US 12,295,918 B2
Vessel for breast milk collection, preservation, transportation, and delivery
Elizabeth Joy Myers, Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Assigned to CERES CHILL CO., Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Filed by Ceres Chill Co., Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,750.
Application 17/893,857 is a division of application No. 16/684,452, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,458,074, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 18/496,750 is a continuation of application No. 17/893,857, filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,867, filed on Nov. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058224 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61J 9/08 (2006.01); A61J 9/06 (2006.01); A61J 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 1/06 (2006.01); B65D 51/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 9/085 (2013.01) [A61J 9/06 (2013.01); A61J 11/04 (2013.01); A61M 1/06 (2013.01); A61M 1/062 (2014.02); B65D 51/28 (2013.01); A61J 2200/44 (2013.01); A61J 2200/50 (2013.01); B65D 2251/09 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vessel for breast milk preservation, the vessel comprising:
an outer container having an outer container coupler, an insulating structure comprising a double walled body having a first wall spaced apart from a second wall by a vacuum-sealed gap, and an outer chamber with an inner surface, wherein the outer container coupler comprises outer container threads positioned on the inner surface of the outer container, the insulating structure extends at least partially along the outer container threads, and the insulating structure and the outer container threads are part of a unitary structure of the outer container;
an inner container receivable at least partially within the outer chamber, the inner container having an inner container coupler comprising inner container threads; and
a connector having first connector threads, second connector threads positioned radially inward of the first connector threads, and third connector threads, wherein
the first connector threads and the third connector threads are complementary to and configured to engage the outer container threads,
the third connector threads are reversed in orientation relative to the first connect threads, and
the second connector threads are complementary to and configured to engage the inner container threads,
wherein, when the outer container threads are engaged with the first connector threads and the inner container threads are engaged with the second connector threads, the outer chamber is entirely enclosed within a liquid-proof barrier.