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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis X Manganiello, Pompton Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Playtex Products, Inc., Westport, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J / ; A61J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
215 115 ; 215 111 ;
Abstract
A nipple for use with a baby bottle includes a flange having an upper surface, a lower surface, a cavity formed in the flange and through the lower surface, and a membrane formed in the flange above the cavity and through the upper surface. The cavity is contiguous with the membrane. The membrane has a perforation therethrough to form at least two resealable lips in the membrane. Preferably, the two resealable lips have an X-shape.