Teething ring-pacifier

Claim 1

IN AN INFANT PACIFIER, THE COMBINATION OF: A NIPPLE HAVING A BARREL PORTION AND AN ANNULAR FLANGE ATTACHED TO SAID BARREL PORTION AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID BARREL, SAID FLANGE BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS FROM ITS JUNCTURE WITH SAID BARREL TO A POINT NEAR ITS OUTER PERIPHERY, THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID FLANGE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THICKER THAN SAID UNIFORMLY THICK PORTION AND THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE TAPERING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY IN A RELATIVELY STRAIGHT LINE FROM SAID PERIPHERY TO SAID POINT NEAR SAID FLANGE''S OUTER PERIPHERY; A CAP PORTION HAVING A CENTRALLY PERFORATED TOP RECEIVING THE BARREL PORTION OF SAID NIPPLE, THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TOP BEING OF CONCAVE CONFIGURATION, AND AN INTERIORLY THREADED SKIRT PORTION, THE UNDER SURFACE OF SAID TOP INCLUDING MEANS BITTING INTO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID NIPPLE FLANGE, SAID BITTING MEANS COMPRISING A DEPENDING ANNULAR EXTENSION CONCENTRIC WITH SAID PERFORATED PORTION, AND AN ANNULAR CAVITY FORMED IN SAID UNDER SURFACE OF SAID CAP TOP RADIALLY OUTWARD OF SAID EXTENSION, SAID CAVITY BEING CORRELATIVE IN CONFIGURATION TO SAID THICKNESS PORTION OF SAID NIPPLE FLANGE, AND RECEIVING SAID NIPPLE FLANGE THICKER PORTION THEREIN; AND A TEETHING PORTION HAVING A RING MEMBER ATTACHED TO A BASE MEMBER, SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING SECURING MEANS ATTACHING SAID BASE MEMBER TO SAID CAP WHEREBY SAID NIPPLE FLANGE IS SECURELY LOCKED THEREBETWEEN, SAID SECURING MEANS INCLUDING AN EXTERIORLY THREADED DISC PORTION FOR MATING WITH SAID THREADED PORTION OF SAID CAP SKIRT, SAID DISC PORTION OF SAID BASE MEMBER PRESSING AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID NIPPLE FLANGE WHEN SAID DISC THREADS ARE MATED WITH SAID CAP SKIRT THREADS THEREBY CAUSING SAID CAP TOP EXTENSION TO BITE INTO SAID NIPPLE FLANGE.