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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Applicants:
David A. Tesini, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Joshua Wiesman, Wayland, MA (US);
Inventors:
David A. Tesini, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Joshua Wiesman, Wayland, MA (US);
Assignee:
TW Innovations, LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nipple appliance having a base portion, a bulb portion having an integrated internal mechanical device that expands as the child sucks on the bulb, and a neck portion connecting the base portion and bulb portion. A sucking force by a child activates the mechanical device by compression of a front of the nipple to redirect force outward and upward by expansion of lateral walls of the bulb, thereby conveying pressure against the palate, alveolar ridge, and/or the teeth.