Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Koninkluke Philips N.v.

Narasimha Shastri

Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi

Jacob Cornelis Paul Den Dulk

Christoph Dobrusskin

Arnold Aalders

Luc Berntsen

Daan Hendrik Gosenshuis

Coen Petrus Martinus Claassen

Theodoor Stolk

Wiecher Ferdinand Kamping

Marijn Kessels

Carolien Willemijn Geijzendorffer

Bryan Keith Windus-Smith

Amir Masoud Akbari Pazooki

Coen Jansen

A partitioning component () for dividing a feeding bottle () into two sections: one () associated with a container () part of the bottle and one () associated with a teat part () of the bottle. The partition allows for at least partial retention of liquid in the teat part even when the bottle is tipped in a horizontal position, the more natural position for feeding a user such as a baby or toddler. To enable flow of fluid between the two sections, the partitioning component comprises a passageway arrangement () which comprises one or more openings () and the passageway arrangement configured to enable flow of both liquid and air across the partition in different directions. This allows liquid to pass in, and air to pass out, of the teat section () during filling of the teat. To enable maximal retention of liquid inside the teat section when the bottle is tilted in the horizontal position, the openings of the passageway arrangement are all confined to a single region of the partitioning component which, in use, is arranged offset on one diametric side of the bottle volume or of the teat volume.

Partitioning component for a feeding bottle

A cover () is configured to be used with a liquid container for realizing a drinking device in conjunction with the liquid container. The cover () is particularly designed to prevent fluid communication therethrough in a default condition, and to allow fluid communication therethrough in an actuated condition. To that end, the cover () includes a gasket () and a cover body () accommodating the gasket (), the cover body () comprising a liquid passage area () and a sealing rim (). In order for the cover () to be leakproof to a high extent under all circumstances in which it is not desired to retrieve liquid through the cover (), the gasket () has at least one structural feature () configured to secure sealing contact of the gasket () to the sealing rim () of the cover body () in the default condition of the cover ().

Cover of a drinking device

An arrangement () for a feeding bottle is provided, the feeding bottle comprising a teat component (), and a container component (), which together define an internal bottle volume extending longitudinally between a base end of the container component, and a top end of the teat component. The arrangement comprises an internal element () for positioning inside the bottle volume, and a protruding element () arranged for extending from the internal element to an outside of the bottle when the bottle is in an assembled state with the internal element in position, for providing an interconnection between inside and outside of the bottle.

Arrangement for a feeding bottle

A teat for use with a fluid container comprises a deformable mouthpiece for an infant to suck on during a fluid intake action and an inner core disposed within the mouthpiece. An exterior surface of the inner core is spaced from an interior surface of the mouthpiece at the position of a fluid pocket guiding face of the exterior surface of the inner core so that a fluid duct between the mouthpiece and the inner core is defined which allows the infant to perform a peristaltic fluid intake action. At least one of the interior surface of the mouthpiece and the exterior surface of the inner core has at least one protrusion that is designed to form a fluid barrier between the mouthpiece and the inner core at a position for delimiting the fluid duct at the sides thereof.

Teat for use with a container for containing a fluid

A teat for use with a fluid container comprises a deformable mouthpiece for an infant to suck on during a fluid intake action and an inner core () disposed within the mouthpiece. An exterior surface () of the inner core () is spaced from an interior surface of the mouthpiece at the position of a fluid pocket guiding face () of the exterior surface () of the inner core () so that a fluid duct between the mouthpiece and the inner core () is defined which allows the infant to perform a peristaltic fluid intake action. At least one of the interior surface of the mouthpiece and the exterior surface () of the inner core () has at least one protrusion () that is designed to form a fluid barrier between the mouthpiece and the inner core () at a position for delimiting the fluid duct at the sides thereof.

A partitioning component for a feeding bottle device. The feeding bottle device comprising a teat component defining a teat volume therein and a container component defining a container volume therein. The teat component being attachable to the container component by means of an attachment component. The partitioning component comprises a first passage allowing a passage of fluid from the container volume to the teat volume and a second passage allowing a passage of fluid from the teat volume to the container volume, wherein the second passage is provided in the form of a one-way passage. The invention further relates to a corresponding feeding bottle device and a feeding method. The solutions according to the invention reduce the risk of colic-like symptoms for the infant.

Partitioning component for a feeding bottle device and feeding bottle device

The present invention relates to a feeding bottle device () comprising at least one air vent valve () for allowing the passage of air from outside the feeding bottle device () to within a container volume () when the feeding bottle device () is assembled, a confined volume forming component () for defining a confined volume () within a container volume () of a container component () of the feeding bottle device (), wherein the confined volume () is configured to provide a controlled opening () for air entering through the air vent valve () into the container volume (), and an optional duct forming component () for forming a guidance duct () from the at least one air vent valve () to the confined volume (). The feeding bottle device () reduces the risk of colic-like symptoms for an infant.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Narasimha Shastri