WO1999006008A1 - Gravity driven positioning and return in position device for a babies' pacifiers - Google Patents

Gravity driven positioning and return in position device for a babies' pacifiers Download PDF

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WO1999006008A1
WO1999006008A1 PCT/IT1998/000213 IT9800213W WO9906008A1 WO 1999006008 A1 WO1999006008 A1 WO 1999006008A1 IT 9800213 W IT9800213 W IT 9800213W WO 9906008 A1 WO9906008 A1 WO 9906008A1
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Ciro Crescenzo
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A61J17/10—Details; Accessories therefor
    • A61J17/111—Holders therefor, e.g. to prevent loss or to hold in place
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A61J17/001—Baby-comforters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A61J17/10—Details; Accessories therefor
    • A61J17/111—Holders therefor, e.g. to prevent loss or to hold in place
    • A61J17/1115—Straps, cords or chains
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/0015—Devices specially adapted for taking medicines
    • A61J7/0053—Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers

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  • a gravity driven positioning and return in position device capable of sliding upwards and downwards, through a ring fixed to a hooking system applied to babies' clothes next to their chests.
  • the aim of this invention is to achieve a system to suspend the pacifier at a baby's clothes which is easy and comfortable to be handled by the baby himself and which is shaped in such a way as to be used as a custody for the pacifier itself or as a toy.
  • Another aim of this invention is to achieve a system capable of enclosing the pacifier and of filling it by natural suction with a liquid which can be tasty and/or nourishing for the baby.
  • Another aim of this invention in compliance with those previously listed, is to achieve a device with pacifiers for babies which might possibly be used comfortably and simply and which is capable of giving the highest warrants of reliability and safety when used and that proves to be extremely practical and versatile.
  • a gravity driven positioning and return in position device for babies' pacifiers characterized by a semi-rigid but extremely flexible element capable of bending and easily returning in the rectilinear position which, in collaboration with a counterbalance fixed to a lower end and with a ring fixed to the upper end, allows the pacifier either to remain in the chosen position or to slide through a ring fixed to a hooking system, applied to the babies 'clothes next to their chest, so that the babies can, in any moment, easily bring the pacifier to their mouths and drop it preventing it from falling down or from touching the floor even if the babies bend or lower much.
  • Picture 1 shows, schematically, a general view of the device according to this invention.
  • the pacifier is directly linked to the tubular pole (4).
  • the body (5) is empty and is equipped with an inlet valve for liquids. The baby will therefore be able to suck this liquid which, by natural suction through the tubular pole (4), reaches the pacifier and then the baby's mouth.
  • the body (5) is empty as well but, in this case, it acts as a container for the pacifier when the latter is not used.
  • a hooking system which in the drawing is represented as a tong (7) but which can also be of a different kind but suitable for the aims of this invention, is linked to a ring (8) made of polymeric materials.
  • the whole pole (4) slides in this ring (8), while the tong (7) is hooked to the baby's clothes next to his/her chest.
  • the whole pole (4) forms a rigid but very flexible element capable of bending and easily returning to the rectilinear position and, in collaboration with the body (5) which primarily acts as a counterbalance and with the upper ring (2) or other preferred hooking form, allows the pacifier (1) to remain in a chosen position once the tong (7) is hooked to the baby's clothes next to his/her chest.
  • the body (5) has any form or size provided it is suitable to the main aim to supply a proper counterbalance, so that it may have pleasant forms, for example a flower, with which the baby may play.
  • the device described in its preferred variations, according to this invention, is simple and effective, safe in its result and very cheap to be realized.

Abstract

A gravity driven positioning and return in position device for babies' pacifiers characterized by a semi-rigid but extremely flexible element (4) capable of bending and easily returning in the rectilinear position which, in collaboration with a counterbalance (5) fixed to a lower end and with a ring (2) fixed to the upper end, allows the pacifier (1) either to remain in the chosen position or to slide through a ring (8) fixed to a hooking system (7), applied to the babies' clothes next to their chest, so that the babies can, in any moment, easily bring the pacifier to their mouths and drop it preventing it from falling down or from touching the floor even if the babies bend or lower much.

Description

Description Gravity driven positioning and return in position device for a babies' pacifiers
Technical field
A gravity driven positioning and return in position device, capable of sliding upwards and downwards, through a ring fixed to a hooking system applied to babies' clothes next to their chests.
Backeround art
The use of simple means mostly made up of laces or little chains, in order to suspend pacifiers at babies' neck, is widespread.
Babies, however, never keep still in erect position, they bend down or sit inclining forward so that pacifiers may often touch the floor, with serious risks for the hygiene of pacifiers and for the babies 'health.
The object and the important characteristics of the invention
A system capable of preventing this or, at least, making it less probable to happen, would therefore be welcome.
The aim of this invention is to achieve a system to suspend the pacifier at a baby's clothes which is easy and comfortable to be handled by the baby himself and which is shaped in such a way as to be used as a custody for the pacifier itself or as a toy. Another aim of this invention is to achieve a system capable of enclosing the pacifier and of filling it by natural suction with a liquid which can be tasty and/or nourishing for the baby. Another aim of this invention, in compliance with those previously listed, is to achieve a device with pacifiers for babies which might possibly be used comfortably and simply and which is capable of giving the highest warrants of reliability and safety when used and that proves to be extremely practical and versatile.
The aims and advantages previously listed and others which will be made clear by the description which follows, are reached by a gravity driven positioning and return in position device for babies' pacifiers characterized by a semi-rigid but extremely flexible element capable of bending and easily returning in the rectilinear position which, in collaboration with a counterbalance fixed to a lower end and with a ring fixed to the upper end, allows the pacifier either to remain in the chosen position or to slide through a ring fixed to a hooking system, applied to the babies 'clothes next to their chest, so that the babies can, in any moment, easily bring the pacifier to their mouths and drop it preventing it from falling down or from touching the floor even if the babies bend or lower much.
Description of the drawing and mode for carrying out the invention Further characteristics and advantages of this invention will best result from the description of the preferred executing forms which are illustrated as an indicative but not limiting example in the enclosed drawing:
Picture 1 shows, schematically, a general view of the device according to this invention.
The device illustrated in the drawing, in a first form of realization, includes: a pacifier (1) like those commonly sold which is hooked to a ring (2) of polymeric materials provided with a specific opening (3) and eventually also with a closing system; this ring is fixed to a pole (4) of proper materials shaped in a thread or a tube at whose opposite end a body (5) is linked. In one preferred form of realization the ring (2) is not directly fixed to the end of the pole (4) but it is linked by stitch or other system to a tube made of a biocompatible cloth which covers it.
In another preferred form of this invention, the pacifier is directly linked to the tubular pole (4). In this case the body (5) is empty and is equipped with an inlet valve for liquids. The baby will therefore be able to suck this liquid which, by natural suction through the tubular pole (4), reaches the pacifier and then the baby's mouth. In another form of realization, the body (5) is empty as well but, in this case, it acts as a container for the pacifier when the latter is not used. A hooking system, which in the drawing is represented as a tong (7) but which can also be of a different kind but suitable for the aims of this invention, is linked to a ring (8) made of polymeric materials. The whole pole (4) slides in this ring (8), while the tong (7) is hooked to the baby's clothes next to his/her chest. The whole pole (4) forms a rigid but very flexible element capable of bending and easily returning to the rectilinear position and, in collaboration with the body (5) which primarily acts as a counterbalance and with the upper ring (2) or other preferred hooking form, allows the pacifier (1) to remain in a chosen position once the tong (7) is hooked to the baby's clothes next to his/her chest.
As it may be clearly understood, the baby may, in any moment, easily bring the pacifier to his/her mouth and drop it preventing it from falling. In fact the element (7) allows to choose a hooking position which is determined by the pole's (4) length, according to this invention, so that the pacifier can easily be brought to the mouth and once dropped it may have few possibilities to touch the floor even if the baby bends or lowers much. The element (8), instead, allows to determine a fixed point of sliding of the whole pole (4) through the ring with the help of the body's (5) counterbalance. In this way an effective and simple system of gravity driven positioning and return in position of the pacifier is reached. In another form of preferred realization of this invention the body (5) has any form or size provided it is suitable to the main aim to supply a proper counterbalance, so that it may have pleasant forms, for example a flower, with which the baby may play. The device described in its preferred variations, according to this invention, is simple and effective, safe in its result and very cheap to be realized.
To this idea of solution formal or structural variations may be brought in the sense that all the details, particularly the elements for the hooking to the baby's clothes, the counterbalancing body (4) and the hooking system of the pacifier (2) may be substituted by other elements technically equivalent (for example, a preferred form might be a little plaque in technopolymer folded as a book and closed or open by a screw system). Practically all the materials, the sizes and the forms may be of any kind, according to the needs of the moment, without getting out of the dominions of the invention which remains summarized in the claims that follow.

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Claims
1) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies characterized by a very flexible element in the form of a pole, capable of bending and easily returning in the rectilinear position, which, in collaboration with a body (5) of any shape or size, which acts as a counterbalance and as stoppage of the run, and which is fixed to a lower end, and with a ring (2) or other device suitable for the aim, which is fixed to the upper end allows the pacifier (1) to remain in a chosen position or to slide upwards or downwards, through a ring (8) fixed to a hooking element applied to the baby's clothes next to his/her chest.
2) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies as in claim 1) characterized by the fact that the flexible element in the shape of a pole is made up of a whole which includes a pole (4) of suitable materials, in the shape of a thread or of a tube which is covered by another tube (6) in biocompatible cloth.
3) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies as in claim 1) characterized by the fact that the body (5) is empty and is equipped with a valve for the loading of liquids.
4) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies as in claim 1) characterized by the fact that the body (5) is empty and may be opened to act as a custody for the pacifier when this is not in use.
5) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies as in claim 1) and 3) characterized by the fact that the pacifier is directly linked to the pole (4) in the shape of a tube so that the baby may suck a liquid which, through the pole in the shape of a tube (4) reaches, by natural suction, the pacifier and then the baby's mouth.
6) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies as in claim 1) characterized by the fact that the ring (2) may be either directly linked to end of the pole (4) or linked by stitch or other system, to the tube made of cloth (6).
7) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies as in claim 1) characterized by the fact that the hooking device (7) is linked to a ring (8) in polymeric material; in this ring (8) the whole pole (4) slides when the tong (7) is hooked to the baby's clothes next to his/her chest.
8) A gravity driven device for the positioning and return in position of pacifiers for babies characterized by the fact that the element (7) allows to choose a position for the hooking which is determined by the length of the pole (4) so that the pacifier may be easily brought to the baby's mouth and that once dropped it may have few possibilities to touch the floor even if the baby lowers or bends much; while the element (8) allows to determine a fixed sliding point of the whole pole (4) through the ring itself with the help of the counterbalancing body (5).
9) A hooking device to be linked to the baby's clothes as in claims 1), 7), 8), characterized by the fact that it is made up of a little plaque in technopolymer folded as a book and which may be closed or opened by a screw element connected in a stable or detachable way to the element (8).
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