Thermometer Pacifier

Claim 2

A temperature sensitive device especially adapted for ascertaining a child''s temperature comprising: a. a tubular member extending through the device and having a first end and a second end, said first end having a slot therein permitting limited compression of said first end, b. a clinical thermometer mounted in said tubular member and having a temperature responsive body therein adjacent to the said first end of the tubular member, c. a flexible nipple having an end thereof mounted on said tubular member and extending over said first end and providing an enclosure for said first end, d. a flexible disc mounted on said tubular member intermediate the ends thereof and adjacent to that end of the flexible member which is mounted on the tubular member, e. and a protective member mounted on the second end of the tubular member and providing a protective support for the clinical thermometer, said protective member having an opening therein for viewing the thermometer.

Claim 3

A device as in claim 1 wherein the protective member is a disc of a diameter such that it is too large to be received in a child''s mouth.

Claim 4

A device as in claim 1 wherein the tubular member is formed of a rigid transparent material and encircles the stem of the thermometer.

Claim 5

A device as defined in claim 1 wherein the tubular member has a shoulder which is received in a socket of the nipple and provides therewith a tooth engaging projection for the teeth of the child.

Claim 6

A temperature indicating device for safely obtaining a visual indication of an infant''s temperature, comprising: a flexible, hollow nipple having a circular stop flange on one end thereof of a size to prevent insertion of the flange into the infant''s mouth, said hollow nipple having an annular recess therein adjacent said one end thereof; an elongate, hollow, rigid tube disposed coaxially within the nipple and having an open end and having an outwardly extending flange thereon between the ends thereof releasably received in said recess to retain the tube within the nipple, said open end of the tube disposed within the hollow interior of the nipple and the other end thereof extending a substantial distance beyond said one end of the nipple; a disc-shaped finger engaging handle carried by the tube and having opposite faces, with the plane of the handle perpendicular to the plane of the stop flange, said handle extending from said stop flange to beyond said other end of said tube; and a thermometer received coaxially within the tube and encased therein and having a mercury-containing well at one end thereof extending outwardly of and disposed immediately adjacent said open end of said tube within said hollow nipple, the other end of the thermometer extending within the tube and across a major portion of said hAndle and visible at least at one face of the handle, whereby the nipple may be placed in an infant''s mouth and the temperature of the infant visually observed on said thermometer at said one face of the handle, said rigid tube protecting the thermometer against breakage, and the tube, thermometer and handle being separable from the nipple and stop flange whereby the nipple and stop flange may be sterilized.

Claim 7

A temperature indicating device for safely obtaining a visual indication of an infant''s temperature, comprising: a flexible, hollow nipple having a circular stop flange on one end thereof of a size to prevent insertion of the flange into the infant''s mouth, said hollow nipple having an annular recess therein adjacent said one end thereof; an elongate, hollow, rigid tube disposed coaxially within the nipple and having an open end and having an outwardly extending flange thereon between the ends thereof releasably received in said recess to retain the tube within the nipple, said open end of the tube disposed within the hollow interior of the nipple and the other end thereof extending a substantial distance beyond said one end of the nipple; a disc-shaped finger engaging handle carried by the tube and having opposite faces, with the plane of the handle perpendicular to the plane of the stop flange, said handle extending from said stop flange to beyond said other end of said tube; and a thermometer received coaxially within the tube and encased therein and having a mercury-containing well at one end thereof extending outwardly of and disposed immediately adjacent said open end of said tube within said hollow nipple, the other end of the thermometer extending within the tube and across a major portion of said hAndle and visible at least at one face of the handle, whereby the nipple may be placed in an infant''s mouth and the temperature of the infant visually observed on said thermometer at said one face of the handle, said rigid tube protecting the thermometer against breakage, and the tube, thermometer and handle being separable from the nipple and stop flange whereby the nipple and stop flange may be sterilized.