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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:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan D. Griffith, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/700 ;
Abstract
A vibrating pacifier which includes a housing, a nipple, and a massaging unit having a power supply for causing the nipple to vibrate. The power supply in the massaging unit supplies power to a vibrating unit that causes the nipple of the pacifier to vibrate, thus massaging a child's gums. The vibrating unit also provides a humming noise that is soothing to the child.