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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Michael A. Lyle, Gainesville, GA (US);
Leslie Jones Talbott, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Timothy Talbott, Alpharetta, GA (US);
William R. Greene, Mt. Airy, GA (US);
Babeetender, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A baby bottle ( ) having a dispensing member ( ) and a sealing membrane ( ) disposed between the dispensing member ( ) and an open end ( ) of the container ( ). A threaded collar ( ) engages the open end and a shoulder ( ) extends laterally adjacent an extent of the thread. The sealing membrane ( ) includes ports ( ) for communicating fluid therethrough. The sealing membrane ( ) moves from a sealing position with a sealing surface ( ) in bearing contact with the open end ( ) and a dispensing position with the sealing surface ( ) spaced apart from the open end for fluid flow through the ports ( ). The sealing membrane moves in response to the shoulder ( ) moving as the collar ( ) is rotated and moved longitudinally outwardly relative to the end ( ) by the camming action of the thread on the bottle ( ).