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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Jill Solberg, Woodstock, IL (US);
Mark Luzbetak, Kildeer, IL (US);
Erich Pfenniger, Ebikon, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Medela Holding AG, Baar, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A breast shield support is provided which in one embodiment includes a central harness body adapted to hold a breast shield. The central harness body may include three spaced straps connected to or extending from the central harness body. Each of the harness straps includes a clip, for example, for attaching a respective strap to a portion of a nursing brassiere and at least one strap includes a plurality of protrusions or grooves formed along the length of the strap for engaging a respective clip and permitting the clip to be easily adjusted and held in a desired position along the length of the strap.