US4832214A
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Glowing baby bottle nipple collar
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-03-18
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Granted: 1989-05-23
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Expires: 2008-03-18
Abstract
Abstract A non-toxic luminescent nipple retaining collar is provided for baby bottles which enables those bottles to be seen and retrieved in the dark without the aid of light. The invention aids parents in locating the nursing bottle without turning on the light and completely awakening a child or others in the room. The child, if old enough, can retrieve the bottle himself and save the parents a trip. The retaining collar can absorb and store light from any natural or incandescent light source and emit that light for an extended period of time.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerome W. Schrader
- 👤 Kyle R. Weatherby
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:14
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61J; A61J11/00; A61J11/04; A61J9/00; A61J17/00; A61J17/10; A61J17/101; A61J17/1012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A luminescent glow-in-the-dark collar for retaining a nipple on a baby bottle, comprising; a. a tubular ring wall sized to encompass an open neck of said baby bottle, said ring wall having a substantially flat apertured top surface and an oppositely disposed opened bottom end; b. threads on an interior surface of said ring wall sized for attachment of said opened bottom end to threads on said neck of said baby bottle; c. means for retaining said nipple with said means being said aperture of said flat apertured surface sized to receive said nipple with a flange of said nipple being retained between an inside surface of said flat apertured surface and a top edge of said baby bottle neck; d. structure forming a gripping means on an outside surface of said ring wall for rotating said collar on said baby bottle neck; e. said collar manufactured of a non-toxic phosphorescent pigmented thermoplastic compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A luminescent glow-in-the-dark collar for retaining a nipple on a baby bottle, comprising; a. a tubular ring wall sized to encompass an open neck of said baby bottle, said ring wall having a substantially flat apertured top surface and an oppositely disposed opened bottom end; b. threads on an interior surface of said ring wall sized for attachment of said opened bottom end to threads on said neck of said baby bottle; c. means for retaining said nipple with said means being said aperture of said flat apertured surface sized to receive said nipple with a flange of said nipple being retained between an inside surface of said flat apertured surface and a top edge of said baby bottle neck; d. structure forming a gripping means on an outside surface of said ring wall for rotating said collar on said baby bottle neck; e. said collar manufactured of a non-toxic phosphorescent pigmented thermoplastic compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 1 with said structuring forming a gripping means is a plurality of striations.
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