FR2791877A1 - BABY SEAT FOR BOTTLES, FOR SELF-CONTAINED BOTTLES FOR INFANTS. - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a seat device fitted with a handle for positioning an infant and providing an autonomous feed for said infant with the aid of an adjustable pendulous baby bottle. The device is suited for premature and newly born babies. The inventive device comprises a seat (E), a handle or a bracket (A), a suspension cord or line (C), an elastic ring (B) and an elastic ring (D). The suspension cord (C) is maintained on the handle (A) by means of the elastic ring (B). A baby bottle having a sufficient cross-section is placed in the elastic loop (D). The height and inclination of the bottle are provided by rotating the elastic ring (B) and winding the suspension cord (C) around the handle (A). Sucking is assisted by the pendulous movement of the baby bottle, which has a self-stimulating effect. At the end of the feed the bottle is automatically disengaged; the initially twisted suspension cord is unraveled and flattens out, causing the bottle to rotate 120 DEG from its initial position. In addition to providing a sufficient increase in the amount of food available for each feed, the invention makes it possible for a single person to safely feed five infants at the same time. The device also makes it possible for people who find it impossible to hold infants in their arms because of a handicap or drowsiness to feed said infants in a safe manner.

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  Technical field of the invention: The invention is intended for childcare, for the autonomous feeding of infants, newborns and premature babies. Technical problems: Traditionally the bottle is given to infants in the arms and requires several people when several infants simultaneously request their bottle, which is usually the case, out of eighteen daily bottles to give to twins, around 1 0 twelve bottles are to be given to both infants simultaneously. There are seven technical problems to be solved;

  - Assist a single person to feed two or more infants.

  - Improve the intake of milk by bottle by reducing the stress of a bottle held in force by the hand, an arm or mechanical support, insufficiently sensitive to movements of

infant tongues.

  - Increase the time of breastfeeding to improve the assimilation of infant formula, of lower quality than breast milk.

  -Remove the risk of infants falling from the arms of sleepy parents.

  - Adapt a group 0 infant chair to maintain a newborn over the age of

  three kilos in an ideal position for the use of a pendulum bottle.

  - Create a specific orthopedic chair to keep a newborn baby two to three kilos in the ideal position for using a pendulum bottle.

  - Feed a premature baby as soon as he has acquired the reflex to suckle and allow him to suck the teat better.

State of the prior art.

  Several inventions have produced bottle support systems to allow

  suckle without the hand holding the bottle.

  Invention US No. 3,850,393 Marquard; Harold; intended for a penguin very partially solves the problem, impractical, it allows a disabled mother to give a bottle in the arms, the rigidity of the system does not allow the stimulation of the lips of the

  infant by a back and forth movement of the bottle.

  The inventions; n US5016845 I Pellegrino 5 11991 "Infant feeding assembly and US 5489075 / ROBERT L. IBIE" Baby bottle Holder and feeder "are interesting approaches for the autonomous feeding of babies who are in the process of learning how to maintain their bottle, these procedures are effective assistance to parents with disabilities as well as

  those of twins or triplets who are more than 7 months old.

  Too rigid, the system does not provide the pendulum technical solution with self-simulation effect,

  does not allow assisted withdrawal of the teat at the end of the dose.

  The previous systems also do not allow the bottle to be turned over into position

  said safety at the end of the catch except the Pellegrino invention.

  None of the solutions already mentioned and which includes the advantages of the pendulum bottle, do not

  allow the risk of falling infants.

  Several multi-position "transat" armchair systems equipped with brackets for hanging toys or supporting equipment are available, other "group 0" designated multi-use safety armchairs (primarily used in cars) and multi-position, have a handle or handle with multiple position transport, none of the handles of these chairs are suitable for the use of the pendulum bottle and do not have a position for the function "pendulum feeder" object of the present invention. Such a new function requires the modification of existing armchairs or the creation of

  specific chairs to fulfill the pendulum feeder function.

  Statement of the invention. The invention is an armchair device to allow an infant to take his bottle alone in several non-binding doses.20 A single person can feed several infants or premature babies simultaneously. The system is suitable for disabled or injured or sick people with disabilities or

  injuries do not allow a baby to be held in the arms, with no risk of the infant falling. The ratio of assimilation yield = dejection / liquid ingested and the measurements carried out25 indicate an improvement in the quantities of milk drunk with each intake and better assimilation or digestion compared to a diet in the arms.

  Completely relaxed, the infant can concentrate on sucking alone, speed up or slow down, without the disruptive movement of the arms or hand, without the constraint of a suckling stimulus.30 Studies carried out on several infants and in particular on premature babies have established that infants adapt perfectly to the system.

  Although no accident linked to the use of the invention has been demonstrated, and only risk-limiting benefits have been successfully tested, it is essential that parents or babysitters stay nearby infants to carry them

  assistance and make them burp while taking.

  Several prototypes and comparative tests establish that the best catches are those obtained with a pendulum movement and a chair as described below.

  The diagram in figure 1 illustrates the invention: After having delicately installed the baby in a seat (E) which has a suitable handle and of good size for optimal positioning in a vertical, fixed, correctly stabilized position, * 1- band C , otherwise called single hanger, or ribbon, is placed above] 0 The handle handle A * 2 With the other hand, while maintaining the ribbon C in position, the ring B is clipped, nested or slid, above tape C to keep it in place on handle A. * 3. tape C is turned a half turn and the bottle is threaded through its back in

  the ring D of the ribbon, up to approximately half of the bottle.

  At 4 - ring B and ribbon C are pushed together until the bottle is

  present opposite the baby's mouth F.

  * 5 - ring B is turned counterclockwise, so

  refine the position of the assembly as shown in Figure 2.

  * 6 - the bottle thus fitted must be turned in the loop D until the correct teat position (1-2 -3) is obtained for an adapted flow rate. After the usual check that the milk is not too hot and that it does not come out by jet but to taste, * 7 - the bottle is placed in the mouth F of the baby, being certain that the teat is at

above the tongue.

  * 8 - When the baby releases the bottle, it means that he must burp, that he has finished drinking or that he has a gastric difficulty. The bottle normally leaves alone I mouth with a movement of tongue or head, the seat handle must be folded down, the baby

  detached is gently worn against the shoulder to make him burp.

  * 9 - If the baby has not finished his bottle, it must be replaced in the seat and proceed again as explained above. An optimal result described in FIGS. 2 and 3 is obtained according to the dimensions given with an angle ai between 35 and 45, W between 20 cm and 25 cm, and, X between 50 and 60 cm. These measurements reproduced on the chair described in FIG 4 give a good result with another type.

  armchair with a longer seat. The chair described in FIG. 10 is particularly suitable for premature babies and infants, the location and the optimal dimensions of the handle are identical to those already described with respect to the baby's mouth.

  This molded chair has a ballast (R) which keeps it in the raised position and has a

  morphological seat (Q) to support the infant under the arms and at the crotch. Figure 8, the handle of the chair is hollow and fits into a foot to raise it off the ground. 15 Figure 9 the support bracket for the pendulum bottle is placed on a tripod (S) slid under a pediatric cradle (O) .

  In this feeding position, the infant's mattress should be raised. Figure 5, one of the lines is a braided nylon strip, measuring 0.35 m long, the ring (about 0.05 m in diameter) intended to receive the bottle must be slightly snapped into force on the bottle , its cord shape facilitates the introduction of the bottle, the cord ring and the band C are held together sewn.

  Another hanger in Figure 5 is also a braided nylon band, the ring C is then formed in the same band, the ends of which are simply crimped to the size of the bottle and the stem.25 Figure 6, the hanger G has a ring in elastic cord, the hanger H has adjustable ends, the hanger I is a braided nylon band, one end of which is sewn to form a loop around the bottle to be supported, the other end is simply kept "clipped" by the ring B. Figure 7 several types of rings (B) for holding the lines on the handle of the chair are described, only the shape of the ring (B) designated (K) on a handle of cylindrical section allows height adjustment of the bottle by simple rotation of the ring and winding of

the hanger around its edge.

  For all the hangers, a lateral positioning of the bottle according to the location of the infant's head is obtained by sliding the ring and the hanger on either side on the handle or

armchair gallows.

  Figure 7 the hanger in velcro strip is simply held by an elastic ring which covers it. Of all the solutions illustrated, the most suitable for infant chairs is that which

  uses the hanger and the ring described in figure 5.

  The vertical position of the handle, handle or bracket of the group O safety wheelchairs must be refined to allow locking in the new so-called feeder position. The new feed position of the handle can be combined with the position of the transport function of the seat, in this case, the center of gravity of the chair must be slightly modified so that the

  infant is kept in the optimal position for drinking his bottle.

  The new nourishing function of the handle of group O car seats

  part of the invention for the use of a pendulum bottle.

Claims (5)

  1- A morphological chair for infants, its handle or bracket of proportions described in figures (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (8) and (10), the dimensions of which allow positioning of the bottle according to values described in figure (3), (4) and (10) with the angle oc between 35 and 45, W between 20 and 25 cm and, X between 50 and 60 cm, Characterized in that the morphological chair has a form to keep raised the back of the infant at an angle of 35 to 45 relative to the vertical a three-point seat belt, to hold the infant in its position, a handle or bracket (fixed, mobile or removable) to hang securely a bottle. 2- A mobile or removable fixed bracket or handle adapted to infant morphological chairs, which is used to hold the pendulum bottle, Characterized in that: it is positioned perpendicular to the ground which supports the infant seat, that it is sufficiently solid , that it includes values described in figures (3), (4) and (10) with a between   350/45 o, W between 20 and 25 cm and, X between 50 and 60 cm.   3 - A single hanger of dimension between 30 and 40 cm, formed at its end to make a ring of dimension adjusted to the bottles of the market, as described in Figures (5) (6) and (7) (with a diameter of about 5 cm) slightly less than the diameter of the bottle to receive, Characterized in that it can hold a bottle hanging on the handle of the chair infant.   4 - An elastic ring to be clipped formed to the dimension of the handle of the chair, ideally made of plastic of cylindrical shape, it must fit together by pressure to maintain the hanger as described in FIG 1 and (5) be operated by lateral sliding on either side of the handle of the   chair, must turn to drive the hanger and roll up around it.   Adaptable, the elastic ring can be oval or even be an elastic cord with dimension of the handle, characterized in that it can firmly hold the hanger of a bottle at the handle of an infant chair, move on either side of the handle, turn to drive the hanger it maintains, until an ideal height of the bottle to be supported is obtained. - A rigid articulated or flexible hanger allowing to keep a hanging baby bottle in balance as described in figure (2), Characterized by its length between 30 and 40 cm, made of nylon fabrics, and by its ability to turn 120 as soon as the bottle is released from the mouth of the infant.   6 - A flexible hanger of flat section which is screwed at 120 and unscrews flat in position and initial shape as soon as the bottle is released from the mouth of the infant, Characterized in that its structure gives it a permanent mechanical memory of torsion. 7-A handle, bracket or handle of safety chair for group O infant used in the new position called feeder, Characterized in that the new feeder function of the handle of the chair for   automobile group O allows the use of a pendulum bottle.   8-An armchair for premature babies and infants whose weight is between two and three kilos Characterized in that it comprises the part Q figure 8 of the illustrated boards, adapted to the weight and the size of the infant, as well as the bracket adapted to the port of pendulum bottle up.