Oral feeding bottle

US6739465B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• John Richard Calvert · Blieskastel, DE
• Martyn Omar Rowlands · Blieskastel, DE
• Michael A. Hobbs · Old, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2001
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S215/08
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An oral feeding bottle includes a feed container with an open end and surfaces adapted to come into contact with a liquid feed in the container, a teat releasably connected to the open end and adapted to contact both the liquid feed and a person or animal feeding from the bottle, and a cap with two modes of operation, where in the first mode, the teat is connected to the container and the cap is adapted to fit over, enclose the teat, and be releaseably connected to the feed container, and where in the second mode, the cap includes a means for stowing the teat in a non-dispensing position spaced from the container, where the teat and the surfaces that contact the liquid feed are in fluid communication so that the teat and the feed container are sterilized with a fluid sterilizing medium disposed in the container.