US 11,931,319 B2
Indicator system for a milk container and a milk storage device using the same
Coen Petrus Martinus Claassen, Lommel (BE); and Camiel Gubbels, Nederweert-Eind (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/780,176
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/115910, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19215730 (EP), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409492 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 9/00 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indicator system for a milk container, comprising:
a time display element configured to fit to the milk container, the time display element comprising:
a first time scale indicating a first freshness of milk on a first portion of the time display element when the milk is stored in first conditions, and
a second time scale indicating a second freshness of milk on a second portion of the time display element when the milk is stored in second conditions, the first conditions being different from the second conditions,
wherein the time display element is configured such that only one of the first portion or the second portion that is selected to be in-use is outwardly visible;
a first indicator element configured to indicate a selected beginning portion of the first time scale or the second time scale of the in-use one of the first portion or the second portion; and
a second indicator element configured to indicate a selected end portion relative to the selected beginning portion of the first time scale or the second time scale of the in-use one of the first portion or the second portion.