EP2477520B1 - Utensil for cleaning feeding bottle and nipple thereof - Google Patents

Utensil for cleaning feeding bottle and nipple thereof Download PDF

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EP2477520B1
EP2477520B1 EP10770570.9A EP10770570A EP2477520B1 EP 2477520 B1 EP2477520 B1 EP 2477520B1 EP 10770570 A EP10770570 A EP 10770570A EP 2477520 B1 EP2477520 B1 EP 2477520B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/02—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware specially shaped for holding by the hand
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/02—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware specially shaped for holding by the hand
    • A46B5/021—Grips or handles specially adapted to conform to the hand
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
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    • A46B2200/3006—Brushes for cleaning bottles or hollow containers

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  • the present invention relates to a utensil for cleaning bottles.
  • brushes that usually have a cleaning head having fiber bristles.
  • bottle brushes There are typically two types of bottle brushes, namely baby bottle brushes whose diameter is adapted to the diameter of the bottle and nipple bottles of which the diameter is adapted to a nipple as disclosed in US 2007/0274762 .
  • the cleaning of the bottle is performed in a fully satisfactory manner; on the other hand, the cleaning of the pacifier may have certain insufficiencies.
  • the diameter of the nipple brushes must be adapted accordingly.
  • the handle bottle brush bottle can not increase in the same proportions.
  • the fibers of the teat bottle brush are then bent into the storage cavity.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a cleaning utensil for a bottle and its pacifier that allows efficient cleaning of the pacifier and which remains compact.
  • the present invention relates to a cleaning implement comprising a bottle-top bottle having a gripping handle associated with a bottle-cleaning head, the handle comprising a storage cavity in which is removably inserted a nipple bottle-brush comprising a grip handle and a nipple cleaning head having substantially straight fibers oriented radially.
  • the storage cavity has a cross section having a major axis and a minor axis and the cleaning head of the nipple clamp has a maximum dimension substantially equal to the long axis of the storage cavity, so that the fibers of the part of the nipple cleaning head, positioned in the storage cavity at the major axis, remain straight.
  • the utensil according to the invention makes it possible to provide a nipple brush which ensures effective cleaning while remaining compact and ergonomic.
  • a distinctive feature of the invention is that the storage cavity in the handle does not have a conventional cylindrical geometry; instead the storage cavity has a flattened geometry that allows to receive the teat bottle brush by preserving part of its cleaning head.
  • the invention proposes to store the teat bottle brush in a cavity whose major axis in its cross section is substantially equal to a maximum dimension of the cross section of the cleaning head of the nipple bottle, so that at least a portion of the fibers of the cleaning head is not curved for this part and thus fully retains its cleaning ability.
  • the grip handle of the nipple bottle has snap means in the storage cavity.
  • the gripping handle of the teat bottle brush is connected to the gripping handle of the bottle brush by means of pivot connection.
  • the cleaning utensil 1 essentially comprises two elements, namely a baby bottle brush 2 and a teat bottle brush 3.
  • the cleaning utensil is indeed intended for cleaning a bottle and its nipple.
  • the baby bottle brush 2 comprises, in a manner known per se, a handle 4 which is associated with a cleaning head 5.
  • the cleaning head 5 may take a number of forms but, in the usual manner, it comprises a twist of wire from which radially fibers of flexible synthetic material, of polyamide, polypropylene, pvc or polyester type, the diameter of which can usually vary between 0.1 and 0.5 millimeters.
  • the handle 4 On its rear portion opposite that equipped with the cleaning head 5, the handle 4 has a storage cavity 7 in which is engaged the teat bottle brush 3 between two uses.
  • the storage cavity 7 has the particularity of presenting, in its different embodiments, a flattened transverse section comprising a major axis D and a small axis d.
  • the cross section of the storage cavity 7 may respectively take the form of substantially an ellipse, a rhombus, a rectangle.
  • a substantially hexagonal shape is also to be envisaged.
  • the nipple brush 3 has, for its part, on a reduced scale, a structure similar to that of the baby bottle brush 2.
  • a handle 9 to which is added a cleaning head 10.
  • the cleaning head may consist of a twisted wire from which synthetic fibers leave.
  • the cleaning head of the nipple bottle nipple 3 has a maximum dimension which is substantially equal to the major axis D of the storage cavity 7.
  • maximum dimension we mean the highest dimension important of the cleaning head taken in its cross section.
  • the gripping handle bottle bottle 2 has a flat shape that is compact and ergonomic, while providing storage teat bottle brush 3 which preserves the cleaning ability of the latter.
  • the teat bottle brush 3 has a cleaning head whose section is of revolution and which may be, for example, cylindrical or frustoconical.
  • the teat bottle brush 3 with fibers distributed over two floors which can have an elliptical section fiber stage corresponding to the section of the storage cavity 7 and a small diameter cylindrical section fiber stage.
  • the figure 9 shows an embodiment of the utensil according to the invention in its assembled configuration. It can be provided a ventilation window 11 in the storage cavity 7.
  • the figure 10 shows another embodiment of the invention in which the teat bottle brush 3 is removable from the handle of the baby bottle brush but remains connected thereto by a pivot connection.
  • the nipple bottle brush 3 can be removed from the bottle bottle handle pivotally.
  • the term "removable” must be understood with respect to the storage cavity 7 in which the teat bottle brush can be extracted or inserted, either autonomously or by being attached to bottle-feeding bottle-brush 2, by pivot.
  • the cleaning head 10 has an elliptical shape which corresponds substantially to that of the cavity 7. In this case, none of the fibers of the cleaning head is bent.
  • This embodiment in elliptical shape can be envisaged with all the forms of handle and storage cavity envisaged above.

Description

La présente invention concerne un ustensile de nettoyage de biberons.The present invention relates to a utensil for cleaning bottles.

En matière d'alimentation d'enfant en bas-âge, une bonne hygiène de l'équipement d'alimentation est essentielle. Après chaque utilisation, il convient de nettoyer le biberon et sa tétine avant, éventuellement, de le stériliser. Le nettoyage a pour but de retirer du biberon et de la tétine, les dépôts de lait et/ou de bouillie.In infant feeding, good hygiene of feeding equipment is essential. After each use, it is advisable to clean the bottle and its teat before possibly sterilizing it. The purpose of cleaning is to remove milk and / or slurry from the bottle and nipple.

Pour cela, il existe des goupillons qui possèdent généralement une tête de nettoyage ayant des poils en fibre. On trouve classiquement deux types de goupillons, à savoir des goupillons pour biberon dont le diamètre est adapté au diamètre du biberon et des goupillons de tétine dont le diamètre est adapté à une tétine comme divulgué dans US 2007/0274762 .For this, there are brushes that usually have a cleaning head having fiber bristles. There are typically two types of bottle brushes, namely baby bottle brushes whose diameter is adapted to the diameter of the bottle and nipple bottles of which the diameter is adapted to a nipple as disclosed in US 2007/0274762 .

Pour faciliter l'usage de ces deux types de goupillons indispensables à une bonne hygiène, il est connu par exemple, de doter le manche du goupillon du biberon d'une cavité de rangement dans laquelle le goupillon de tétine peut être inséré entre deux utilisations.To facilitate the use of these two types of brushes essential to good hygiene, it is known, for example, to provide the handle of the baby bottle bottle with a storage cavity in which the pacifier bottle can be inserted between two uses.

Le nettoyage du biberon est réalisé de manière pleinement satisfaisante ; en revanche le nettoyage de la tétine peut présenter certaines insuffisances.The cleaning of the bottle is performed in a fully satisfactory manner; on the other hand, the cleaning of the pacifier may have certain insufficiencies.

Cela est dû, en particulier, au fait qu'il est apparu sur le marché des biberons dits à col large (de grand diamètre) associés à des tétines à large base.This is due, in particular, to the fact that so-called wide-necked (large-diameter) bottles associated with wide-base nipples have appeared on the market.

Pour effectuer un nettoyage correct de ces tétines à large base, le diamètre des goupillons de tétine doit être adapté en conséquence.To perform a proper cleaning of these teats with a wide base, the diameter of the nipple brushes must be adapted accordingly.

Cependant, pour des questions d'encombrement et d'ergonomie, le manche du goupillon du biberon ne peut pas augmenter dans les mêmes proportions. Les fibres du goupillon de tétine se trouvent alors courbées dans la cavité de rangement.However, for issues of size and ergonomics, the handle bottle brush bottle can not increase in the same proportions. The fibers of the teat bottle brush are then bent into the storage cavity.

Il en résulte une perte d'efficacité du nettoyage fait avec un goupillon de tétine dont les fibres sont coudées.This results in a loss of effectiveness of the cleaning done with a nipple brush with the fibers bent.

Un but de l'invention est de fournir un ustensile de nettoyage d'un biberon et de sa tétine qui permette un nettoyage efficace de la tétine et qui reste d'un encombrement compact.An object of the invention is to provide a cleaning utensil for a bottle and its pacifier that allows efficient cleaning of the pacifier and which remains compact.

La présente invention concerne un ustensile de nettoyage comprenant un goupillon de biberon ayant un manche de préhension associé à une tête de nettoyage de biberon, le manche de préhension comprenant une cavité de rangement dans laquelle est inséré, de manière amovible, un goupillon de tétine comprenant un manche de préhension et une tête de nettoyage de tétine possédant des fibres sensiblement droites orientées radialement. De plus, la cavité de rangement présente une section transversale possédant un grand axe et un petit axe et la tête de nettoyage du goupillon de tétine présente une dimension maximale sensiblement égale au grand axe de la cavité de rangement, de sorte que les fibres de la partie de la tête de nettoyage de tétine, positionnées dans la cavité de rangement au niveau du grand axe, restent rectilignes.The present invention relates to a cleaning implement comprising a bottle-top bottle having a gripping handle associated with a bottle-cleaning head, the handle comprising a storage cavity in which is removably inserted a nipple bottle-brush comprising a grip handle and a nipple cleaning head having substantially straight fibers oriented radially. In addition, the storage cavity has a cross section having a major axis and a minor axis and the cleaning head of the nipple clamp has a maximum dimension substantially equal to the long axis of the storage cavity, so that the fibers of the part of the nipple cleaning head, positioned in the storage cavity at the major axis, remain straight.

Ainsi, l'ustensile selon l'invention permet de fournir un goupillon de tétine qui assure un nettoyage efficace, tout en restant compact et ergonomique. Un élément distinctif de l'invention tient au fait que la cavité de rangement ménagée dans le manche de préhension ne présente pas une géométrie cylindrique traditionnelle ; au contraire la cavité de rangement présente une géométrie aplatie qui permet de recevoir le goupillon de tétine en préservant une partie de sa tête de nettoyage. En effet, l'invention propose de ranger le goupillon de tétine dans une cavité dont le grand axe dans sa section transversale est sensiblement égal à une dimension maximale de la section transversale de la tête de nettoyage du goupillon de tétine, ce qui fait qu'au moins une partie des fibres de la tête de nettoyage n'est pas courbée pour cette partie et conserve ainsi pleinement sa capacité de nettoyage.Thus, the utensil according to the invention makes it possible to provide a nipple brush which ensures effective cleaning while remaining compact and ergonomic. A distinctive feature of the invention is that the storage cavity in the handle does not have a conventional cylindrical geometry; instead the storage cavity has a flattened geometry that allows to receive the teat bottle brush by preserving part of its cleaning head. Indeed, the invention proposes to store the teat bottle brush in a cavity whose major axis in its cross section is substantially equal to a maximum dimension of the cross section of the cleaning head of the nipple bottle, so that at least a portion of the fibers of the cleaning head is not curved for this part and thus fully retains its cleaning ability.

Selon une forme de réalisation de l'invention, le manche de préhension du goupillon de tétine présente des moyens d'encliquetage dans la cavité de rangement.According to one embodiment of the invention, the grip handle of the nipple bottle has snap means in the storage cavity.

Dans une autre forme de réalisation de l'invention, le manche de préhension du goupillon de tétine est relié au manche de préhension du goupillon de biberon par des moyens de liaison en pivot.In another embodiment of the invention, the gripping handle of the teat bottle brush is connected to the gripping handle of the bottle brush by means of pivot connection.

Selon plusieurs modes de réalisation de l'ustensile :

  • la cavité de rangement présente une section transversale sensiblement elliptique,
  • la cavité de rangement présente une section transversale sensiblement rectangulaire, le grand axe reliant le milieu de chacun des petits côtés et le petit axe reliant le milieu des grands côtés,
  • la cavité de rangement présente une section transversale sensiblement en losange, le grand axe correspondant à la grande diagonale du losange et le petit axe correspondant à la petite diagonale du losange,
  • la cavité de rangement présente une section transversale sensiblement en hexagone aplati.
According to several embodiments of the utensil:
  • the storage cavity has a substantially elliptical cross section,
  • the storage cavity has a substantially rectangular cross section, the major axis connecting the middle of each of the short sides and the minor axis connecting the middle of the long sides,
  • the storage cavity has a substantially diamond-shaped cross section, the major axis corresponding to the large diagonal of the rhombus and the minor axis corresponding to the small diagonal of the rhombus,
  • the storage cavity has a cross section substantially flattened hexagon.

Selon plusieurs formes de réalisation de l'invention :

  • la tête de nettoyage du goupillon de tétine présente au moins une portion de forme cylindrique,
  • la tête de nettoyage du goupillon de tétine présente au moins une portion de forme tronconique,
  • la tête de nettoyage du goupillon présente au moins une portion de forme elliptique.
According to several embodiments of the invention:
  • the nipple bottle cleaning head has at least one portion of cylindrical shape,
  • the teat bottle brush cleaning head has at least one portion of frustoconical shape,
  • the cleaning head of the brush has at least one portion of elliptical shape.

Pour sa bonne compréhension, l'invention est décrite en référence au dessin ci annexé représentant, à tire d'exemples non limitatifs, plusieurs formes de réalisation d'un ustensile de nettoyage selon celle-ci.

  • Figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un ustensile de nettoyage,
  • Figure 2 montre, en vue de face, l'ustensile en cours d'utilisation,
  • Figures 3, 4 et 5 montrent, en coupe transversale selon III-III de la figure 2, plusieurs formes de réalisation de l'ustensile,
  • Figures 6 à 8 montrent, respectivement, en vue de face et en perspective deux formes de réalisation d'un goupillon de tétine,
  • Figure 9 montre l'ustensile selon l'invention assemblé,
  • Figures 10 et 11 montrent une autre forme de réalisation de l'ustensile.
For a good understanding, the invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawing showing, based on non-limiting examples, several embodiments of a cleaning utensil according thereto.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cleaning utensil,
  • Figure 2 shows, in front view, the utensil in use,
  • Figures 3, 4 and 5 show, in cross-section along III-III of the figure 2 , several embodiments of the utensil,
  • Figures 6 to 8 show, respectively, in front view and in perspective two embodiments of a nipple brush,
  • Figure 9 shows the utensil according to the invention assembled,
  • Figures 10 and 11 show another embodiment of the utensil.

Comme on peut le voir sur la figure 1 par exemple, l'ustensile de nettoyage 1 comprend essentiellement deux éléments, à savoir un goupillon de biberon 2 et un goupillon de tétine 3.As can be seen on the figure 1 for example, the cleaning utensil 1 essentially comprises two elements, namely a baby bottle brush 2 and a teat bottle brush 3.

L'ustensile de nettoyage est, en effet, destiné au nettoyage d'un biberon et de sa tétine.The cleaning utensil is indeed intended for cleaning a bottle and its nipple.

Le goupillon de biberon 2 comprend, de manière connue en soi, un manche de préhension 4 qui est associé à une tête de nettoyage 5.The baby bottle brush 2 comprises, in a manner known per se, a handle 4 which is associated with a cleaning head 5.

La tête de nettoyage 5 peut prendre plusieurs formes mais, de manière usuelle, elle comprend une torsade de fil de fer de laquelle partent radialement des fibres de matière synthétique souple, de type polyamide, polypropylène, pvc ou polyester dont le diamètre peut varier usuellement entre 0,1 et 0,5 millimètre.The cleaning head 5 may take a number of forms but, in the usual manner, it comprises a twist of wire from which radially fibers of flexible synthetic material, of polyamide, polypropylene, pvc or polyester type, the diameter of which can usually vary between 0.1 and 0.5 millimeters.

Sur sa partie arrière opposée à celle équipée de la tête de nettoyage 5, le manche de préhension 4 présente une cavité de rangement 7 dans laquelle vient s'engager le goupillon de tétine 3 entre deux utilisations.On its rear portion opposite that equipped with the cleaning head 5, the handle 4 has a storage cavity 7 in which is engaged the teat bottle brush 3 between two uses.

La cavité de rangement 7 a la particularité de présenter, dans ses différentes formes de réalisation, une section transversale aplatie comprenant un grand axe D et un petit axe d.The storage cavity 7 has the particularity of presenting, in its different embodiments, a flattened transverse section comprising a major axis D and a small axis d.

Comme le montrent les figures 3, 4 et 5 la section transversale de la cavité de rangement 7 peut prendre respectivement la forme sensiblement d'une ellipse, d'un losange, d'un rectangle. Une forme sensiblement hexagonale est également à envisager.As shown by Figures 3, 4 and 5 the cross section of the storage cavity 7 may respectively take the form of substantially an ellipse, a rhombus, a rectangle. A substantially hexagonal shape is also to be envisaged.

Le goupillon de tétine 3 présente, pour sa part, à une échelle réduite, une structure similaire à celle du goupillon de biberon 2.The nipple brush 3 has, for its part, on a reduced scale, a structure similar to that of the baby bottle brush 2.

On trouve, en effet, pour le goupillon de tétine 3, un manche de préhension 9 auquel est adjointe une tête de nettoyage 10. La tête de nettoyage peut être constituée d'un fil de fer torsadé duquel partent des fibres synthétiques.In fact, for the nipple bottle nipple 3, there is a handle 9 to which is added a cleaning head 10. The cleaning head may consist of a twisted wire from which synthetic fibers leave.

Dans le cas de l'ustensile selon l'invention, la tête de nettoyage du goupillon de tétine 3 possède une dimension maximale qui est sensiblement égale au grand axe D de la cavité de rangement 7. Par dimension maximale, on entend la cote la plus importante de la tête de nettoyage prise dans sa section transversale.In the case of the utensil according to the invention, the cleaning head of the nipple bottle nipple 3 has a maximum dimension which is substantially equal to the major axis D of the storage cavity 7. By maximum dimension, we mean the highest dimension important of the cleaning head taken in its cross section.

Ainsi, lorsque le goupillon de tétine 3 est engagé dans la cavité de rangement 7, les fibres de la tête de nettoyage 10 qui sont au niveau du grand axe D ne sont pas repliées et gardent intact leur capacité de nettoyage.Thus, when the teat bottle brush 3 is engaged in the storage cavity 7, the fibers of the cleaning head 10 which are at the major axis D are not folded and keep intact their cleaning ability.

Les fibres qui se trouvent au niveau du petit axe sont certes repliées, sans que cela n'ôte au goupillon de tétine 3 la totalité de sa capacité de nettoyage.The fibers that are at the minor axis are certainly folded, without this detracts from the nipple brush 3 all of its cleaning capacity.

Ainsi, le manche de préhension du goupillon de biberon 2 présente une forme plane qui est compacte et ergonomique, tout en offrant un rangement au goupillon de tétine 3 qui préserve la capacité de nettoyage de ce dernier.Thus, the gripping handle bottle bottle 2 has a flat shape that is compact and ergonomic, while providing storage teat bottle brush 3 which preserves the cleaning ability of the latter.

Comme le montrent les figures 6 à 7, le goupillon de tétine 3 présente une tête de nettoyage dont la section est de révolution et qui peut être, par exemple, cylindrique ou tronconique.As shown by Figures 6 to 7 , the teat bottle brush 3 has a cleaning head whose section is of revolution and which may be, for example, cylindrical or frustoconical.

Comme le montre la figure 8, il est également envisageable de doter le goupillon de tétine 3, de fibres réparties sur deux étages qui peuvent comporter un étage de fibres de section elliptique correspondant à la section de la cavité de rangement 7 et un étage de fibres de section cylindrique de petit diamètre.As shown in figure 8 it is also conceivable to provide the teat bottle brush 3 with fibers distributed over two floors which can have an elliptical section fiber stage corresponding to the section of the storage cavity 7 and a small diameter cylindrical section fiber stage.

La figure 9 montre une forme de réalisation de l'ustensile selon l'invention dans sa configuration assemblée. Il peut être prévu une fenêtre d'aération 11 dans la cavité de rangement 7.The figure 9 shows an embodiment of the utensil according to the invention in its assembled configuration. It can be provided a ventilation window 11 in the storage cavity 7.

La figure 10 montre une autre forme de réalisation de l'invention dans laquelle le goupillon de tétine 3 est amovible du manche du goupillon de biberon mais lui reste lié par une liaison par pivot. Le goupillon de tétine 3 peut être extrait du manche du goupillon de biberon de manière pivotante. Il est prévu un axe de rotation permettant au goupillon de tétine de pivoter par rapport au manche du goupillon de biberon entre une position rétractée dans laquelle le goupillon de biberon se trouve à l'intérieur de la cavité de rangement et une position déployée dans laquelle le goupillon de tétine 3 est extrait de la cavité de rangement 7.The figure 10 shows another embodiment of the invention in which the teat bottle brush 3 is removable from the handle of the baby bottle brush but remains connected thereto by a pivot connection. The nipple bottle brush 3 can be removed from the bottle bottle handle pivotally. There is provided an axis of rotation allowing the nipple-bristle swivel to pivot relative to the bottle-shank handle between a retracted position in which the bottle-nipple is located within the storage cavity and an extended position in which the Nipple brush 3 is extracted from the storage cavity 7.

Au sens du présent document le terme amovible doit être compris vis-à-vis de la cavité de rangement 7 dans laquelle le goupillon de tétine peut être extrait ou inséré, soit de manière autonome, soit en restant lié au goupillon de biberon 2, par pivot. Dans la forme de réalisation du goupillon de tétine 3 qui est représenté aux figures 10 et 11, la tête de nettoyage 10 présente une forme elliptique qui correspond sensiblement à celle de la cavité 7. Dans ce cas de figure, aucune des fibres de la tête de nettoyage n'est recourbée.For the purposes of this document, the term "removable" must be understood with respect to the storage cavity 7 in which the teat bottle brush can be extracted or inserted, either autonomously or by being attached to bottle-feeding bottle-brush 2, by pivot. In the embodiment of the nipple brush 3 which is shown in FIGS. Figures 10 and 11 , the cleaning head 10 has an elliptical shape which corresponds substantially to that of the cavity 7. In this case, none of the fibers of the cleaning head is bent.

Cette réalisation en forme elliptique peut être envisagée avec toutes les formes de manche et de cavité de rangement envisagées ci-dessus.This embodiment in elliptical shape can be envisaged with all the forms of handle and storage cavity envisaged above.

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  1. A cleaning utensil comprising a bottle brush (2) having a grip handle (4) associated with a head for cleaning the bottle (5), the grip handle (4) comprising a storage cavity (7) in which is removably inserted a teat brush (3) comprising a grip handle (9) and a teat cleaning head (10) having substantially straight radially oriented fibers, characterized in that the storage cavity (7) exhibits a transversal section having a large axis D and a small axis d and in that the head for cleaning the teat brush (3) exhibits a maximum dimension in the transversal section thereof substantially equal to the large axis of the storage cavity (7) in such a manner that the fibers of the teat cleaning head (10) part positioned in the storage cavity at the large axis remain rectilinear.
  2. The cleaning utensil according to claim 1, characterized in that the grip handle of the teat brush exhibits means for snap-fitting into the storage cavity (7).
  3. The cleaning utensil according to claim 1, characterized in that the grip handle of the teat brush (3) is connected to the grip handle of the bottle brush (2) by pivot connecting means.
  4. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage cavity (7) exhibits a substantially elliptical transversal section.
  5. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage cavity (7) exhibits a substantially rectangular transversal section, the large axis connecting the middle of each of the small sides and the small axis connecting the middle of the large sides.
  6. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage cavity (7) exhibits a substantially diamond-shaped transversal section, the large axis corresponding to the large diagonal of the diamond and the small axis corresponding to the small diagonal of the diamond.
  7. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage cavity (7) exhibits a substantially flattened hexagon-shaped transversal section.
  8. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the teat brush cleaning head exhibits at least one portion of cylindrical shape.
  9. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the teat brush cleaning head exhibits at least one portion of tapered shape.
  10. The cleaning utensil according to any of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the brush cleaning head exhibits at least one portion of elliptical shape.
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FR0956411A FR2949960B1 (en) 2009-09-17 2009-09-17 USTENSILE FOR CLEANING A BOTTLE AND ITS TEETH
PCT/FR2010/051923 WO2011033222A1 (en) 2009-09-17 2010-09-16 Utensil for cleaning feeding bottle and nipple thereof

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