NURSING BOTTLE CAP

• Main Author: HIRAOKA KATSUYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.03.2024
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

To provide a nursing bottle cap allowing a user to attach it to a nursing bottle with accurate centering without distorting a flange part of an artificial nipple when attaching it.SOLUTION: A cap is configured to attach an artificial nipple to a nursing bottle body, the artificial nipple including a flange part on a lower side and an annular groove formed around a whole periphery of an upper surface of the flange part. The cap includes an inward flange for holding the flange part along with a mouth part of the nursing bottle body, formed around a center hole for mounting the artificial nipple, and a protruding rib to be fitted into the recessed groove, on a lower surface of the inward flange. Further, the lower surface of the inward flange is horizontal, and the protruding rib has an inverted right triangular cross section with an outer peripheral surface perpendicular to the lower surface of the inward flange.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】装着時に人工乳首のフランジ部が歪むことなく、正確に中心合わせした状態で哺乳びんに取り付けることができる哺乳びん用キャップを開示する。【解決手段】下部にフランジ部を有すると共に、このフランジ部の上面全周にわたって環状に凹溝を設けた人工乳首を哺乳びん本体に取り付けるキャップである。そして、人工乳首を装着する中心孔の周囲に哺乳びん本体の口部とでフランジ部を挟持する内向きフランジを形成すると共に、この内向きフランジの下面には凹溝に嵌入可能な突条リブを設ける。また、内向きフランジは下面が水平であり、突条リブは内向きフランジの下面に対して垂直な外周面を有した逆直角三角形状の断面をなす。【選択図】図１