Disposable infant nurser package and method of making same

Claim 1

A SHELF STABLE BABY FOOD PACKAGE COMPRISING AN OPAQUE HERMETICALLY SEALED SHEET METAL CONTAINER HAVING A SANITARY DOUBLE SEAM TYPE CLOSURE ON ONE END, STERILE BABY FOOD PACKAGED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, AN ASSEMBLED STERILE NIPPLE AND STERILE TRANSLUCENT PLASTIC RETAINER RING FOR POSITIONING AT SAID ONE END OF SAID CONTAINER DURING FEEDING, AN OVERWRAP ENCLOSING SAID NIPPLE AND RETAINER RING IN A STERILE ENCLOSURE, SAID CONTAINER SANITARY END CLOSURE HAVING A STERILE OUTER SURFACE, MEANS RETAINING THE NIPPLE, RETAINER RING AND OVERWRAP ON THE SAID CONTAINER END CLOSURE TO MAINTAIN THE CONTAINER END CLOSURE IN A STERILE CONDITION DURING SHIPMENT AND STORAGE, SAID NIPPLE, RETAINER RING AND OVERWRAP BEING MAINTAINED IN STERILE CONDITION UNTIL THE OVERWRAP IS REMOVED TO ALLOW OPENING OF THE CONTAINER END CLOSURE WHILE MAINTAINING THE NIPPLE AND RETAINER CAP STERILE, AND INDICIA MEANS POSITIONED ON THE TOP SURFACE OF THE RETAINER RING FOR INDICATING THE VOLUME OF FOOD REMAINING IN THE CONTAINER WITHOUT REMOVING THE RING FROM THE CONTAINER.