US 12,343,312 B2
Teat for a bottle and a bottle having the teat
Wiecher Ferdinand Kamping, Esch (NL); Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi, Munein (NL); Sietse De Vries, Eindhoven (NL); and Yolanda Bruinsma, Drachten (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/797,467
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/052459
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/160477, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20157393 (EP), filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083291 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 11/005 (2013.01) [A61J 11/0015 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A teat for a bottle, comprising:
a nipple portion having a distal end for insertion into a mouth of a user of the teat, wherein the distal end comprises:
a recessed portion having a base which is domed outwardly towards the distal end, wherein; the base has an outwardly domed underside and an outwardly domed top side; the distal end has an outer rim having a first height; and the outwardly domed base of the recessed portion has a second height, which is less than the first height; and
a valve slit arrangement formed in the base of the recessed portion.