Baby bottle with joinable dry goods section and liquid section
View Patent ↗A baby bottle with a liquid compartment and a separate dry goods compartment is described. The dry goods compartment and the liquid compartment may be removably sealable from each other by rotating a lower-annular-member with respect to an upper-annular-member; wherein these two annular-members may be disposed between a bottle-main-body and a nipple-member. Each of these two annular-members may have its own respective opening and shelf-portion and may be rotated with respect to each other from an open-configuration to a closed-configuration. In the closed-configuration, dry goods, such as dry baby formula, may be temporarily stored within the dry goods compartment, in a substantially dry condition, separated from a liquid within the liquid compartment. When desired these two annular-members may be rotated into the open-configuration, to allow the dry goods to substantially fall into the liquid compartment, to facilitate mixing with the liquid in the liquid compartment.
1. A baby bottle with a dry goods compartment and a liquid compartment that are removably sealable from each other, wherein the baby bottle comprises:
a bottle-main-body with sides, a bottom, and an upper-opening; wherein the sides and the bottom are attached to each other; wherein the upper-opening is disposed opposite of the bottom; wherein the bottle-main-body substantially forms the liquid compartment;
a lower-annular-member that is removably attachable to the upper-opening of the bottle-main-body; wherein the lower-annular-member comprises a first-dry-goods-passage-opening;
an upper-annular-member that is rotationally attached to the lower-annular-member; wherein the upper-annular-member comprises a second-dry-goods-passage-opening;
a nipple-member; wherein a bottom of the nipple-member is removably attachable to a top of the upper-annular-member; wherein disposed opposite of the bottom of the nipple-member is a nipple-region with nipple structure to function as a nipple of the baby bottle;
wherein the lower-annular-member and the upper-annular-member each comprises its own shelf-portion that is solid; wherein the first-dry-goods-passage-opening is disposed opposite of its respective shelf-portion; wherein the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and its respective shelf-portion share a common plane of the lower-annular-member; wherein the second-dry-goods-passage-opening is disposed opposite of its respective shelf-portion; wherein the second-dry-goods-passage-opening and its respective shelf-portion share a common plane of the upper-annular-member;
wherein the dry goods compartment is located within the upper-annular-member and above both of the two shelf-portions;
wherein a rotational-relationship between the lower-annular-member and the upper-annular-member exists in two operational configurations a closed-configuration and an open-configuration;
wherein in the closed-configuration the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are not aligned with each other such that contents of the dry goods compartment are removably separated from mixing with contents of the liquid compartment; wherein when the rotational-relationship is in the closed configuration each of the two shelf-portions form a continuous and solid wall that separates the dry goods compartment from the liquid compartment;
wherein in the open-configuration the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are at least partially aligned with each other such that there is a continuous open passage from the dry goods compartment to the liquid compartment.
2. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are of substantially a same shape and a same size, such that when the rotational-relationship is in the open-configuration the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are substantially concentric with each other.
3. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are substantially shaped as a semi-circle.
4. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf-portion of the lower-annular-member is located at a top of the lower-annular-member; wherein the shelf-portion of the upper-annular-member is located at a middle of the upper-annular-member.
5. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the lower-annular-member, on an exterior-side-wall of the lower-annular-member comprises a lower-receiving-channel for removably receiving at least a portion of a locking-member; wherein the baby bottle further comprises the locking-member; wherein the lower-receiving-channel is formed from a pair of spaced ridges that extend away from the exterior-side-wall.
6. The baby bottle according to claim 5 , wherein each of the spaced ridges selected from the pair of spaced ridges is substantially L-shaped when the lower-annular-member is viewed from above.
7. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the upper-annular-member, on an exterior-side-wall of the upper-annular-member comprises an upper-receiving-channel for removably receiving at least a portion of a locking-member; wherein the baby bottle further comprises the locking-member; wherein the upper-receiving-channel is formed from a pair of spaced ridges that extend away from the exterior-side-wall.
8. The baby bottle according to claim 7 , wherein each of the spaced ridges selected from the pair of spaced ridges is substantially L-shaped when the upper-annular-member is viewed from above.
9. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the lower-annular-member, on an exterior-side-wall of the lower-annular-member comprises a lower-receiving-channel for removably receiving at least a portion of a locking-member; wherein the baby bottle further comprises the locking-member; wherein the lower-receiving-channel is formed from a pair of lower spaced ridges that extend away from the exterior-side-wall; wherein the upper-annular-member, on an exterior-side-wall of the upper-annular-member comprises an upper-receiving-channel for removably receiving at least a different portion of the locking-member; wherein the upper-receiving-channel is formed from a pair of upper spaced ridges that extend away from the exterior-side-wall; wherein when the pair of lower spaced ridges are in alignment with the pair of upper spaced ridges, the rotational-relationship is in the closed-configuration; wherein when the lower-receiving-channel and the upper-receiving-channel are rotationally disposed opposite of each other, the rotational-relationship is in the open-configuration.
10. The baby bottle according to claim 9 , wherein when the rotational-relationship is in the closed-configuration, the locking-member is slidably located with portions in both the lower-receiving-channel and in the upper-receiving-channel to removably lock in the closed-configuration.
11. The baby bottle according to claim 9 , wherein the locking-member comprises an annular flange, wherein it is this annular flange of the locking-member hat is removably captured within portions of the lower-receiving-channel and the upper-receiving-channel.
12. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the first-dry-goods-passage-opening comprises a straight-edge-portion; wherein the second-dry-goods-passage-opening comprises a separate and different straight-edge-portion; wherein when the rotational-relationship is in the closed-configuration or in the open-configuration, the straight-edge-portion and the separate and different straight-edge-portion are substantially parallel with each other.
13. The baby bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the baby bottle further comprises a lid; wherein the lid removably covers the nipple-portion.
14. A baby bottle with a dry goods compartment and a liquid compartment that are removably sealable from each other, wherein the baby bottle comprises:
a bottle-main-body with sides, a bottom, and an upper-opening; wherein the sides and the bottom are attached to each other; wherein the upper-opening is disposed opposite of the bottom; wherein the bottle-main-body substantially forms the liquid compartment;
a lower-annular-member that is removably attachable to the upper-opening of the bottle-main-body; wherein the lower-annular-member comprises a first-dry-goods-passage-opening; wherein the first-dry-goods-passage-opening comprises a straight-edge-portion;
an upper-annular-member that is rotationally attached to the lower-annular-member; wherein the upper-annular-member comprises a second-dry-goods-passage-opening; wherein the second-dry-goods-passage-opening comprises a separate and different straight-edge-portion;
a nipple-member; wherein a bottom of the nipple-member is removably attachable to a top of the upper-annular-member; wherein disposed opposite of the bottom of the nipple-member is a nipple-region with nipple structure to function as a nipple of the baby bottle;
wherein the dry goods compartment is located within the upper-annular-member;
wherein a rotational-relationship between the lower-annular-member and the upper-annular-member exists in two operational configurations a closed-configuration and an open-configuration;
wherein in the closed-configuration the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are not aligned with each other such that contents of the dry goods compartment are removably separated from mixing with contents of the liquid compartment;
wherein in the open-configuration the first-dry-goods-passage-opening and the second-dry-goods-passage-opening are at least partially aligned with each other such that there is a continuous open passage from the dry goods compartment to the liquid compartment;
wherein when the rotational-relationship is in the closed-configuration or in the open-configuration, the straight-edge-portion and the separate and different straight-edge-portion are substantially parallel with each other.