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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Pigeon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a pacifier that may properly interest an infant of eight months old or older to make a preferable stimulation, for leading the infant to the next developmental stage of ingesting activity, or that can be used in a way for adapting to more advanced ingesting activity. A pacifier is provided with a nipple ( ) and a shield plate ( ) disposed at the base portion ( ) of the nipple which has a predetermined width. The nipple is provided with a tip portion ( ) having a width and a thickness, the width being larger than the thickness, to be formed into a flat shape, and an upper curved surface ( ) formed at the upper surface of the tip portion so as to be convex at a central portion thereof.