This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Applications Nos. 202211632483.8 filed in China on Dec. 19, 2022 and 202311514595.8 filed in China on Nov. 14, 2023. The entire disclosures of Chinese Patent Applications Nos. 202211632483.8 and 202311514595.8 are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mom and baby products, in particular, relates to wearable breast pump.
The wearable breast pump is placed under the bras for use. For example, a breast pump is referred to in a patent application document with application no. 201510647623.2 filed on Oct. 9, 2015 and invention title of “a breast pump adapted to be used when lying down and free of hands”, which comprises components such as a bottom cover, an airbag, a casing, and a cup, wherein, as for the structural arrangement of the breast pump, the cup is sleeved on the outside of the casing, the casing is sleeved outside the airbag, thus the thickness of the breast pump is increased. Another breast pump is also referred to in a patent application document with application no. 202122735820.3 filed on Nov. 9, 2021 and invention title of “an integrated breast suction shield and an wearable breast pump therewith”, which comprises components such as an integrated breast suction shield 100, a principal machine 2, a support bracket for a breast suction shield 4, a milk bottle main body 31, wherein, as for the structural arrangement of the breast pump, the principle machine is connected with the support bracket for the breast suction shield, the principle machine is connected with the milk bottle main body, and the support bracket for the breast suction shield is connected with the integrated breast suction shield. A support structure is provided between the integrated breast suction shield and the principle machine, thus the thickness of the breast pump is increased.
Therefore, at present, due to a product's large volume, the wearable breast pump on available is prone to cause uncomfortability by serious extrusion when in use. In addition, the wearable breast pump is also prone to cause unfitness due to a large volume, thus phenomenon of air leakage and milk leakage are occurred.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present disclosure provides a wearable breast pump, and its technical solution is as follows:
The present disclosure provides a wearable breast pump, comprising a breast pump principal machine and a breast pump container connected with each other detachably; the breast pump container includes a milk bottle and a breast suction shield that are connected with each other; the breast suction shield includes an absorption portion, a mating portion, and a suction portion that are integrated together; and the absorption portion is used to fit with a breast, the mating portion is used to connect to the breast pump principal machine, to form a sealing chamber between the breast pump principal machine and the suction portion, the suction portion is used to expand when the sealing chamber is under a negative pressure, to suck milk.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, a one-way sealing ring is provided on an end surface of the mating portion that faces the suction portion, the one-way sealing ring surrounds an outer side of the suction portion; the one-way sealing ring includes an abutting portion and a floated portion protruding from the end surface of the suction portion; the abutting portion is located between the floated portion and the suction portion, an end surface of the abutting portion that faces the breast pump principal machine is a plane, which is used to fit with the breast pump principal machine; and a cross section of the floated portion is an oblique triangle, and a top point of the triangle is inclined toward the breast pump principal machine, and an angle is formed between a side edge of the triangle adjacent to the mating portion and an end surface of the mating portion.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the mating portion includes a mating base and a support ring that are integrated together, hardness of the support ring is larger than that of the mating base.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, a positioning groove is provided on a peripheral surface of the support ring, a spring positioning bead is provided on the breast pump principal machine, and the spring positioning bead and the positioning groove are connected in a clamped manner, to make the one-way sealing ring compress the breast pump principal machine.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, a bottom of the support ring is connected with a connecting pipe and a connecting cover, the support ring, the connecting pipe, and the connecting cover are integrated together; a bottom of the mating base is provided with a milk-leakage hole, and the connecting pipe is used to communicated with the milk-leakage hole and the connecting cover; the connecting cover includes an inner cover edge and an outer cover edge, the inner cover edge is connected with a one-way valve in a clamped manner, and the outer cover edge is connected with the milk bottle in a spinning manner; and an air hole is provided on the connecting cover.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the support ring, the connecting pipe, and the connecting cover are connected with each other detachably, and the mating base and the support ring are connected with each other detachably.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, a circular groove is provided on the mating base, and a plurality of conjugation pores are provided on the circular groove, the plurality of conjugation pores are uniformly distributed on a peripheral surface of the circular groove; the support ring is in located the circular groove and a plurality of conjugation protrusions are provided on the support ring, the plurality of conjugation protrusions are uniformly distributed on the peripheral surface of the support ring; and the conjugation protrusions and the conjugation pores are plugged with each other one by one and integrated together.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the support ring includes a pluggable ring and an epitaxial ring that are integrated together; the epitaxial ring is located between the pluggable ring and the absorption portion, and used to support the absorption portion; and the epitaxial ring is arranged coaxially with the absorption portion, and a profile of the epitaxial ring is small than that of the absorption portion.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the pluggable ring is ellipse-shaped, and the major axis of the ellipse is arranged vertically, and the minor axis of the ellipse is arranged horizontally, and both ends along the direction of the minor axis each is provided with one positioning groove.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the pluggable ring is circle-shaped, two positioning grooves are on both ends of the same diameter of the circle.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, a draft angle is provided on the peripheral surface of the pluggable ring.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, at the junction between the suction portion and the abutting portion, the suction portion is provided with an extended segment extending toward the absorption portion, and the extended segment is used to increase the deformation degree of the suction portion.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the extended segment appears is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc is located between the extended segment and the suction portion.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the suction portion is a chamber with a uniform wall thickness, the suction portion includes a suction body and guide ridges on the peripheral surface of the suction body that are integrated together, the guide ridges are used to guide deformation of the suction body.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the guide ridges are provided with a plurality, and the plurality of guide ridges are distributed symmetrically on the peripheral surface of the suction body.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the suction portion is cut-off along a plane parallel to the end surface of the mating portion, the profile of the guide ridges is U-shaped.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the suction portion is cut-off along a plane perpendicularly to the end surface of the mating portion, the profile of the guide ridges is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc is closed to the suction body.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the profile of the suction body is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc is closed to the guide ridges.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, comprising a floated emulating suction nozzle, the floated emulating suction nozzle is used for emulating a baby who is sucking the milk; the floated emulating suction nozzle is integrated with the breast suction shield.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the floated emulating suction nozzle comprises a liquid suction hole, a floated support portion, and an emulating contact ring; the liquid suction hole is communicated with the floated support portion and the emulating contact ring, to allow a nipple to enter into the suction portion; the floated support portion is supported within the breast suction shield, the emulating contact ring is on an end surface of the floated support portion that is departed from the breast pump principal machine, to support a mammary areola; and the emulating contact ring is trumpet-shaped.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the breast suction shield is provided with the emulating contact ring and the liquid suction hole, the emulating contact ring is on an end surface of the breast suction shield that is departed from the breast pump principal machine, to support the mammary areola; the liquid suction hole is communicated with the absorption portion and the suction portion; and the emulating contact ring is trumpet-shaped.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the emulating contact ring is cut-off along a plane perpendicularly to the end surface of the mating portion, the profile of the emulating contact ring takes is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc is toward the breast suction shield.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the emulating contact ring is cut-off along a plane perpendicularly to the end surface of the mating portion, the wall thickness of the emulating contact ring decreases gradually from the breast suction shield to a free end of the emulating contact ring.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the breast pump principal machine comprises a casing and a control assembly, a T-pipe, an air pump, a solenoid valve, and a connecting port mounted within the casing; the control assembly is respectively connected with the air pump and the solenoid valve and used to offer an operation control; one end of the T-pipe is connected with the air pump, another end is connected with the solenoid valve, and the third one is communicated with the sealing chamber; and the connecting port is respectively connected with the air pump and the control assembly, and used to supply external power.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the breast pump principal machine further comprises a battery mounted into the casing and connected with the connecting port, to supply power.
The wearable breast pump as above-mentioned, further preferably, the control assembly comprises a display screen, a control button, and a controller, the controller is respectively connected with the display screen, the control button, the air pump, the solenoid valve, and the connecting port, and the connecting port is a USB Type-C port.
As seen from analyses, compared with the prior art, the advantages and beneficial effects of the present disclosure are as follows:
Wherein, 1—milk bottle, 2—breast pump principal machine, 3—control button, 4—display screen, 5—breast suction shield, 6—connecting port, 7—absorption portion, 8—emulating contact ring, 9—battery, 10—air pump, 11—T-pipe, 12—epitaxial ring, 13—positioning groove, 14—pluggable ring, 15—guide ridge, 16—suction body, 17—air hole, 18—one-way valve, 19—liquid suction hole, 20—floated support portion, 21—milk-leakage hole, 22—outer cover edge, 23—inner cover edge, 24—mating base, 25—floated portion, 26—abutting portion, 27—extended segment, 28—spring positioning bead, 29—sealing chamber.
The following will provide a clear and complete description of the technical solution in the embodiments of the present disclosure, in conjunction with the attached drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor, fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
In the description of this present disclosure, the orientation or positional relationships indicated by terms “longitudinal”, “transverse”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom” etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the attached drawings, only for the convenience of describing the present patent, rather than requiring that the present disclosure must be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, thus it cannot be understood as a limitation of the present patent. In the present disclosure, the terms as used “connected with each other” and “connected” should be broadly understood, for example, they can be fixed connection, they also can be detachable connection, they can be directional connection, and also they can be connected by an intermediate component. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above-mentioned terms can be understood based on specific circumstances.
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In the present embodiment, the wearable breast pump adopts the sealing chamber 29 formed by the breast pump principal machine 2 and the breast suction shield 5, can save the thickness space, and thus can avoid uncomfortability caused by extruding, furthermore, the present disclosure can improve fitness when in use, reduce air leakage and milk leakage. Furthermore, the wearable breast pump is mainly divided into two parts, one is a washable part of the breast pump container, and another one is a non-washable part of the breast pump principal machine 2. The breast pump container only includes two components of the milk bottle 1 and the breast suction shield 5, thus parts are reduced and convenient to clean.
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It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, “integrated” means that one component immediately forms into an undetachable component when being manufactured using one material, for example, in the present embodiment, the pluggable ring 14 and the epitaxial ring 12 of the support ring are directly processed through vulcanization of an rubber material, one component is finished when being processed and is undetachable. “Integrated” means that two or more components being manufactured by different or identical materials, form into an undetachable component by hot melting, vulcanization, bonding etc., for example, in the present embodiment, the supporting ring, the connecting pipe, and the connecting cover may be individually molded, and then connected together by ultrasonic welding; in the present embodiment, the material of the support ring and that of other portions of the breast suction shield 5 are rubbers having different rigidities, the support ring and parts other than the support ring on the breast suction shield 5 are respectively modeled during the process of vulcanization, the support ring after being processed is one component, part other than the support ring on the breast suction shield 5 is another one component, these two components form into an undetachable breast suction shield 5 by hot melting, bonding etc. Of course, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, based on elements such as convenient processing, saving cost and easy maintenance and so on, the breast suction shield 5 may also be made detachable, for example, the supporting ring, the connecting pipe, and the connecting cover on the breast suction shield 5 all may be detached from the breast suction shield 5, and they are convenient to clean individually.
Further, in the present embodiment, the connecting cover includes an inner cover edge 23 and an outer cover edge 22, the inner cover edge 23 is connected with a one-way valve 18 in a clamped manner, and the outer cover edge 22 is connected with the milk bottle 1 in a spinning manner. The reliability of one-way flow of the milk can be ensured by providing the one-way valve 18; and a user is easy to pick off the milk bottle 1 and use by providing the spinning connection between the milk bottle 1 and the outer cover edge; and pressures in and out of the milk bottle 1 can be balanced by providing an air hole on the connecting cover.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, in order to ensure the reliability of integration between the mating base 24 and the support ring, a circular groove is arranged on the mating base 24, and a plurality of conjugation pores are provided on the circular groove, the plurality of conjugation pores are uniformly distributed on the peripheral surface of the circular groove. The support ring is located in the circular groove, and a plurality of conjugation protrusions are provided on the support ring, the plurality of conjugation protrusions are uniformly distributed on the peripheral surface of the support ring; and the conjugation protrusions and the conjugation pores are plugged with each other one by one and can ensure that the mating base 24 and the support ring are integrated together.
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Further, in the present embodiment, the pluggable ring 14 May have various shapes, for example, the pluggable ring may take an ellipse or a circle shape etc. When the pluggable ring 14 is ellipse-shaped, and the major axis of the ellipse is arranged vertically, and the minor axis of the ellipse is arranged horizontally, it can ensure the correctness of connection between the breast suction shield 5 and the breast pump principal machine 2 and play an error-proof role. Both ends along the direction of the minor axis each is provided with one positioning groove 13, this can ensure the connecting reliability between the breast suction shield 5 and the breast pump container. When the pluggable ring 14 is circle-shaped, two positioning grooves 13 are on both ends of the same diameter of the circle, the pluggable ring 14 is more prone to be modeled, convenient to be manufactured, and easy to save cost when taking a circle shape.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a draft angle is provided on the peripheral surface of the pluggable ring 14, which is convenient for the breast suction shield 5 to be detached from the breast pump principal machine 2, and can ensure the sealing effect of connection.
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Further, in the present embodiment, the extended segment 27 is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc lies between the extended segment 27 and the suction portion, which then can ensure the smoothness of the suction portion during expanding and contracting, and can ensure that the deformation of the suction portion is more gentle.
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Further, in the present embodiment, the suction portion is cut-off along a plane perpendicular to the end surface of the mating portion, and the profile of the guide ridge is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc is closed to the suction body 16, while the profile of the suction body 16 is arc-shaped, and the center of the arc is closed to the guide ridge 15, thus the expansion of the suction portion can be controlled, and the peripheral surface of the suction portion can expand gradually from the absorption portion 7 to the breast pump principal machine during expanding.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the guide ridges 15 are provided with a plurality, and the plurality of guide ridges 15 are distributed symmetrically on the peripheral surface of the suction body 16, which can make the suction portion uniformly expand and contract on the peripheral surface. Preferably, the guide ridges 15 have four, which can both prompt smooth and uniform expansion and contraction of the suction portion on the peripheral surface, and cannot hinder the expansion and contraction.
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In another one embodiment of the present disclosure, the floated emulating suction nozzle is not provided, rather, the emulating contact ring 8 and the liquid suction hole 19 are provided on the breast suction shield 5, that is to say, the emulating contact ring 8 directly acts as a part of the breast suction shield 5 when being integrated. In particular, the emulating contact ring 8 is located on the end surface of the breast suction shield 5 that is departed from the breast pump principal machine 2; and the liquid suction hole 19 is communicated with the absorption portion 7 and the suction portion.
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Further, in the present embodiment, the breast pump principal machine 2 further includes a battery 9 mounted within the casing and connected with the connecting port 6, the battery 9 can supply power without external power and support the use of the wearable breast pump.
The connecting port 6 is a USB Type-C port and connected with the battery 9, can directly supply power and charge the battery when connecting with the external power.
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When in use, the power source is powered on, the battery 9 may be adopted to supply power or connected with the external power, and operational parameters of the breast pump principal machine 2 are regulated by the control button. The air pump 10 is started, the solenoid valve is powered on and off according to predetermined parameters as regulated. When the solenoid valve is off, the sealing chamber 29 has a negative pressure with the action of the air pump 10, the suction portion expands, and the emulating contact ring 8 extrudes the mammary areola and then sucks milk; when the solenoid valve is on, the inside of the sealing chamber 29 recovers to the atmosphere pressure, the suction portion contracts, and the emulating contact ring 8 expands. The solenoid valve is on and off uninterruptedly, which can emulate a scene that a baby is sucking the milk, and then the sucked milk enters into the milk bottle 1 from the milk leakage hole 21 through the connecting cover and the one-way valve 18. The one-way valve 18 acts to conduct in one-way manner, can allow the milk and gases to go through, rather than allowing the milk and gases to flow back, and can cooperate with the solenoid valve to form a sealing environment together.
As known by common technical knowledge, the present can be implemented through other schemes that are not departed from the spiritual essence or necessary features. Therefore, in terms of various prospects, the above-mentioned schemes are only exemplary descriptions, not limitation thereof. All changes fall within or equivalent to the scope of the present disclosure are included into the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202211632483.8 | Dec 2022 | CN | national |
202311514595.8 | Nov 2023 | CN | national |