EP2349177A1 - Tétine hygiénique - Google Patents
Tétine hygiéniqueInfo
- Publication number
- EP2349177A1 EP2349177A1 EP09755997A EP09755997A EP2349177A1 EP 2349177 A1 EP2349177 A1 EP 2349177A1 EP 09755997 A EP09755997 A EP 09755997A EP 09755997 A EP09755997 A EP 09755997A EP 2349177 A1 EP2349177 A1 EP 2349177A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- nipple
- orifice
- housing
- external position
- restoring force
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Granted
Links
Classifications
-
- 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
- A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
- A61J17/001—Baby-comforters
-
- 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
- A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
- A61J17/10—Details; Accessories therefor
- A61J17/113—Protective covers therefor, e.g. for protecting during disuse
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for protecting a pacifier, and a method implemented by this device.
- pacifier and lollipop will be used indifferently.
- a pacifier or lollipop is an object typically rubber, silicone or latex that is given to suck a baby or a young child, and that calms his need to suck.
- State of the art is an object typically rubber, silicone or latex that is given to suck a baby or a young child, and that calms his need to suck.
- a pacifier calms the need to suckle a young child.
- One of the disadvantages of the nipple is that it can cause deformation of the child's palate and an alteration of the thrust of the child's teeth.
- Another main concern for the parents of the child is the cleanliness of the pacifier. As soon as the pacifier escapes from the child's mouth and falls, the pacifier gets dirty and becomes covered with dirt, germs and germs.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a device and a method for improving the protection of a pacifier against soiling, thereby improving the hygiene of this pacifier.
- a device for protecting a pacifier characterized in that it comprises:
- the teat having an external position for which said teat is located outside the housing, the teat having an internal position for which said teat is located inside the housing,
- the means for exerting a restoring force are preferably arranged to pull the pacifier so that without intervention of a user the device can not remain in a configuration for which the pacifier is in its external position.
- the teat in its external position the teat is located entirely outside the housing, and in its internal position the teat is located entirely within the housing.
- the device according to the invention may furthermore comprise means for closing the orifice when the teat is in its internal position.
- the closure means may comprise a removable valve.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise means for coupling a closing of the orifice by the closure means with a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position by the return means.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise means for actuating a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position.
- the actuating means are preferably provided for manually actuating the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position.
- the actuating means are preferably arranged to push the teat in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
- the actuating means may comprise at least one lever arranged to push the teat in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
- the actuating means may comprise a deformable pocket, a first portion of which is integral with the pacifier and a second emergent portion of which is accessible to a user.
- the means for exerting a restoring force may comprise this deformable pocket.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise means for coupling the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position by the actuating means with an opening of the orifice.
- the means for exerting a restoring force may comprise a spring and / or a space in which a vacuum and / or the deformable pocket is created.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise a bearing surface for a mouth, said surface surrounding the orifice.
- the device according to the invention is preferably arranged to remain inert when the teat is in its internal position.
- the housing may be included in a cylindrical tube, the orifice being located at one of the two ends of this cylindrical tube.
- the housing and the return means may be located inside a housing.
- the nipple may be arranged to move relative to the housing, and the orifice and the housing may be integral with the housing.
- the bearing surface for the mouth may be located outside the housing and may be integral with the housing.
- the orifice may be formed on a wall of the housing.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise braking means arranged to reduce the restoring force when the pacifier is in its external position without canceling this restoring force.
- the braking means may comprise at least one integral protuberance of the nipple and / or at least one protuberance integral with a body or tube within which the nipple is arranged to move between its internal position and its external position.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise a stretchable membrane integral with the nipple and a periphery of the orifice so as to obstruct the orifice.
- the periphery of the orifice, the membrane and the nipple may be integral so that the membrane and the nipple obstruct the orifice without gap between the periphery of the orifice and the membrane and without gap between the membrane and the nipple, and so that when the pacifier is in the external position, the pacifier is not covered by the membrane.
- the periphery of the orifice and the membrane may be integral so that the membrane alone obstructs the orifice without gap between the periphery of the orifice and the membrane, and so that when the nipple is in the external position, the nipple is covered by the membrane.
- a method for protecting a nipple within a housing implemented in a device according to the invention, the nipple having an external position for which said nipple is located at outside the housing, the nipple having an internal position for which said nipple is located inside the housing, the device comprising an orifice allowing the nipple to pass from its internal position to its external position and its external position to its internal position, said method being characterized in that it comprises an exercise of a restoring force on the nipple, the restoring force pulling the nipple from its external position to its internal position.
- the restoring force can pull the pacifier so that without user intervention the device can not remain in a configuration for which the pacifier is in its external position.
- the orifice may be surrounded by a bearing surface for a mouth.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise closing the orifice when the teat is in its internal position.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a coupling of the closure of the orifice with a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position, this passage being due to the exercise of the restoring force.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise an actuation for passing the nipple from its internal position to its external position.
- the actuation for a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position is preferably a manual actuation.
- the actuation for a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position preferably pushes the nipple in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
- Manual actuation means actuation by a user, who typically actuates a lever, a spring, a small motor or any other device.
- Actuation (preferably manual) may include actuating a lever to push the nipple in a direction opposite to the restoring force.
- the actuation may also include an actuation of a deformable pocket whose first part is integral with the pacifier and a second emergent portion is accessible to a user, said actuation comprising the exercise pressure on the second part of the pocket.
- the restoring force can be exerted by the deformable pocket.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a coupling of the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position with an opening of the orifice.
- the method according to the invention may furthermore comprise a reduction, by braking means and preferably by the braking means previously described or described hereinafter with reference to the figures, of the restoring force when the nipple is in its position. external without canceling this restoring force.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise an obstruction of the orifice by a stretchable membrane integral with a periphery of the orifice and the teat, preferably by the membrane previously described or described hereinafter with reference to FIGS. .
- FIG. 1 is a view of a first embodiment of a device for protecting a pacifier according to the invention, the pacifier being in a so-called internal position
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the first device embodiment according to the invention.
- 3 is a top view of the first device embodiment according to the invention, the nipple being in a so-called external position
- FIG. 4 is a profile view of the first embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a top view of a second embodiment of a pacifier protection device according to the invention, the nipple being in a so-called internal position
- FIG. 6 is a view from above of the second device embodiment according to the invention, the nipple being in a so-called external position
- FIG. 7 is a view from above of a third embodiment of a protective device of FIG. a nipple according to the invention, the nipple being in a so-called internal position
- FIG. 8 is a view from above of the third device embodiment according to the invention, the nipple being in a so-called external position - FIGS.
- FIGS. 10, 12 and 14 illustrate these various additional technical characteristics when the teat is in its so-called external position.
- the device 1 comprises:
- a housing 3 arranged to receive the nipple, the nipple 2 having an external position illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 for which the nipple is located outside the housing 3, the nipple having an internal position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 for which the pacifier is located inside the housing 3,
- said means 4 for exerting the restoring force 5 comprising a spring 40
- An orifice 6 connecting the inside of the housing and the outside of the housing, said orifice being arranged to allow passage of the nipple from its position internal to its external position and a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position,
- valve 8 has substantially a pear shape. In all the figures, the contour of the valve is shown in dashed lines.
- the pacifier 2 is a protuberance intended to be sucked or sucked by a baby or a young child, and is made of a material preferably comprising rubber, latex and / or silicone. To better distinguish the different elements of the device 1, the valve
- the housing 3 is comprised in a hollow body 9 in which is formed a hollow of tubular shape. This hollow body is more precisely a cylindrical tube 9.
- the orifice 6 is located at one of the two ends of this cylinder 9.
- the pacifier 2 is a part of the device 1 intended to be sucked or sucked by a baby or a young child while being inside the mouth of this baby or this child.
- the base 10 is a part that remains outside the mouth of the child.
- the nipple 2 In its external position ( Figures 3 and 4) the nipple 2 is located entirely outside the housing 3, and in its internal position ( Figures 1 and 2) the nipple is located integrally inside the housing 3.
- the spring 40 is connected to the nipple 2 through the base 10.
- the base 10 remains at least partly inside the housing 3 when the nipple 2 is in its internal position or in its outer position.
- the orifice 6 is located at one of the two ends of the cylindrical tube 9, and the spring 40 connects the base 10 to the second end of the cylindrical tube 9.
- the housing 3, the return means 4, the valve 8, the cylindrical tube 9, and the base 10 are located inside a housing 11.
- the nipple 2, the valve 8, and the base 10 can move relative to the housing.
- the spring 40 comprises an anchor point on one end of the cylinder 9 and another anchor point on the base 10.
- the orifice 6, the housing 3 and the cylindrical tube 9 are integral with the housing 11.
- the surface 7 is located outside the housing 11 and is integral with the housing 11.
- the orifice 6 is formed on a wall of the housing 11.
- the valve 8 is connected to the housing 11 by a spring 12 located inside the housing 11.
- the spring 12 is shown only in the profile Figures 2 and 4.
- the internal position of the nipple 2 coincides with a closed position of the valve 8.
- the return means 4 exert a restoring force 5 on the nipple 2, and this force 5 holds the nipple 2 in the housing 3 inside the cylinder 9.
- the spring 12 exerts a force 26 on the valve 26 which holds the valve 8 in a closed position, for which the valve 8 closes the orifice 6, prevents the nipple from passing from its internal position to its external position or from its external position to its internal position through the orifice 6 , and thus prevents any dirt from penetrating from the outside of the device 1 towards the interior of the housing 3.
- the device 1 further comprises means for manually actuating a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position. These actuating means are arranged to push the teat 2 in a direction opposite to the restoring force 5 pulling on the teat 2. These actuating means comprise two levers 13, 14 arranged to push the teat 2 in a direction opposite to the return force 5. To lighten the figures, the levers 13 and 14 are shown only in the top figures 1 and 3. Each lever 13,14 is located partly inside the housing 11 and partly to the 11. The housing 11 comprises grooves 63, 64 (shown in dashed lines in FIGS. 1 and 3) through which the levers 13 and 14 pass. Each lever 13, 14 can pivot relative to the housing 11.
- levers 13, 14 is connected to the housing 11 by a spring respectively 15 or 16 located inside the housing 11.
- the springs 15 and 16 are shown only in the top figures 1 and 3.
- the spring respectively 15 or 16 keeps the lever respectively 13 or 14 in a position for which the lever respectively 13 or 14 does not exert force on the nipple 2 or on the base 10.
- an end respectively 53 or 54 of this lever is located inside the housing 3 and is in contact with the base 10.
- each lever 13 or 14 pivots around a pivot respectively 18 or 19 while opposing a force respectively 73 or 74 exerted by the spring respectively 15 or 16, so that each lever respectively 13 or 14 exerts on the base 10 and on the nipple 2 a thrust force of direction opposite to the direction of the restoring force 5, this thrust force passing the pacifier 2 from its internal position to its external position.
- Each pivot 18,19 is integral with the housing 11 and is located inside the housing.
- each lever 13 or 14 respectively exerts the pushing force
- each end respectively 53 or 54 pushes the base 10 and the teat 2 and moves along the cylinder 9 towards the orifice 6 through a groove (not shown) located on the along the cylinder 9.
- a groove not shown
- the device 1 comprises means 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 for coupling the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position by the actuating means 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 with a withdrawal of the valve 8, the removal of the valve 8 bringing the valve into an open position in which the valve 8 is released from the orifice 6 so that the nipple can pass from its internal position to its external position through the orifice 6.
- These coupling means comprise a toothed wheel 20, a toothed wheel 21, a lever 22, and a lever 23.
- These elements 20, 21, 22 and 23 are located inside the housing 11.
- the contours levers 22 and 23 are shown in dotted lines.
- the toothed wheel 20 is integral with the lever 14, is centered around the pivot 19 of the lever 14, and is free to pivot about the pivot 19.
- the gear wheel 21 is integral with the lever 22.
- the lever 22 is curved, bypasses the housing 3 and the cylinder 9, and extends so as to reach and be in contact with the lever 23.
- the lever 23 is integral with the valve 8.
- the toothed wheel 20 also pivots around the pivot 19, and causes a rotation of the toothed wheel 21 about a pivot 24 in a direction opposite to the rotation of the toothed wheel 20.
- the pivot 24 is integral with the housing 11 and is located inside the housing.
- the lever 22 being integral with the toothed wheel 21, the lever 22 also pivots around the pivot 24.
- the lever 22 pivots, it pushes the lever 23 and the valve 8 so that the valve 8 slides along a wall of the housing 11 in rails (not shown) to the open position of the valve 8 while opposing the force 26 exerted by the spring 12 on the valve 8.
- the valve 8 In its open position, the valve 8 is released from the orifice 6 so that the nipple 2 can pass from its internal position to its external position through the orifice 6.
- the valve 8 in its open position, the valve 8 is in abutment with a stop 25 (As shown in the profile views of Figures 2 and 4) located inside the housing 11 and secured to the housing 11.
- valve 8 To allow the valve 8 to slide along a wall of the housing 11, the valve 8 is curved and has a curvature substantially equal to the curvature of this wall of the housing 11. Thus, there is a neck the passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position with an opening of the orifice 6, this opening of the orifice 6 comprising a passage of the valve 8 from its closed position to its open position.
- Figures 3 and 4 show the device 1 when the nipple 2 is in its external position, the external position of the nipple 2 coinciding with the open position of the valve 8.
- the device 1 can not remain in this configuration without intervention of 'an user. Indeed, when the pacifier 2 is in its external position and when the valve 8 is in its open position:
- the return means 4 exert a restoring force on the teat 2, this restoring force tending to bring the teat 2 from its external position to its internal position via the orifice 6, -
- the spring 12 exerts a restoring force 26 on the valve 8 which tends to bring the valve 8 from its open position to its closed position, and
- each spring respectively 15 or 16 exerts a restoring force 73 or 74 respectively on the lever 13 or 14, respectively, which tends to bring the lever 13 or 14 respectively back to a position in which this lever no longer exerts a thrust force on the 10 or on the nipple 2.
- Two solutions are possible to maintain the device 1 in the configuration shown in Figures 3 and 4: - a first solution is to maintain the force 17 exerted on the levers 13 and 14, and
- a second solution is to put the pacifier 2 in the mouth of a baby or a young child; when the pacifier 2 is held in the mouth, the periphery of the mouth rests on the surface 7 and the baby or the young child thus opposes the restoring force 5 exerted by the return means 4 on the base 10 (located outside the mouth) and on the pacifier
- the device 1 comprises means for coupling a passage of the nipple from its external position to its internal position by the return means 4 with a closure of the orifice by the valve (that is to say with a passage of the valve 8 from its open position to its closed position).
- the return means 4 exert a restoring force 5 on the nipple 2, this restoring force 5 pulling the nipple 2 from its external position to its internal position via the 6.
- the valve 8 In its open position, the valve 8 is disengaged from the orifice 6 so that the nipple can pass from its external position to its internal position through the orifice 6.
- the nipple rests on the ends 53,54 of the levers 13,14, which pivots the gears 20,21 and the lever 22 so that the lever 22 releases the stress it exerts on the lever 23
- the passage is free for the valve 8 which is returned from its open position to its closed position by the spring 12.
- the pacifier 2 automatically switches from its external position to its internal position and the valve 8 automatically moves from its open position to its position closing, so that once the device reaches the ground, the nipple 2 is isolated from the outside environment by the valve 8 and no soil from the soil can be deposited on the nipple 2.
- the device 1 allows thus protect the pacifier against dirt, germs, and microbes, and thus improves the hygiene of the pacifier 2.
- a second device embodiment 100 according to the invention embodying the method according to the invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.
- the device 100 will only be described for its differences with respect to the first embodiment 1 of FIGS. 1 to 4.
- references 2 to 26, 53, 54, 63, 64, 73 and 74 will not be described again. .
- the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the return means 4 do not include a spring 40, but comprise a space 400 in which a vacuum is created.
- vacuum means a partial or total vacuum, having a lower pressure than the pressure surrounding the teat 2, that is to say having a pressure typically less than atmospheric pressure.
- the orifice 6 is located at one of the two ends of the cylindrical tube 9, and the space 400 is located at the second end of the cylindrical tube 9.
- This space 400 is delimited by walls of the cylindrical tube 9 and by a wall of the base 10 which moves along the cylindrical tube 9 when the nipple 2 passes from its internal position to its external position or from its external position to its internal position.
- the volume of the space 400 increases when the nipple goes from its internal position to its external position, and the The volume of space 400 decreases as the pacifier moves from its external position to its internal position.
- This space 400 is isolated so that material can not enter or leave this space 400.
- this space behaves like a spring which exerts on the base 10 and on the nipple 2 a restoring force 5 which is proportional the volume of this space 400 and which brings the teat 2 from its external position to its internal position.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 a third embodiment of device 1000 according to the invention implementing the method according to the invention.
- the device 1000 will only be described for its differences with respect to the first embodiment 1 of FIGS. 1 to 4.
- references 2 to 12, 14, 19 to 26 and 54 will not be described again.
- the third embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the return means 4 do not comprise a spring 40, but comprise a flexible and deformable pocket 4000 comprising a casing filled with fluid, more precisely with gas, more precisely with air at atmospheric pressure.
- the pocket 4000 is hermetic, that is to say that the fluid that it contains can not escape.
- the means for manually actuating a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position comprise this deformable bag which is arranged to exert on the base 10 and the nipple 2, when the bag is actuated, an opposite pressure. to the force 5.
- the pocket 4000 comprises a first portion 28 secured to the teat 2 and the base 10 and located inside the housing 11. For this purpose, an end 28 of the first portion 28 of the pocket 4000 is fixed by gluing to the base 10.
- the pocket comprises a second portion 29 located outside the housing 11 so that this portion 29 is protruding or emerging relative to the rest of the device 1000 and is therefore accessible for a user.
- This second part 29 is secured to the housing 11 and the housing 3 by means of glue 41 disposed on the outside of the housing 11.
- the pouch 4000 is a plastic pouch made by molding and whose most stable form, ie the shape corresponding to the
- the pocket 4000 When the teat 2 is in its external position, the pocket 4000 is in an unstable position for which the majority of the volume of the pocket consists of the portion 28 located inside the housing. This unstable position of the bag and the external position of the pacifier is maintained: either by the pressure 30 of the user on the pocket 4000, or by a suction force exerted on the pacifier 2 by a user such as a child.
- the device 1000 can not remain, without intervention of a user, in the configuration shown in Figure 8 for which the pacifier is in its outer position. Indeed :
- the means 4, 4000 return a restoring force 5 on the teat 2, this restoring force 5 pulling and bringing the teat 2 from its external position to its internal position.
- the pacifier 2 when the device 1000 accidentally escapes from the mouth of a baby or a young child and falls to the ground, the pacifier 2 automatically switches from its external position to its internal position. makes this restoring force 5, and the valve 8 automatically moves from its open position to its closed position, so that once the device reaches the ground, the teat 2 is protected from the outside environment by the housing and no soil from the ground can not be deposited on the nipple 2.
- the device 1000 does not include the lever 13 or the pivot
- the lever 14 is not used to manually actuate a passage of the nipple from its internal position to its external position, but only: - to couple the passage the nipple from its internal position to its external position with a passage of the valve 8 from its closed position to its open position, and
- the device 1000 does not include the grooves 63, 64, so that the lever 14 does not come out of the housing 11.
- the end 54 of the lever is not directly in contact with the base 10 but is connected to the base 10 by connecting means 27 typically comprising a pivot and / or (as illustrated in Figures 7 and 8) a spring.
- connecting means 27 typically comprising a pivot and / or (as illustrated in Figures 7 and 8) a spring.
- the base 10 causes in its translational movement the end 54 of the lever 14, which causes a rotation of the lever around of its pivot 19 and causes a passage of the valve 8 respectively from its closed position to its open position or its open position to its closed position, through the spring 12 (not shown), the wheels 20, 21, the levers 22, 23, and pivot 24 as previously explained with reference to Figures 1 to 4.
- the return means 4 are arranged for, as soon as the pacifier is not in its internal position, constantly exert a restoring force. 5 on the nipple 2, the restoring force 5 pulling the nipple to its internal position and tending to bring the nipple 2 to its internal position by a translational movement.
- the return means 4 constantly exert a restoring force 5 on the nipple 2, this restoring force 5 pulling the nipple from its external position to its internal position and tending to bring the teat 2 from its external position to its internal position by a translational movement passing through the orifice 6.
- the housing 3 for the teat is present and exists in an identical state having a constant shape and volume, both when the pacifier is in its internal position only when the pacifier is in its external position.
- the housing 3 like the tube 9 is rigid, non-deformable and in particular non-collapsible.
- the shock is not likely to crush the tube 9 and deform the housing 3 and reduce the size of the housing 3 and to put in contact for at least during an instant course teat 2 with the ground.
- the housing 3 is protected inside the housing 11 which is also rigid and non-deformable.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 are sectional views only of part of the device 1, 100, or 1000 comprising the nipple 2.
- the return means 4 spring 40, space 400, deformable bag 4000
- the relief means 31 are arranged to decrease the restoring force when the pacifier is in its external position without however canceling this restoring force, so that the suction force necessary to hold the pacifier in its external position while sucking or sucking the nipple is diminished.
- the user sucking the pacifier 2 in the external position is thus relieved in his effort to maintain by suction the pacifier in the external position.
- the relief means does not cancel the force 5, the return means 4 always exert continuously a restoring force pulling the nipple from its external position to its internal position, so:
- the pacifier 2 automatically switches from its external position to its internal position.
- the braking means are arranged not to decrease the restoring force when the teat 2 is not in its external position, especially when the teat is in an intermediate position between its internal position and its external position.
- the means of relief consist of braking means 33, arranged to brake the teat 2 and the base 10 when the teat is in its external position, but not to slow down a displacement of the teat when the base 10 and the nipple 2 move inside the tube 9, from the external position to the internal position of the nipple, after the nipple has left its external position.
- the braking means comprise: a first part 34 located near the orifice 6 (that is to say closer to the orifice 6 than the second end of the tube 9 opposite the orifice 6), this first part 34 comprising at at least one protuberance 35 formed on and secured to the inner wall 32 of the tube 9 inside which the teat 2 is arranged to move between its internal position and its external position, and
- Each of the protuberances 35 and 37 has a cylindrical symmetry of revolution about the axis of the 9.
- the base 10 has, at the level of the at least one protrusion 37, a diameter greater than the diameter of the tube 9 at the level of the at least one protrusion 35.
- the at least one protrusion 37 can cross the at least one protuberance 35 in one direction as in the other (internal position of the pacifier to its external position or vice versa) by mechanical play or plastic or elastic deformation of the at least one protuberance 37 and / or the at least one protuberance 35.
- the protrusions 35 and 37 are arranged so that, when the pacifier is in its outer position as illustrated in Figure 10, the biasing means pulling the nipple from its external position to its internal position, the at least one protrusion 37 presses on the at least one protrusion 35 so that the force 5 is reduced and the user suckling the pacifier is relieved.
- the braking means 33 brake the pacifier when it seeks to leave its external position.
- protuberances 35 and 37 are arranged so that, after the nipple has left its external position as illustrated in Figure 9, the at least one protrusion 37 moves inside the body or tube 9 without meeting or entering in contact with the at least one protrusion 35, not to slow down a displacement of the nipple inside the tube 9 from its external position to its internal position.
- the surface 7 and the body or tube 9 are integral and formed of a single piece of plastic obtained by molding.
- FIGS. 11 and 12 are sectional views only of part of the device 1, 100, or 1000 comprising the nipple 2.
- the return means 4 spring 40, space 400, deformable pocket 4000
- the device according to the invention does not include the valve 8, the levers 23, 22, the wheel 21, but comprises a membrane or film 38.
- the orifice 6 is delimited by a rigid periphery of circular shape.
- the membrane 38 is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6, and is further secured to the nipple, so as to completely obstruct the orifice 6, and so that the membrane connects the periphery of the orifice 6 to the nipple 2
- the diaphragm 38 When flat, the diaphragm 38 has a disc shape pierced at its center by a hole.
- the outer perimeter of the membrane is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6 and the inner perimeter of the hole formed in the center of the membrane 38 is integral with the base 10 and the nipple 2 so that the membrane 38 and the nipple 2 cover between them the entire surface of the orifice 6, the membrane 38 and the nipple 2 completely obstructing the orifice so that there is no gap: on the one hand between the periphery of the orifice 6 and the membrane 38 that is to say that there is no gap between the surface 7 or the housing 11 and the membrane 38, and secondly between the membrane 38 and the nipple 2 or the base 10.
- the membrane 38 is integral with the base 10 and the teat 2, and the membrane 38 and the teat are joined at the base 10 so that, when the teat is in the external position, the teat 2 is not covered by the membrane 38, is visible from the outside of the device, and a user sucking the pacifier is in contact with the pacifier 2.
- the membrane 38 is a latex stretch membrane. When the teat is in its internal position shown in Figure 11, the membrane 38 is stretched. In addition, when the pacifier is in its internal position shown in FIG. 11, the surface that has been in contact with the mouth of a user sucking the pacifier, that is to say the pacifier 2, is located at The interior of the housing 3 is thus protected if the pacifier falls on the ground.
- the membrane 38 When the teat is in its outer position illustrated in Figure 12, the membrane 38 is at rest, that is to say not stretched. A user sucking the pacifier is in contact with the pacifier 38. In this position, it is simple to clean the parts of the device according to the invention accessible for the mouth of a user, for example by passing the pacifier 2, the surface 7 and the membrane 38 under water of a tap, without the risk of introducing moisture into the device according to the invention.
- FIGS. 13 and 14 are sectional views of the profile only of a portion of the device 1, 100, or 1000 comprising the nipple 2.
- the return means 4 spring 40, space 400, deformable pocket 4000 are not illustrated.
- the device according to the invention does not include the valve 8, the levers 23, 22, the wheel 21, but comprises a membrane or film 38.
- the orifice 6 is delimited by a rigid periphery of circular shape.
- the membrane 38 is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6, and is further secured to the nipple, so as to completely obstruct the orifice 6, and so that the membrane connects the periphery of the orifice 6 to the nipple 2
- the membrane 38 alone covers the entire surface of the orifice 6. When it is laid flat, the membrane 38 has a solid disc shape.
- the circular contour of the membrane is integral with the periphery of the orifice 6 so that the membrane completely completely obstructs the orifice 6, so that there is no gap between the periphery of the orifice 6 and the membrane that is to say that there is no gap between the surface 7 or the housing 11 and the membrane.
- the membrane 38 is integral with the end 39 of the nipple directed towards the outside of the device according to the invention so that, when the teat is in the external position, the teat 2 is covered by the membrane 38 and a user sucking the teat is not directly in contact with the pacifier 2 but sucks the pacifier 2 with the membrane 38 as an intermediate.
- the membrane 38 is a latex stretch membrane.
- the membrane 38 When the teat is in its internal position shown in Figure 13, the membrane 38 is at rest, that is to say not stretched.
- the pacifier when the pacifier is in its internal position illustrated in FIG. 13, the surface which has been in contact with the mouth of a user sucking the pacifier, that is to say the surface of the membrane 38 visible from outside the device, is located inside the housing 3 is protected if the pacifier falls on the floor.
- the membrane 38 When the teat is in its outer position shown in Figure 14, the membrane 38 is stretched. A user sucking the pacifier is not in contact with the pacifier 38 but sucks the pacifier 2 through the membrane 38. The mouth of this user is then in contact with the membrane, which is pressed against the pacifier by conforming to its shape.
- the surface in contact with the mouth of a user sucking the pacifier is particularly easy to clean, that the pacifier is in its internal or external position, because this surface is the surface of the membrane 38 visible from the outside of the device according to the invention and is a simple smooth surface without abrupt forms especially without the junction angle between the base 10 and the nipple 2. Cleaning only the membrane 38, cleans the surface normally in contact with the mouth of a user, without the risk of introducing moisture into the device according to the invention.
- the housing 11 of this device according to the invention is provided with several small holes connecting the outside of the device according to the invention. invention to the housing 3 so that moisture stored in the housing 3 following suction of the pacifier 2 can be discharged outside the device according to the invention.
- the invention is not limited to the examples that have just been described and many adjustments can be made to these examples without departing from the scope of the invention.
- the at least one protuberance 35 and / or the at least one protuberance 37 comprises a plurality of sphere-shaped protuberances distributed along a preferably circular closed line centered on the axis of the tube 9.
- the various means 40, 400, 4000 for exerting a restoring force are combinable with one another.
- a device embodiment according to the invention may comprise both a spring 40 and a pocket 4000 as return means 4.
Landscapes
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Pediatric Medicine (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Public Health (AREA)
- Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
- Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Claims
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
FR0857169A FR2937246B1 (fr) | 2008-10-22 | 2008-10-22 | Tetine hygienique |
PCT/FR2009/051926 WO2010046577A1 (fr) | 2008-10-22 | 2009-10-08 | Tétine hygiénique |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
EP2349177A1 true EP2349177A1 (fr) | 2011-08-03 |
EP2349177B1 EP2349177B1 (fr) | 2014-12-10 |
Family
ID=40668252
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
EP09755997.5A Not-in-force EP2349177B1 (fr) | 2008-10-22 | 2009-10-08 | Tétine hygiénique |
Country Status (5)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US8906061B2 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP2349177B1 (fr) |
CA (1) | CA2778296A1 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2937246B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2010046577A1 (fr) |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN105873560B (zh) * | 2013-12-09 | 2019-06-21 | 皇家飞利浦有限公司 | 安抚奶嘴 |
US10751261B2 (en) * | 2016-10-14 | 2020-08-25 | Doddle & Co., Llc | Hygienic pacifier with annular shield folding structure and method of manufacturing same |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
DE3722195A1 (de) | 1987-07-04 | 1989-01-19 | Gisela Van De Dipl Chem Loecht | Kinderschnuller |
US4819641A (en) * | 1987-10-30 | 1989-04-11 | Russell Joseph W | Sanitary baby pacifier |
DE4005379C1 (en) | 1990-02-21 | 1991-06-20 | Gisela Van De Dipl.-Chem. 7553 Muggensturm De Loecht | Teat for pacifier - has mouthpiece held in holder by stop and connected to it via diaphragm |
DE29901270U1 (de) * | 1999-01-26 | 1999-05-12 | Convent Gerd | Schnuller |
GB2355410A (en) * | 1999-10-19 | 2001-04-25 | Baby Samat Modhvadia | Hygienic comforter |
GB2384191A (en) * | 2002-01-21 | 2003-07-23 | Te-Ta Huang | A protecting cover for the teat of a baby's dummy or bottle |
US20060135997A1 (en) | 2004-12-20 | 2006-06-22 | Agustin Carmona | Peek a boo pacifier |
US20060226044A1 (en) * | 2005-04-08 | 2006-10-12 | Naftali Lobl | Pacifier protective assembly |
-
2008
- 2008-10-22 FR FR0857169A patent/FR2937246B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
-
2009
- 2009-10-08 WO PCT/FR2009/051926 patent/WO2010046577A1/fr active Application Filing
- 2009-10-08 EP EP09755997.5A patent/EP2349177B1/fr not_active Not-in-force
- 2009-10-08 CA CA2778296A patent/CA2778296A1/fr not_active Abandoned
- 2009-10-08 US US13/125,637 patent/US8906061B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Non-Patent Citations (1)
Title |
---|
See references of WO2010046577A1 * |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
US20110288585A1 (en) | 2011-11-24 |
WO2010046577A1 (fr) | 2010-04-29 |
CA2778296A1 (fr) | 2010-04-29 |
US8906061B2 (en) | 2014-12-09 |
EP2349177B1 (fr) | 2014-12-10 |
FR2937246A1 (fr) | 2010-04-23 |
FR2937246B1 (fr) | 2012-03-16 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
EP3729979B1 (fr) | Pipe à eau portative | |
EP0547925B1 (fr) | Dispositif de commande de distribution d'un produit, notamment produit automoussant | |
EP2125549B1 (fr) | Capuchon pour pulvérisateur | |
CA2585746A1 (fr) | Dispositif d'aspiration de secretions nasales | |
FR2999410A1 (fr) | Trappe pour suceur d'aspirateur | |
EP2349177B1 (fr) | Tétine hygiénique | |
FR2763507A1 (fr) | Inhalateur | |
FR2838108A1 (fr) | Capsule de distribution de fluide | |
FR2776908A1 (fr) | Appareil electrique recuperateur de dechets | |
FR2924995A1 (fr) | Dispositif porte-recipient pour vehicule automobile. | |
EP3829448B1 (fr) | Dispositif permettant de collecter d'éventuels calculs rénaux présents dans un flux d'urine, destiné essentiellement à un utilisateur masculin | |
FR2706125A1 (fr) | Support de sucette pour nouveau-né. | |
EP3413863A1 (fr) | Article de puériculture, embout spécialement adapté pour un tel article de puériculture et procédé d'utilisation d'un tel article de puériculture | |
WO2007122361A1 (fr) | Dispositif de mobilite pour appareil de nettoyage domestique ou industriel, notamment un aspirateur-traineau. | |
EP1571059A1 (fr) | Dispositif de centrage axial pour un servomoteur pneumatique d'assistance auf freinage comprennant une bille | |
FR2893250A1 (fr) | Biberon comportant un dispositif de mise a l'air lateral | |
EP0512909B1 (fr) | Cartouche d'encre pour stylo plume | |
WO2020025476A1 (fr) | Dispositif permettant de collecter d'éventuels calculs rénaux présents dans un flux d'urine, destiné essentiellement à un utilisateur masculin | |
CA3147804A1 (fr) | Systeme de filtration a cartouche contenue dans une poche souple et aspirateur equipe d'un tel systeme | |
FR2847792A1 (fr) | Dispositif de succion pour aspirateur | |
FR2561106A1 (fr) | Inhalateur pour aerosol | |
FR2468351A1 (fr) | Dispositif de fixation d'un sac a poussiere dans un aspirateur | |
FR3100959A1 (fr) | Pipe à eau portative | |
FR3074603A1 (fr) | Procede de fabrication d'un objet musical et objet musical obtenu | |
FR2624834A1 (fr) | Boite de distribution de produits solides en poudre ou en grains, comme des comprimes, pilules ou analogues |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
PUAI | Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012 |
|
17P | Request for examination filed |
Effective date: 20110520 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR |
|
DAX | Request for extension of the european patent (deleted) | ||
RAP1 | Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred) |
Owner name: IDEA'INOV SAS |
|
RIN1 | Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected) |
Inventor name: BOUGHALEM, EL-MILOUD |
|
17Q | First examination report despatched |
Effective date: 20130828 |
|
GRAP | Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1 |
|
INTG | Intention to grant announced |
Effective date: 20140626 |
|
GRAS | Grant fee paid |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3 |
|
GRAA | (expected) grant |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: B1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: GB Ref legal event code: FG4D Free format text: NOT ENGLISH |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: CH Ref legal event code: EP |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: IE Ref legal event code: FG4D Free format text: LANGUAGE OF EP DOCUMENT: FRENCH |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: AT Ref legal event code: REF Ref document number: 700272 Country of ref document: AT Kind code of ref document: T Effective date: 20150115 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R096 Ref document number: 602009028268 Country of ref document: DE Effective date: 20150122 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: AT Ref legal event code: MK05 Ref document number: 700272 Country of ref document: AT Kind code of ref document: T Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: NL Ref legal event code: VDEP Effective date: 20141210 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: NL Ref legal event code: VDEP Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: ES Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: FI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: NO Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20150310 Ref country code: LT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: LT Ref legal event code: MG4D |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: SE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: GR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20150311 Ref country code: HR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: LV Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: AT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: NL Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: RO Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: PT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20150410 Ref country code: EE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: SK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: CZ Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IS Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20150410 Ref country code: PL Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R097 Ref document number: 602009028268 Country of ref document: DE |
|
PLBE | No opposition filed within time limit |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261 |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 7 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: DK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
26N | No opposition filed |
Effective date: 20150911 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: SI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: LU Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20151008 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: CH Ref legal event code: PL |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MC Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: IE Ref legal event code: MM4A |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: CH Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20151031 Ref country code: LI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20151031 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 8 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20151008 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: BG Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: SM Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: HU Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT; INVALID AB INITIO Effective date: 20091008 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: CY Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: BE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20151031 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 Ref country code: TR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 9 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20141210 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 10 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: DE Payment date: 20191030 Year of fee payment: 11 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: FR Payment date: 20191029 Year of fee payment: 11 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: GB Payment date: 20191030 Year of fee payment: 11 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R119 Ref document number: 602009028268 Country of ref document: DE |
|
GBPC | Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 20201008 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: DE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20210501 Ref country code: FR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20201031 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: GB Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20201008 |