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Granted Patent B2
US 9,629,782 · App. 12/564,171 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Quick mixing baby formula cylinder and system

Inventor: Scott H. Hayes (Mooresville, NC)
Assignee: Lacy Enterprises, Inc.
A61J9/008A61J11/002A61J11/008A61J11/04A61J1/2093
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Patent No.
US 9,629,782
App. No.
12/564,171
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for a baby bottle container may include a plug assembly. A plug assembly may include a wall forming an inner volume. A plug may extend from the wall and form a portion of the inner volume. The plug assembly may be capable of removable attachment to a baby bottle container. An apparatus for a baby bottle container may include a chamber assembly capable of removable attachment to the plug assembly. The chamber assembly may comprise a partition configured to receive a portion of the plug within the inner volume of the plug assembly. The chamber assembly may be axially slidable about the plug assembly to selectively engage the partition with the plug to form a seal.

Claims (39)

1. A baby bottle container, the container comprising:

a plug assembly comprising:

a wall, the wall forming an inner volume,

a plug extending from the wall,

said plug being attached to said wall by at least one partial inner wall oriented parallel to said wall in said plug assembly, and at least one bridge connector at the distal end of one of the at least one partial inner walls, said at least one bridge connector being oriented perpendicular to said wall and suspending said plug within at least a portion of the inner volume of the plug assembly,

said at least one bridge connector oriented to facilitate a circular like flow during mixing;

the plug assembly being removably attached to the baby bottle container via the wall; and

a chamber assembly comprising,

an inner wall having a partition at a distal end forming an opening,

said partition being configured to receive the plug within the inner volume of the plug assembly, where said partition forming a seal around said plug,

the chamber assembly being axially slidable about the plug assembly to selectively engage the partition with the plug to form said seal.

2. The baby bottle container of claim 1 , wherein when the seal forms a first compartment above the seal in said chamber assembly and a second compartment below the seal in the bottle container.

3. The baby bottle container of claim 2 , wherein the chamber assembly is axially slidable to remove the partition from the plug so that components held in either of the first and second compartments can be mixed.

4. The baby bottle container of claim 1 , wherein the chamber assembly has an outer wall connected to the inner wall, the inner and outer wall forming a cavity capable of receiving the plug assembly.

5. The baby bottle container of claim 4 , wherein the partition is on an end of the inner wall, the inner wall and the partition are capable of being received by the inner volume of the plug assembly.

6. The baby bottle container of claim 1 , wherein the plug assembly has at least one track for receiving the chamber assembly.

7. The baby bottle container of claim 1 , further comprising a nipple assembly being removably attached to the chamber assembly.

8. The baby bottle container of claim 1 , wherein the plug assembly and the chamber assembly can be used on any baby bottle container having a neck opening with a diameter between about 1 inches to about 3 inches.

9. The baby bottle container of claim 1 , wherein said at least one bridge connector having a profile configured to facilitate flow of fluid through the bottle system.

10. The baby bottle container of claim 1 ,

wherein, the chamber assembly including at least one tab on a bottom portion of the chamber assembly adapted to engage a corresponding amount of tracks of the plug assembly, where the at least one tab being axially slidable about the plug assembly to selectively engage the partition with the plug to form said seal; and

when said chamber assembly being rotated open, said at least one tab being adapted to engage a groove in said plug assembly, whereby the chamber assembly may be locked so that said partition and said plug remain open.

11. The baby bottle container of claim 10 further comprising a snap ring on the bottom portion of said chamber assembly engaging said at least one track for connecting said plug assembly and said chamber assembly.

12. An apparatus for selectively separating and mixing components in a baby bottle container, the apparatus comprising:

a plug assembly being removably attached to the baby bottle container, the plug assembly having:

a wall, the wall forming an inner volume,

a plug extending from the wall,

said plug being attached to said wall by at least one partial inner wall oriented parallel to said wall in said plug assembly, and at least one bridge connector at the distal end of one of the at least one partial inner walls, said at least one bridge connector being oriented perpendicular to said wall and suspending said plug within at least a portion of the inner volume of the plug assembly,

said at least one bridge connector being oriented to facilitate a circular like flow during mixing;

a chamber assembly being removably attached to the plug assembly, the chamber assembly having an inner wall having a partition at a distal end forming an opening, said partition capable of receiving the plug to form a seal around said plug; and

the chamber assembly being engaged to the plug assembly, where the chamber assembly being axially slidable to the plug assembly so that when the partition receives the plug to form the seal, the seal separates a first compartment in the chamber assembly and a second compartment in the container.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the chamber assembly is axially slidable to remove the partition from the plug so that components held separately in the first and second compartments can be mixed.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the chamber assembly has an outer wall connected to the inner wall, the inner and outer wall forming a cavity capable of receiving the plug assembly.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the partition is on an end of the inner wall, the inner wall and the partition are capable of being received by the inner volume of the plug assembly.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plug assembly has a track for receiving the chamber assembly.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising a nipple assembly being removably attached to the chamber assembly.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 further comprising the nipple assembly, plug assembly, the chamber assembly and the baby bottle container capable of selectively separating and mixing components in the first and second compartments.

19. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plug assembly and the chamber assembly can be used with the baby bottle container and the nipple assembly, wherein either of the bottle container and the nipple assembly have a diameter between about 1.25 inches and about 3.25 inches.

20. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein said at least one bridge connector having a profile configured to facilitate flow of fluid through the bottle system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2009
From: HAYES, SCOTT H
To: LACY ENTERPRISE, INC.
Reel/Frame 023612/0968 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 11714575 · Mar 6, 2007
Provisional Application 60811970 · Jun 8, 2006
Related Publication 20100072160A1 · Mar 25, 2010