US 11,730,680 B2
Baby bottle with flexible nipple regions
Arnold Rees, Newcastle Upon Tyne (GB); Ian Webb, London (GB); Mark Armstrong, Wales (GB); and Tom Cotton, London (GB)
Assigned to Mayborn (UK) Limited, New Castle Upon Tyne (GB)
Filed by Mayborn (UK) Limited, New Castle Upon Tyne (GB)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,519.
Application 17/562,519 is a continuation of application No. 17/208,932, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,207,244, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Application 17/208,932 is a continuation of application No. 14/551,783, filed on Nov. 24, 2014, granted, now 10,952,930, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 14/551,783 is a continuation of application No. 13/364,557, filed on Feb. 2, 2012, granted, now 8,910,810, issued on Dec. 16, 2014.
Application 13/364,557 is a continuation of application No. 11/630,864, granted, now 8,181,800, issued on May 22, 2012, previously published as PCT/GB2005/002532, filed on Jun. 29, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 200414560 (GB), filed on Jun. 29, 2004; and application No. 200502599 (GB), filed on Feb. 8, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192928 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 11/00 (2006.01); A61J 11/02 (2006.01); A61J 11/04 (2006.01); A61J 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 11/006 (2013.01) [A61J 11/0065 (2013.01); A61J 11/02 (2013.01); A61J 11/04 (2013.01); A61J 11/045 (2013.01); A61J 17/001 (2015.05)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baby bottle, comprising:
a vessel with an opening comprising a rim; and
an assembly configured to mount and seal over the vessel comprising:
a collar configured to removably couple to a nipple and mount over the vessel opening; and
a nipple having a teat with an aperture, a base, an areola portion between the teat and the base, and a flange configured to seal over the vessel rim,
i. wherein the flange extends from a substantially cylindrical lower portion of the base to define the outermost nipple circumference, and
ii. wherein an air vent projects internally into the nipple interior below the teat, and
wherein the nipple and collar together define a breast shape comprising a teat projecting from a domed configuration that extends outwardly and downwardly to a widest circumferential edge of the collar.