EP0061868A1
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Housing for feeding bottles and the like
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-03-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-03-18
Abstract
Abstract A housing for a baby feeding bottle which comprises a tubular housing (A) with an open upper end (4); a disposable, open-ended, flexible bag-like container (12) locatable in the interior of housing (A) with a mouth zone (12a) of container (12) folded over the upper end (4) of housing (A); and a teat or nipple (13) which is locatable over the mouth of container (12) and the upper zone of housing (A). The tubular housing (A) is longitudinally divided into two halves (1a, 1b) which are movable between open and closed positions to facilitate loading of a container (12) into housing (A). The housing (A) may also have anchoring means (11a, 11b) located at low level in housing (A) and adapted to anchor the base (12b) of a container (12) and fix the extent of the mouth zone (12a) of container (12) available for folding over the upper end (4) of housing (A) to permit reliable scaling of the contents of container (12).
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Klittich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:55
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61J; A61J9/00; A61J9/08; A61J9/001; A61J11/00; A61J11/0075; A61J11/008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A feeding bottle housing which is of tubular configuration with an open upper end adapted to receive a teat and which is adapted to accommodate an open-ended flexible container in the interior of the housing with a mouth zone of the container folded over the upper end of the housing, characterized in that the housing is longitudinally divided into two sections which are movable between open and closed positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A feeding bottle housing which is of tubular configuration with an open upper end adapted to receive a teat and which is adapted to accommodate an open-ended flexible container in the interior of the housing with a mouth zone of the container folded over the upper end of the housing, characterized in that the housing is longitudinally divided into two sections which are movable between open and closed positions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A housing as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the housing is longitudinally divided into two sections which are linked along a longitudinally extending hinge zone and are. movable about the hinge zone between open and closed positions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A housing as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the two housing sections are adapted to be releasably locked together in the closed position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A housing as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by anchoring means located at low level in the housing and adapted to anchor the base of a flexible container to fix the extent of the mouth zone of the container available for folding over the upper end of the housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A housing as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the anchoring means comprises clamping means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
A housing as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the clamping means is inoperative when the two housing sections are in an open position and engages a base region of the container when the two housing sections are in their closed position.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A housing as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the clamping means comprises co-operating clamp formations on the two housing sections presenting mating surfaces adapted to nip the base region of the container when the two sections are in their closed position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A housing as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that the mating surfaces include gripping formations.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A housing as claimed in claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the clamp formations are of tongue and groove form.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A housing as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the mating surfaces of the clamp formations are of complementary semi-circular cross-sectional configuration.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A housing as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the mating surfaces of the clamp formations are screw threaded.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A housing as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the clamp formations extend axially from a transverse floor in the base region of the housing.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A housing as claimed in claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the clamp formations present mating surfaces extending substantially diametrically across the two sections of the housing.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A housing as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the mating surfaces are serrated.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
36 words
A housing as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 14, characterized by a contents scale suitably located relative to the anchoring means to permit scalingof the contents of a container anchored in the housing.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
92 words
A feeding bottle housing which is of tubular configuration with an open upper end adapted to receive a teat and which is adapted to accommodate an open-ended flexible container in the interior of the housing with a mouth zone of the container folded over the upper end of the - housing, characterized by anchoring means located at low level in the housing and adapted to anchor the base of the container to fix the extent of the mouth zone of the container available for folding over the upper end of the housing.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
92 words
A feeding bottle housing which is of tubular configuration with an open upper end adapted to receive a teat and which is adapted to accommodate an open-ended flexible container in the interior of the housing with a mouth zone of the container folded over the upper end of the - housing, characterized by anchoring means located at low level in the housing and adapted to anchor the base of the container to fix the extent of the mouth zone of the container available for folding over the upper end of the housing.
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