| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 606236000 | Nipple attachment or structure | 50 |
| 20080215092 | Pacifier Coupling System - A two-piece joint designed to allow a one-piece silicone pacifier to be removably attached to an appealing stuffed toy, soothing blanket, or other article that might be attractive to an infant. One section of the joint includes the back of the pacifier, and the second section of the joint is made as a receiver that accepts the male joint members and permit the pacifier to be semi-permanently attached to the toy. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080287993 | Pacifying Apparatus - A pacifier comprises a nipple and a supporting surface, the nipple being attached to and protruding from a first side of the nipple supporting surface, characterized in that pacifier is arranged to releasably interlock with at least one like pacifier. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090030455 | Toy For Retaining Multiple Size Pacifiers - A toy for retaining multiple size pacifiers includes a toy structured to retain at least one button handle pacifier. The toy further includes a retention ring. The retention ring is secured to an outer surface of the toy. Each button handle pacifier includes a nipple portion, a lip shield and a retention knob. The nipple portion extends from one side of the lip shield and the retention knob extends from the other side thereof. A ring groove is formed between the lip shield and one end of the retention knob. The other end of the retention knob is preferably rounded to facilitate insertion into the a knob opening in the retention ring. The size of the nipple portion and lip shield are increased in size to accommodate larger oral cavities of older children. A retention ring may also extend from an outer surface of the toy. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090048630 | Child pacifier - One embodiment of the present invention is a child pacifier comprising a nipple for inserting into a child's mouth, a pacifier housing, the pacifier housing including a plate section adapted to receive the nipple, a spring section, a pacifier middle section coupled to the plate section such that the spring section is positioned between the plate section and the pacifier middle section, a button coupled to the pacifier middle section, the button having an outer face, and at least four shields pivotally coupled to the spring section at a plurality of pivot points, the at least four shields enclosing the nipple when the spring section is disengaged, whereby engaging the spring section causes the at least four shields to pivot about the plurality of pivot points allowing access to the nipple. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090062855 | BABY NEBULIZER - The present invention features a pacifier comprising (a) a nipple with a first end and a second end, the first end has a perforation; (b) an attachment device having a first end and a second end, the first end of the attachment device fluidly mates with the second end of the nipple, the second end of the attachment device has a port to receive a tube, the attachment device further has a divider member disposed therein; and (c) a seal system having a seal member and a spring member. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090198275 | Pacifier and pacifier system - The invention relates generally to a pacifier, and more particularly, but without limitation, to a pacifier that is configured to activate one or more output devices based on whether a nipple of the pacifier is located in a baby's mouth. An embodiment of the invention provides a pacifier that includes: a hollow nipple; a sensor located within an interior space of the nipple; and a Light Emitting Diode (LED) located within the interior space of the nipple, the sensor configured to detect whether the nipple is located in a user's mouth, the pacifier configured to illuminate the LED based on the detected location of the nipple with respect to the user's mouth. Embodiments of the invention provide pacifiers that are configured to reward use, entice the baby to reinsert the pacifier when it has been dislodged, and/or alert a caretaker when the pacifier has been dislodged. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090248074 | Pacifier - A pacifier includes an inner substrate layer and an outer substrate layer comolded over the inner substrate layer. The outer substrate layer forms a nipple and a handle. The inner substrate layer has a first portion covered by the outer substrate layer and a portion uncovered by the outer substrate layer forming a shield portion. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090306712 | TEETH CLEANING PACIFIER HAVING A CONVEX TEAT BODY - A pacifier with a shield and a teat element. The teat element includes a shaft adjacent to the shield and solid in cross-section in the region of contact with the jaw and/or the teeth. A teat member adjoins the shaft in its end section which faces away from the shield so that the contour of the teat element, starting from the shaft, has a club-shape which corresponds substantially to known hollow-body teats. A convex hollow teat body is provided as a teat member which is substantially annular. The longitudinal axis of the annular teat body runs substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinally extending axis of the teat element or the hollow teat body is designed to be substantially closed-walled so as to form a cavity. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090312796 | PACIFIER - A pacifier with a mouth shield made of relatively firm material, a nipple protruding from the inside of the mouth shield and made of relatively soft material, and a security thread connected to the mouth shield, which consists of the relatively firm material, is connected to the nipple and extends in the longitudinal direction thereof, characterized in that a first section of the security thread runs at a distance from those areas of the nipple which are intersected by the imaginary sagittal midplane of the nipple. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100030265 | COMBINATION PACIFIER TETHERING AND BRACELET SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Combination pacifier tethering and bracelet systems and related methods are disclosed. According to an aspect of the disclosed subject matter, a system comprises a flexible stringing component including first and second ends. The system also comprises first and second clip mechanisms attached to the first and second ends, respectively, of the stringing component. The first and second clip mechanisms are adapted for coupling together in a bracelet mode such that the stringing component substantially forms a loop. In a pacifier tethering mode, the first clip mechanism is adapted for coupling to a pacifier, and the second clip mechanism is adapted for coupling to an anchor for tethering the pacifier to the anchor. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100063543 | Pacifier - Improved pacifiers are provided. Certain embodiments better accommodate the anatomy of the human oral cavity and throat, and can provide for improved airway patency, healthy jaw development, correct swallowing, and/or satisfy a user's inclination to suck and nibble. Certain embodiments include an upper ridge groove configured to receive a user's upper anterior ridge, and a lower ridge groove configured to receive the user's lower anterior ridge. The ridge grooves can be substantially vertically aligned, can span a user's anterior ridges, and can maintain vertical spacing between the user's anterior ridges. Certain embodiments include an anterior flange and a posterior flange, the upper ridge groove configured to receive the upper anterior ridge between the posterior flange and anterior flange, and the lower ridge groove configured to receive the lower anterior ridge between the posterior flange and anterior flange. Certain embodiments include a nipple projecting substantially vertically from the posterior flange. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100069959 | Pacifier Weaning Method and Device - The technology disclosed herein provides a device, system, and method for weaning a child off a sucking device, such as a pacifier, by introducing a series of sucking devices with successively smaller nubs. A child is given a first sucking device having a nub of a certain size, and, after a time period, the child is given a second sucking device having a nub smaller than that of the first sucking device. This method may be repeated in multiple iterations, until the child is weaned off sucking devices. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100137906 | TEXTURED STIMULUS NIPPLE - A nipple comprising a bulbous portion, a tubular portion having a central axis and a first end of the tubular portion connected to the bulbous portion, the tubular portion including a texture band about an exterior surface, the texture band including a first pattern of surface features having a nominal height in a range from about 0.005 inches to about 0.022 inches, and a flange connected to a second end of the tubular portion. Some examples include nipples with a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100152774 | Pacifier/ protection from all surfaces - The pacifier guard is made of a polymer compound silicone base easily cleansed, designed to continuously protects the nipple from germs on different surfaces. Made of the same silicone base material as the exterior, the nipple is connected to the external polymer silicone base element of a flexible material, generating a stronger design. Flexible appendages are individual shields of the external component, attached to the exterior silicone guard expanding once pressure is applied decreasing as pressure is removed. The dome shaped exterior (such as | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100179593 | PACIFIER APPARATUS - A pacifier apparatus, specifically a hollow-bodied member having a nipple attachment for use by a baby or small child. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100234887 | Pacifier Coupling System - A two-piece joint designed to allow a one-piece silicone pacifier to be removably attached to an appealing stuffed toy, soothing blanket, or other article that might be attractive to an infant. One section of the joint includes the back of the pacifier, and the second section of the joint is made as a receiver that accepts the male joint members and permit the pacifier to be semi-permanently attached to the toy. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100268276 | PACIFIER - A dummy teat including a nipple carrier and a hollow dummy nipple projecting from the nipple carrier, which has areas of a smaller wall thickness at least on two opposed longitudinal sides. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100312276 | SOOTHER - A soother comprising a teat and a shield is constructed by co-moulding the teat and the shield and over-moulding the teat material on the shield material. As a result a secure bond is formed and a simple and easily cleanable soother is provided. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110046671 | ADJUSTABLE FLOW INFANT PACIFIER - This application is directed towards a unique pacifier that will be able to contain small amounts of a variety of nourishments, including medications, with varying viscosities delivering them through a manually adjustable means controlling the flow rate into the nipple. By using a collapsible bag to contain the nourishment, it eliminates the possibility of the infant ingesting air. This pacifier has been designed with more than ample clearance in the area of the nose along with large openings in the sides where the infant can breathe if there is any problem breathing through the nose. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110054527 | Developmental Pacifier - A Developmental Pacifier is provided to help infants with functional feeding development and to assist with specific developmental problems in young children such as developmental delays, prematurity, gastro-esophageal reflux, autism spectrum disorder, hypotonicity, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, microcephaly, and other sensory integrative dysfunctions. The developmental pacifier of the present invention encourages acceptance of food textures and stimulates oral-motor awareness, and reduces or eliminates functional feeding problems in children. The Developmental Pacifier has a nipple with an upper portion and a base portion, a base, and sensory elements. A series of Developmental Pacifiers with varying sensory elements may be used for certain treatment regimens as prescribed by a medical practitioner, pediatric occupational therapist, or other pediatric specialist. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110082502 | Apparatus for Pacifying an Infant - Some embodiments of an infant pacifying device can comprise a nipple strapped to an adult finger, wherein the nipple is pivotally mounted to a finger strap. Thus, the adult's finger can move relative to the infant without pulling the pacifier from the infant's mouth. In some embodiments, the nipple is joined to the finger strap through a ball-and-socket or a universal joint. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110125190 | PACIFIER HAVING A NIPPLE - A pacifier having a nipple, which can be fastened to the pacifier guard with a stem-shaped end, wherein on the pacifier guard a fastening part that is or can be connected to the pacifier is provided on a side provided for placing the lips thereon such that the pacifier is connected to the pacifier guard when the fastening part is fastened to the pacifier guard. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110130791 | Comforter with a teat part fixed to a mouth shield - Comforter with a mouth shield and a hollow teat part which is fixed by means of an insert part in a clamped manner in an opening of the mouth shield, and which comprises a mouth portion, a shaft portion and a peripheral flange arranged at the end of the shaft portion remote from the mouth portion, the teat part having a security strip made of a relatively hard material, which is connected to the mouth portion, extends as far as the region of the flange and has a widening there. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110218569 | Pacifier for Use with Premature Newborns and Infants - A pacifier for use with premature newborns and infants. The pacifier has a shield and a hollow bulb projecting from one side of the shield, the bulb defining a generally rectangular cross-sectional profile or internal shape along at least a portion of its length from the shield to its distal free end. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110224730 | Pacifiers - A pacifier includes a generally spherically or hemispherical, pliant, breast-like body having a center portion, the body comprised of a soft fabric stuffed with a light-weight stuffing material. The pacifier further includes a nipple. The body incorporates a feature for removably attaching the nipple to the body at the center portion of the body. In one configuration the nipple includes a nipple body and a base. The body includes a nipple support panel sewn to the soft fabric. The soft fabric includes an aperture in the center portion. The aperture is sized such that it can be distorted to accommodate insertion of the nipple base wherein the nipple base is retained between the soft fabric and the nipple support panel with the nipple body projecting through the aperture. A pacifier in the form of a blanket having a removable nipple is also described. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110307008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REINFORCING NON-USE OF A PACIFIER - A system of pacifiers adapted for reinforcing weaning of a child from pacifier use and comprising a plurality of pacifiers, each pacifier having successively appropriately smaller sized baglet portions, each pacifier having substantially identical appearing and feeling handle portions and substantially identical appearing and feeling mouth guard portions for reinforcing comfort of the child during weaning, each pacifier alternatively further comprising associated indicia for corresponding with the stages or chapters of a predetermined story, illusion or other method of weaning a child from pacifier use wherein the person employing a method of the patent either secretly, or as part of an overall calming context, introduces substitute smaller baglet pacifiers as previous larger baglet pacifiers, successively in order largest to smallest, along with the predetermined emotionally reassuring story as to disposition of previous pacifiers as necessary to calm the child. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120035655 | Infant Feeder and Pacifier - This invention is a dual function suckling device. In the first configuration it operates as a small feeding bottle. In the second configuration it operates as a pacifier. It bridges the gap between regular size bottles and pacifiers. This device comprises: a bottle, a plug, and a nipple assembly having a mouth-guard and a cylindrical base equipped with a sealing ring. The cylinder base is configured to be either attached to the bottle, thereby allowing the device to operate as a feeder or stopped up by the plug, thereby allowing the device to operate as a pacifier. Variations of this design include adding a protective cap. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120150227 | Pacifiers - Molding method of manufacturing for soft-shield and orthodontic pacifiers, and for pacifiers having snap-in caps that prevent exposing baglet to molten plastic during molding process. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120221046 | NIPPLE - A nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simulate the areola of a woman's breast. The bulbous region can simulate the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola. The areola region has a texture or surface geometry that is different from the texture or surface geometry of the stem or bulbous region. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120265245 | ARTIFICIAL NIPPLE, NURSING CONTAINER USING SAME, AND PACIFIER TOY - An artificial nipple can include a nipple tip section that can sufficiently reach the sucking fossa and can be appropriately squashed. The artificial nipple have a base section that widens to match an attachment object; an areola section that narrows gradually; and a nipple section that extends without widening halfway up to a tip and while narrowing slightly and gradually at a diameter-narrowing rate that is smaller than the diameter-narrowing rate of the areola section. The areola section has a wall thickness greater than that of the nipple section, the nipple section has a length sufficient to reach the sucking fossa, and a wall thickness at a boundary between the areola section and the nipple section is smaller than that of the areola section but greater than that of the nipple section, as a result of which a band-like weakened section is formed along the circumference of that site. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130012991 | Pacifier Shields - A multistage baglet system for a pacifier and a multistage nipple system. Baglets and nipples with bumps thereon are initially provided to accustom a baby to the use of such baglets and nipples. Subsequently, baglets and nipples with bumps are provided to assist the baby with teething. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130046342 | PACIFIER COMPRISING A SHIELD, AND SHIELD - Pacifier having a shield having a brace forming a circumferential outer frame on both sides of a central fixing portion having a teat opening, so that on both sides respectively one or two large-area openings are provided between the fixing portion and the brace, and respectively one further brace forming an inner frame is provided in these openings, wherein regions of the brace of the outer frame and of the brace of the inner frame, which are adjacent to one another at least in sections are not connected to one another. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130123846 | NIPPLE WITH SUBLINGUAL MEMBER - The present invention is directed towards a pacifier having a base section, an upper mouth member extending from the base section, a sublingual member extending from the base section, and a transition section connecting the upper mouth member and sublingual member. The upper mouth member is configured to be positioned adjacent a roof of a mouth of a user when in use. The sublingual member is configured to be received in a sublingual pocket of the mouth of the user located below a tongue. The transition section has a profile that defines a pocket configured to receive a portion of the tongue of the user, thereby opening the sublingual pocket and positioning the sublingual member of the pacifier in the sublingual pocket of the mouth. A temperature sensor is fitted to the sublingual member so as to acquire a body temperature of the user from the sublingual pocket. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130304122 | SOOTHER-LIKE ARTICLE FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - A medical article resembling a soother has a teat portion for insertion into a baby's mouth and a mouth shield portion adapted to fit over the baby's face around the mouth and serving in use to limit the extent of insertion of the teat portion into the baby's mouth. The teat portion is of sufficient length and extends from the mouth shield at an angle towards the hard palate in the roof of the mouth when the shield is so fitted whereby a distal end portion of the teat portion is adapted in use to bear against the hard palate in the roof of the mouth. The teat portion is formed without voids with a relatively soft surface layer and a relatively harder inner core. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130317547 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACIFIER, AND PACIFIER - A method for producing a pacifier teat, and a pacifier teat with a teat section which forms a hollow space and which is adjoined by a stem, wherein an elastic hollow body comprising the teat section and the stem is injection moulded or pre-formed by a dipping method, and opposite wall sections of the pre-formed hollow body are connected to each other in the region of the stem. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130331887 | Pacifier with protective shield - A pacifier with a nipple shield around the nipple to protect the nipple from dirt when it falls from the mouth of the baby. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130331888 | Liquid Fillable and Liquid Communicating Pacifier - An infant pacifier is provided with a nipple having a fillable interior volume, whereby fluid can be communicated into the nipple interior and thereafter frozen. The nipple secures to a pacifier guard that prevents swallowing of the device, while the distal end of the nipple includes an aperture for communicating the frozen contents of the nipple interior into the infant's mouth as the fluid melts. The device soothes the infant's gums while frozen, provides a compressible pacifier structure, and further provides a means to communicate flavored water into the infant's mouth for calming and enjoyment purposes. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140039553 | Hygenic Pacifier Apparatus and Method - A hygienic pacifier is set forth. The pacifier includes a base section having a nipple extending therefrom. The base section has a cross-sectional thickness. A substantially spherical recoil shield section is integrally formed with the base section. The shield section forms a wall having a cross-sectional thickness that is thinner in cross section than the cross-sectional thickness of the base section. The wall has recoil properties due to the spherical geometry of the shied section. The wall forms a shield around the nipple when recoiled. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140257387 | COLLAPSIBLE PACIFIER - A compressible pacifier having a nipple, a conical protective sleeve and a handle. The protective sleeve has a first end connected to the nipple and a second end which covers the nursing end of the nipple when in an extended position. The handle is connected to the first end of the protective sleeve. While the protective sleeve is in a retracted position, a second end of the sleeve is concentrically disposed over the first end of the sleeve thereby exposing the nursing end of the nipple for use by an infant. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257388 | MODULAR PACIFIER ASSEMBLY - A pacifier assembly including a compressible pacifier, a cover, a clip and a strap. The compressible pacifier has a nipple with a radial base which is secured between a ring and a handle. The cover is adapted to be secured to the compressible pacifier while the clip is adapted to be fastened to a general object. The strap is attached to the clip at a first end and the compressible pacifier at a second end. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140277135 | CONSUMABLE PACIFIER - A consumable pacifier for an infant is provided herein. The invention provides a consumable gelatinous nipple where the gelatinous nipple may also contain a nutrient. The base of the gelatinous body is trapped between a seat and retainer. A variety of flavors and nutrients may be infused in the consumable gelatinous nipple. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140296915 | Disposable Liquid-Containing Pacifier and a Multi-Pack of Same - A multi-pack of disposable, liquid-containing pacifiers includes a plurality of pacifiers and an outer packaging containing the plurality of pacifiers therein. Each pacifier includes a bulb containing liquid, a nipple operatively coupled to a proximal end of the bulb, the nipple having an aperture located at a proximal end thereof, and a valve coupled to a proximal end of the bulb, the valve defining open and closed positions. The valve is configured to move to the open position when a pressure is applied to at least one of the nipple and bulb, so as to allow at least a portion of the liquid to flow from the bulb to the nipple. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140316464 | DISSOLVABLE SUCK TRAINING DEVICE - A device placeable over a nipple and shaped for easy latching. Sucking on the device draws the nipple inside the device to shape the nipple and draw it into the infant's mouth. The device then dissolves leaving the infant's mouth in direct contact with the nipple. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150051646 | MODULAR PACIFIER ASSEMBLY - A modular pacifier assembly having a modular mouth guard assembly including a nipple. The modular mouth guard assembly includes a mouth guard shield and a removable mouth guard plate that interconnects into the mouth guard shield. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150142054 | Teat - A teat with a base and a hollow and flexible mouthpiece protruding from it with a palate contact area, characterized in that the mouthpiece has a planar thinning area fully or partially extending over the palate contact area, in which the mouthpiece has a smaller wall thickness than in its adjacent areas. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150290089 | Vented pacifier - The present disclosure is a pacifier having a non-collapsible aperture within the nipple lengthwise and a vertical aperture crosswise. The pacifier has a superiorly arched nipple upon a guard and opposite the nipple, a tab for grasping. The horizontal aperture extends from the tip of the nipple and through the guard. The horizontal aperture allows the passage of air into and out of the pacifier as an infant breathes and has a rib extending lengthwise that prevents collapse of the aperture. However, as infants salivate when suckling on a pacifier, the vertical aperture permits drainage of saliva, that enters the horizontal aperture, back into the mouth of an infant. The guard has a generally oval shape. Alternatively, the nipple deviates superiorly and close to the proximal end, has recesses for teeth or gums, and a hole in the tab for a strap or keeper. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150297464 | INFLATABLE BABY PACIFIER WITH METHOD - An inflatable baby pacifier and a method of operating same, the inflatable baby pacifier comprising a two-sided skin contacting plate that supports a gas pump, a valve, and an adjustable pneumatic nipple; the gas pump being supported on one side of the two-sided skin plate; the adjustable pneumatic nipple forming a hollow interior, the adjustable pneumatic nipple being supported on an other side of the two-sided skin plate; the valve connects the gas pump to the hollow interior; wherein the gas pump is capable of sending a gas through the valve into the hollow interior. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160000659 | INFANT PACIFIER WITH IMPROVED RETENTION - An improved infant pacifier includes a nipple configured to trigger an infant's sucking reflex so as to provide a tool for nourishment and also a calming effect for an infant. An extension depends from a distal end of the nipple to a retainer portion that extends proximally from the extension and is spaced from the nipple. The retainer portion terminates in a proximal contact pad. When the nipple is in the child's mouth, the contact pad engages the child's skin under the chin. Preferably a biasing force gently urges the contact pad toward the nipple, maintaining engagement with the child's skin, and helping retain the nipple in the child's mouth even without any effort on the child's part to retain the nipple. Various specific structures of pacifiers employing these principles are provided. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160106629 | BIONIC PACIFIER - A bionic pacifier ( | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160158113 | PACIFIER - The present invention provides a pacifier having a mouthpiece, a shield and an attachment. The shield defines an aperture and the mouthpiece and attachment are removeably connectable through the aperture thereby to hold the shield in place. Alternatively, the mouthpiece and shield may be connected in such a manner that they cannot be detached and reattached, and the shield and attachment are removeably connectable. Further alternatively, the mouthpiece and the shield are removeably connectable, and the shield and attachment are removeably connectable. | 06-09-2016 |
