Patent Application
20120193317
1. Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to baby formula delivery devices and more particularly pertains to a new baby formula delivery device for storing and allowing selective mixing of baby formula and water.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a container that has a bottom wall, a top wall, and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. The perimeter wall includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The top wall has a first powder aperture extending therethrough to access an interior of the container. A housing has an upper wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends downwardly from the upper wall. The peripheral wall extends downwardly around the container adjacent to the top wall and is rotatably and non-removably coupled to the container. A lower wall is attached to the peripheral and is spaced from the upper wall and defines an interior space of the housing. The lower wall is positioned between the top wall and the upper wall. The lower wall has a second powder aperture extending therethrough. The second powder aperture is positionable in an aligned position with the first powder aperture to fluidly couple the interior space of the housing with an interior space of the container or in an unaligned position sealing the interior space of the housing from the interior space of the container. A nipple is attached to the upper wall and is in fluid communication with the interior space of the housing. A quantity of water is positioned within the container. A quantity of baby formula is positioned within the housing.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A housing 26 has an upper wall 28 and a peripheral wall 30 that is attached to and extends downwardly from the upper wall 28. The peripheral wall 30 extends downwardly around the container 12 adjacent to the top wall 16 and is rotatably and non-removably coupled to the container 12. The perimeter wall 18 and the peripheral wall 30 include mating members 32 to retain the housing 26 on the container 12. A lower wall 34 is attached to the peripheral wall 30 and is spaced from the upper wall 28 to define an interior space of the housing 26. The lower wall 34 is positioned between the top wall 16 and the upper wall 28. The lower wall 34 has a second powder aperture 36 extending therethrough and the second powder aperture 36 is spaced from a center of the lower wall 34. The second powder aperture 36 is positionable in an aligned position with the first powder aperture 24 to fluidly couple the interior space of the housing 26 with an interior space of the container 12 or in an unaligned position sealing the interior space of the housing 26 from the interior space of the container 12. The upper wall 28 has a flange 38 attached thereto. The housing 26 may be comprised of a rigid material such as plastic or other similar material.
A nipple 40 is attached to the upper wall 28 and is in fluid communication with the interior space of the housing 26. The nipple 40 includes a cut 42 positioned on an upper end of the nipple 40. The nipple 40 is generally conventional and is configured to be sucked on by an infant to draw the formula and water mixture out of the cut 42. The nipple 40 may be comprised of a resiliently stretchable material such as rubber, latex, or other similar material.
A stop 44 is in mechanical communication with the housing 26 and restricts over rotation of the lower wall 34 beyond the aligned position. The stop 44 is mounted on and extends outwardly from the perimeter wall 18 and extends into a groove 46 in the peripheral wall 30 that extends no more than half of a circumference of the peripheral wall 30. The stop 44 is positioned to extend into the groove 46 and the stop 44 is configured to abut against each end of the groove 46 to restrict rotation of the housing 26 in each direction. The stop 44 may be positioned on mating member 32.
A quantity of water 48 is positioned within the container 12 and a quantity of baby formula 50 is positioned within the housing 26. The housing 26 is configured to be rotated such that the second powder aperture 36 is positioned in the aligned position with the first powder aperture 24 to allow mixing of the baby formula 50 and the water 48. A cover 52 is removably attached to the housing 26 and frictionally engages the flange 38 to cover the nipple 42. The cover 52 may be comprised of a rigid material such as plastic or other similar material.
In use, the housing 26 may be rotated to align the first 24 and second 36 powder apertures. The baby formula 50 may be mixed with the water 48. The mixture of water 48 and formula 50 may be consumed by an infant by having the infant suck on the nipple 42. The assembly 10 may be discarded after the mixture of water 48 and formula 50 is consumed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure.
