IP Library Granted Patent US 7,478,733
Granted Patent B2
US 7,478,733 · App. 11/332,166 · Granted Jan 20, 2009

Baby bottle with an air valve device

Assignee: Heinz Baby Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,478,733
App. No.
11/332,166
Granted
Jan 20, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A baby bottle with an air valve device has a bottle, an air valve device and a cap. The bottle has a mouth. The air valve device is a check valve and has a valve seat mounted on the mouth of the bottle and having at least one through hole, a valve stem and a valve disk. The valve seat has at least one through hole. The valve stem is mounted slidably through the valve seat and has a bottom end. The valve disk is attached to the bottom end of the valve stem and has an air chamber and an annular disk. The air chamber is hollow and has a proximal end attached to the bottom end of the valve stem. The annular disk is formed around and protrudes out from the proximal end of the air chamber and selectively closes the through hole in the valve seat.

Claims (26)

1. A baby bottle comprising

a bottle for holding a liquid and having

a top; and

a mouth formed on the top of the bottle;

an air valve device mounted in the mouth of the bottle and comprising

a valve seat mounted on the mouth of the bottle and having

a center;

a stem hole formed through the center of the valve seat; and

at least one through hole formed through the valve seat around the stem hole;

a valve stem mounted slidably in the stem hole and having

a top end;

a bottom end having an annular slot; and

a head being larger than the stem hole, formed on the top end of the valve stem for keeping the valve stem from going into the bottle; and

a valve disk being hollow, attached to the bottom end of the valve stem and having

an air chamber attached to the bottom end of the valve stem and having

a proximal end;

a distal end; and

a mounting hole formed through the proximal end of the air chamber and mounted in the annular slot at the bottom end of the valve stem; and

an annular disk formed around and protruding out from the proximal end of the air chamber to selectively close the at least one through hole in the valve seat; and

a cap attached to the top of the bottle, for closing the mouth and comprising

a nipple mounted on the valve seat; and

a collar attached to the top of the bottle to hold the nipple and valve seat in place and having a central through hole for allowing the nipple to protrude from the bottle through the collar.

2. The baby bottle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one through hole in the valve seat is one curved segment.

3. The baby bottle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one through hole in the valve seat is two elongated curved holes equally spaced around the stem hole.

4. The baby bottle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one through hole in the valve seat is three elongated curved holes equally spaced around the stem hole.

5. The baby bottle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one through hole in the valve seat is four elongated curved holes equally spaced around the stem hole.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 20, 2010
From: HEINZ BABY CORPORATION
To: CAMERA BABY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024252/0712 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2006
From: HSU, SHEN-KWANG
To: HEINZ BABY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017461/0268 →
Continuity (1)
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