provided, which run spirally about the longitudinal axis (10).
7. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 and 3 to 5, characterized in that the container (2; 2c; 102) is or can be connected to the intermediate element (13; 113) by means of a fastening element (29).
8. Disposable baby bottle according to Claim 7, characterized in that the fastening element (29) is a fixing ring (15).
9. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the teat unit (3; 103) comprises a central region (4; 104) made of substantially flexible material and having a liquid outlet, and a substantially dimensionally stable annular region (5; 105), the central region (4; 104) and the annular region (5; 105) being configured in one piece.
10. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the disposable baby bottle (1; 1b; 1c; 101) comprises at least one holding element (6; 6b; 6c), which at least partially surrounds the disposable baby bottle (1; 1b; 1c; 101).
11. Disposable baby bottle according to one of Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the holding element (6; 6b; 6c) is provided on the intermediate element (13; 113).
12. Disposable baby bottle according to Claim 11, characterized in that the holding element (6) is of at least partially cylindrical configuration.
13. Disposable baby bottle according to Claim 11, characterized in that the holding element (6b) comprises finger-like elements (61).
14. Disposable baby bottle according to Claim 11, characterized in that the holding element (6c) comprises at least one strap (62).
15. Arrangement having a disposable baby bottle (1; 1a; 1b; 1c; 101) according to one of Claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the disposable baby bottle (1; 1a; 1b; 1c; 101), whose inner volume is diminished, preferably by folding, is disposed individually in an outer packaging (122), preferably a blister pack (122).
16. Arrangement having a disposable baby bottle (1; 1a; 1b; 1c; 101) according to Claim 15, characterized in that the disposable baby bottle (1; 1a; 1b; 1c; 101) contains a drink concentrate (125), especially a powder.
17. Kit for forming a disposable baby bottle (1; 1b; 1c; 101), consisting of

    (i) a container (2; 2c; 102),

    (ii) a teat unit (3; 103),

    (iii) and an intermediate element (13; 113),

    the intermediate element (13; 113), on the one hand, being able to be permanently connected to the apertural region (16; 116) of the container (2; 2c; 102) and, on the other hand, being able to be permanently connected to the teat unit (3; 103), the intermediate element (13; 113) being more dimensionally stable than the container (2; 2c; 102), especially than the apertural region (16; 116) of the container (2; 2c; 102) and the container (2; 2c; 102) being foldable and the intermediate element (13; 113) and the teat unit (3; 103) being able to be connected to a closing mechanism (27), characterized in that the closing mechanism (27) is a snap-lock catch (28) and in that the teat unit is constructed in one piece.
18. Kit according to Claim 20, characterized in that the container (2; 2c; 102) at least contains a drink concentrate (125), especially a powder, and the container (2; 2c; 102) is sealed with an at least partially removable sealing element (71).

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