US 11,672,741 B2
Pacifier
John J. Davis, Troutville, VA (US); Justin H. Smart, Chandler, AZ (US); and Richard L. D'Aloisio, Tempe, AZ (US)
Assigned to John J. Davis, Troutville, VA (US)
Filed by John J. Davis, Troutville, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/577,494.
Application 16/577,494 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2018/024270, filed on Mar. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/645,524, filed on Mar. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/519,479, filed on Jun. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,120, filed on Mar. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0009019 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61J 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 17/001 (2015.05) [A61J 17/113 (2020.05); A61J 17/107 (2020.05)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pacifier comprising:
a shield, a base, and a nipple,
the nipple comprising a stem for insertion into an infant's mouth and comprising a closed distal end, the stem having longitudinal sidewalls,
the shield, the base, and the nipple being longitudinally aligned,
the base extending longitudinally from the shield,
the nipple extending longitudinally from the base;
the base having a top wall, the top wall of the base having a slope line which intersects a longitudinal axis of the stem at an angle β (beta) of 55 to 120 degrees,
wherein the nipple, base, and shield define a hollow lumen comprising a nipple portion of the lumen, a base portion of the lumen, and a shield portion of the lumen,
further comprising a hollow elongated handle having continuous sidewalls defining a handle lumen having a continuous perimeter, the hollow elongated handle extending posteriorly from the shield, wherein the hollow elongated handle is integral with the shield, the hollow elongated handle having an open posterior end;
wherein the handle, the shield, the base, and the nipple are a uni-molded pacifier single unitary piece,
wherein the base of the uni-molded pacifier single unitary piece defines a posterior pacifier mouth having a mouth diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the base portion of the lumen anterior to the posterior pacifier mouth.