JP5206874B2 - A device that holds pacifiers on infant clothing - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for fastening a pacifier to an infant's clothes.

  The pacifier helps meet the feeding requirements of babies and young children and thereby calms them. The pacifier is usually composed of a mouthpiece, usually made of latex or silicone, and a shield that prevents the mouthpiece from being swallowed. It is important to keep the Mauha peace clean. This is not a problem if the pacifier is used for the first time after cleaning. If the pacifier falls on the ground, it can become dirty and cannot be reused immediately if no suitable cleaning option is available. If an infant loses a pacifier in the middle of the night, it often cannot be discovered during periods of awakening, resulting in disturbed sleep for some time.

  Devices for tethering pacifiers to infant clothing are already known, which prevent pacifiers from falling from the infant's mouth to the floor and make it easier for infants to find lost pacifiers at night . A device of this kind is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,999,157 and comprises a plastic band, one end of which is connected to a sucking retaining ring via a loop and the other end via a separate loop. It is connected to a clip that is fastened to the infant's clothes. The clip is made of a single plastic member. It has two arms, which are connected to each other at one end, and a perforated strap projects from the connection area through which another loop is fed. The arms overlap each other and have two claws at the other end, which are pretensioned and locked together. For this reason, the arms of the clip are pressed against each other after manufacture and are held in an overlapping arrangement by a holding rod connected to the arm.

  This known device has the disadvantage that it is difficult to establish a pacifier connection. However, pacifiers must be periodically separated for cleaning purposes from devices that fasten to infant clothing. In addition, the known device cannot be tied to a pacifier with a stud.

  It is also disadvantageous that the clips cannot be easily removed from the infant's clothing because it is necessary to push the two arms in the open state together and slightly press. The clip is also suitable for securing to the edge because the arm is diagonally aligned with the clamping surface of the two clamping parts so that the clip with the deployment arm is positioned perpendicular to the garment Not. As a result, a vertical protruding fold that secures the clip is introduced for fastening the clip into the garment so that the deployment arm locks to the outside of the garment. Tethering to small folds is also not assured and thus the clip can easily loosen.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,638,298 discloses a covered clip and band for pacifiers. The cover has a cavity for the suction portion of the pacifier. The band is fixed to the clip nails. Fixing and removing the clip from the children's clothing is hampered by a large cover. Further, since the band enters between the claws of the fastener, unintentional removal of the clip from the garment easily occurs.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-000313 discloses a pacifier having an emergency breathing hole.

  Based on this, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for tethering pacifiers to infant clothing that can be easily tethered and released.

This object is solved via a device having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are specified in the dependent claims.
The device of the present invention for fastening a pacifier to an infant's clothes
A flexible band;
A clip at one end of the flexible band and fastened to the infant's clothing;
The buckle on the other end of the flexible band has an elastic tether ring that press-fits it into the pacifier stud at one end and hooks into the tether ring when inserted into the pacifier retaining ring and bent backwards. And a buckle having a strap that can be stopped at the other end.

The device according to the invention can also hold the pacifier with stud and the pacifier with retaining ring in a simple manner. In the case of the first type of pacifier described above, the tether ring is simply press fitted onto the stud. In the case of the second type of pacifier, the tethering ring is fed through the retaining ring and bent backwards so that the retaining ring surrounds the tethering ring in a looped manner. The loop is then closed by hooking the strap into the back bend clasp ring. The strap is also preferably elastic. In both cases, a secure connection is achieved between the band and the pacifier, and this connection can also be easily released by an adult, especially when the pacifier needs to be cleaned.

The band can be tethered differently on the buckle, for example via gluing or fusing. According to one embodiment, the buckle is disk-shaped and has two parallel slits that feed through the pacifier band. One end of the pacifier can be inserted through two slits and closed by, for example, making a knot.
According to another embodiment, the buckle has a circular disc shape. According to another embodiment, the tether ring and strap project outwardly from the diametrically opposed edges of the tether buckle.

According to another embodiment, the buckle, the tethering ring and the strap are designed as one piece.

According to another embodiment, the buckle, the tether ring and the loop are made of plastic or silicone.

Furthermore, this object is solved via a device having the features of claim 7. Advantageous embodiments of the device are specified in the other dependent claims.
The device according to the present invention for a pacifier tied to an infant's clothes
A flexible band;
A means to hold the pacifier to one end of the band,
A clip that fastens to the infant's clothes at the other end of the band, and has a disk-shaped carrier having two arms on one side, each of which has a nail at the end, and this nail is at least 1 a swingable from entrained positions of pieces of resilient arms through an operation to the separation position, possess a clip to return to the entrainment position when the arm release, a slit is provided near the edge of the carrier, the partial through one end of the band is led by Ru.

  In the case of the device according to the invention, the arms protrude from the same side of the disc-shaped carrier. The clip can be tied to the edge of the garment, where the carrier is aligned near the edge and parallel to the top side of the garment. This helps to secure the clips securely. The variety of placement capabilities of the clip against the pacifier favors the large design of the nail, which benefits the secure tethering of the clip to a piece or garment. Due to the fact that the carrier covers the clip, manipulation of the clip by the infant is hindered. However, an adult can operate it without any problem by pressing the index finger under the spring elastic arm, placing the thumb on the carrier and squeezing the index finger and the thumb together. If the pacifier falls from the mouth, the infant can easily find it by sensing its path along the band leading to the pacifier starting from the smooth surface of the carrier that can be easily differentiated from the pacifier.

  According to one embodiment, the carrier has a circular or elliptical shape. According to another embodiment, the carrier has at least one emergency breathing hole when the infant swallows the clip.

A slit is provided near the edge of the carrier, and one end of the band passes through the slit and is closed like a ring by, for example, connecting a ring.

  According to one embodiment, the arms are lamellar so that they do not exert any unpleasant pressure on the body surface.

  According to another embodiment, the arms have recesses on the sides facing each other where the arms grip each other. In the case of a lamellar arm design, this is useful for the integral design of clips made essentially of plastic as described in US Pat. No. 4,990,157.

  According to another embodiment, the pawl is disk-like, thereby benefiting a large clamping surface for secure fixation. According to another embodiment, the nails are arranged on the opposite surface together with means for gripping a piece of clothing so as to be securely fastened. These means are, for example, protruding teeth or ribs. The protruding rib preferably has a serrated profile.

  According to one embodiment, the clip is manufactured as a unitary member. According to another embodiment, it is made of plastic, for example polypropylene. According to another embodiment, the clip is injection molded. The clips are preferably injection molded, so that after removal from the injection molding tool, the insides of the claws face each other, receive side arm avoidance movements and press on each other, and the inside receives elastic pretension. In this state, they are locked together at their initial positions. In this respect, the production corresponds largely to the production of an integral clip according to US Pat. No. 4,990,157. In a preferred embodiment, the arms are heated in boiling water before they are mechanically pressed together, so that no stress whitening occurs when the arms are pressed together.

  According to another embodiment, the clip prints on at least one side of the carrier spaced apart from the arm. The print can be the manufacturer's label and / or trademark, as is common for example in pacifiers.

The device of claim 7 preferably also has the characteristics of the device according to claim 1 and, where applicable, the dependent claims dependent on claim 1.

The following embodiment of the band applies to both the invention according to claim 1 and the invention according to claim 7 .

  In one embodiment, the band is made of a film or woven material. The knitted fabric material is a flexible material made of a fiber composition.

  According to one embodiment, the band is made of plastic or natural material. According to another embodiment, the band is made of polyester.

  This band is, for example, a fiber or a string. According to one embodiment, the band is a flat material.

  According to one embodiment, one end of a section of the band fed through the opening of the clip and / or the fastening means is sewn and / or glued to the banded button at a predetermined distance from the end and / or Fusing and / or hooking and / or knotting and / or joining and / or weaving and / or connecting.

  An apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings illustrating preferred exemplary embodiments. The drawings show the following:

The device tethered to a pacifier with a retaining ring is shown in a perspective view. The device tied to the pacifier with stud is shown in a perspective view. The clip of the device before the arms are engaged with each other is shown in a side view. The clip after the arms are engaged with each other is shown in an enlarged side view (FIG. 4 shows a claw with fewer ribs than in FIG. 3). A buckle that holds the ring and strap on the end of the band is shown in front view. The strap hung on the tether ring bent backward is shown in a perspective view. A clip with a bowl-shaped opening in a closed state (FIG. 7.1) and an open state (FIG. 7.2) is shown in schematic side view. A clip with a uniform opening in a closed state (FIG. 8.1) and an open state (FIG. 8.2) is shown. The arm of the clip with a small number of ribs on the nail is shown in side view. Fig. 5 shows a clip arm having a number of ribs on a nail that decreases in height as the distance from the free end of the nail increases.

  According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the device has a flexible band 1. The band 1 is a knitted fabric made of plastic fiber, for example.

The clip 2 is fastened to one end of the band 1. Means 3 for securing the retaining ring 5 (FIG. 1) to the pacifier 4 or individually the stud 7 (FIG. 2) to the pacifier 6 is secured to the other end of the band 1. The pacifiers 4 and 6 each have a shield, and the mouthpiece 9 protrudes from the concave portion inside thereof.

  According to FIG. 3, the clip 2 has a disc-shaped carrier 10 with an emergency breathing hole 11. The thin plate-like arms 12 and 13 protrude from one side of the disc-like carrier 10. The arm 12 is bent slightly outward. The arms 12 and 13 are slightly inclined in the same direction at an acute angle with respect to the disc-shaped carrier 10 and have claws 14 and 15 at their ends. The claws 14 and 15 are bent with respect to the arms 12 and 13, and in the case of the pushed arms 12 and 13, they are arranged substantially parallel to the carrier 10 (see FIG. 4). The claws 14 and 15 oppose each other in the case of the arms 12 and 13 pressed against each other, and have several parallel sawtooth ribs 16 and 17 on the inside thereof. The arms 12 and 13 have recesses 19 and 20 on their side surfaces. The arm 13 has a rib 13.1 on the inside, which prevents a finger from being caught between the arm 13 and the carrier 10.

  The carrier 10 has an elliptical shape and a slit 18 through which one end of the band 1 can be inserted and fed in an end region where the ellipse has a small diameter (FIGS. 1 and 2).

  The clip 2 is manufactured as a single member from polypropylene by injection molding. After removal from the injection molding tool, the clip is heated in boiling water and pressed so that the arms 12, 13 overlap each other, thereby engaging the recesses 19, 20 with each other. The claws 14 and 15 are then pre-tensioned and their ribbed insides are locked together.

  One end of the band 1 is inserted through the slit 18, and the band 1 is stitched and / or bonded and / or fused to the inserted end.

  The means 3 for fastening to the pacifier has a circular disc-shaped fastening buckle 21 as shown in FIG. 5, which has two parallel slits 22, 23 for inserting one end of the band 1. A tethering ring 24 and a strap 25 project outwardly from opposing edges of the tethering buckle 21. These means 3 for tethering to the pacifier are made integrally from plastic or silicone, for example via injection molding.

  These means 3 for tying the pacifier are connected to the end of the band 1 that is fed through the slit in a loop manner, and the band 1 is sewn and / or bonded and / or fused. (FIGS. 1 and 2).

  According to FIGS. 1 and 6, the retaining ring 5 can be connected to the anchoring means 3 of the pacifier 4, and the retaining ring 5 is inserted into the anchoring ring 24 and bent backward, and the strap 25 is hooked there. Take the form to stop.

According to FIG. 2, a stud 7 is connected to the means 3 for fastening the pacifier 6, and a form in which the fastening ring 24 is press-fitted to the stud 7 is taken.
The connection between the device and the pacifiers 4, 6 can be easily separated in opposite directions.

  Furthermore, the device can be securely fastened to the edge via clamping of the clip 2.

  According to FIG. 7, the clip 2.1 on the carrier 10.1 has arms 12.1, 13.1, which have their claws 14.1, 15.1 closed (FIG. 7). .1) are arranged in parallel to each other, and in the state where their claws 14.1, 15.1 are open (FIG. 7.2), they are open like ridges.

According to FIG. 8, the clip 2.2 on the carrier 10.2 has arms 12.2, 13.2, with the claws 14.2, 15.2 closed (FIG. 8.1). They are arranged at an acute angle with respect to each other and are substantially parallel to each other with the claws 14.2, 15.2 closed (FIG. 8.2).

  According to FIG. 9, the clip 2.3 has arms 12.3, 13.3, where only one rib 16.3 is arranged on the arm 12.3 on the claw 14.3. Two ribs 17.3 are arranged on the arm 13.3 on the claw 15.3. Ribs 16.3 engage between ribs 17.3 in the closed state of clip 2.3.

According to FIG. 10, the clip 2.4 has arms 12.4 and 13.4. Several parallel ribs 16.4 are arranged on the claws 14.4 of the arm 12.4, and the height of the ribs decreases as the distance from the free end of the arm 12.4 increases. The arm 13.4 is arranged on a claw 14.4 having several parallel ribs 17.4, the height of which also decreases as it moves away from the free end of the arm 13.4.

Claims (15)

A device for tethering pacifiers to infant clothing,
A flexible band (1);
A clip (2) at one end of the flexible band (1) and fastened to the infant's clothes;
A buckle (21) at the other end of the flexible band (1) has an elastic tether ring (24) for press-fitting it into the stud (7) of the pacifier (6) at one end, and a pacifier (4) And a buckle having a strap (25) at the other end that can be hooked into the tether ring (24) when inserted into the retaining ring (5) and bent backwards. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the buckle (21) is in the form of a disc and has two parallel slits (22, 23) for feeding through the band (1). Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the buckle (21) is in the form of a circular disc, an ellipse or a polygon. 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the tethering ring (24) and the strap (25) project outward from a diametrically opposed edge of the buckle (21). 5. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the buckle (21), the tethering ring (24) and the strap (25) are designed as one piece. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the buckle (21), the tether ring (24) and the strap (25) are made of plastic or silicone. A flexible band (1);
Means (3) to hold the pacifier to one end of the band;
A clip (2) for fastening to the infant's clothes at the other end of the band (1) has a disk-shaped carrier (10) having two arms (12, 13) on one side, each of which is an end. The claw (14, 15) is provided in the part, and the claw can swing through the operation from the accompanying position of the at least one spring elastic arm (13) to the separating position, and is accompanied when the arm (13) is released. A clip (2) that returns to a position, and a slit (18) is provided near the edge of the carrier (10), through which one end of the band (1) is guided. An apparatus for tethering a pacifier to an infant clothing according to any one of claims 1 to 6. 8. A device according to claim 7, wherein the carrier (10) has a circular or elliptical shape. The device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the carrier (10) has at least one emergency breathing hole (11). 10. A device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the arms (12, 13) are mostly plate-shaped. The device according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the arms (12, 13) have recesses (19, 20) on opposite surfaces, at which the arms (12, 13) engage with each other. . 12. A device according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the claws (14, 15) are disk-shaped. 13. A device according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein the claw (14, 15) has means (16, 17) for gripping a piece of clothing on opposite sides. The clip (2) is made of plastic, and the clip (2) is injection-molded, the insides of the claws (14, 15) are separated from each other, and then the side of the arm front (12, 13) is avoided. 14. A device according to any one of claims 7 to 13, wherein the device is subjected to movement and pressed against each other and subjected to an elastic pretension to lock them together in their initial position. 15. Apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 14, wherein the clip (2) prints on at least one side of the carrier (10) spaced apart and facing the arm (12, 13).

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