Compartmentalized bottle feeding device

Abstract

Compartmented feeding bottle device (0) comprising a container (6) for a beverage in liquid form, a compartment (50) for powdered food located above said beverage container (6), a ring (5) for receptacle for the compartment (50) for powdered food and for controlling access of the powdered food to said beverage container (6), a cover (4) for the compartment (50) for powdered food, said cover (4) and ring (5) being provided respectively with aligned orifices (40), (500) for the passage of the beverage following possible mixing with the powdered food, a teat (3), a ring (2) for tightening the teat (3) on said cover (4) above the ring (5) for receptacle for the compartment (50) for powdered food, a cap (1) for the teat (3) characterized in that said access control is carried out according to the relative positioning of open spaces (523) of an upper flat part (5b) and open spaces (513) of a lower flat part (5a),said flat parts are components of the ring (5). [Fig. 1],

Description

Title of the invention: Compartmentalized baby bottle device Technical field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to baby bottle preparation devices, and particularly to compartmented baby bottle preparation devices. Technical background

[0002] There are now devices for preparing baby bottles or containers for feeding infant milk powder that allow ready-to-use milk to be prepared instantly, but none of these devices allow for correct dosing of powdered milk and drink in order to reduce the presence of lumps in the milk obtained after mixing.

[0003] However, such a disadvantage makes it difficult to use existing devices to predict and prepare food in correct doses.

[0004] Therefore, there is a need for an improved device. Summary

[0005] For this purpose, a compartmented baby bottle device is proposed comprising a liquid beverage container, a powdered food compartment located above said beverage container, a receptacle ring for the powdered food compartment and for controlling access of the powdered food to said beverage container, a cover for the powdered food compartment, said cover and ring being provided respectively with aligned orifices for the passage of the beverage following possible mixing with the powdered food, a teat, a ring for tightening the teat on said cover above the receptacle ring for the powdered food compartment, a cap of the teat characterized in that said access control is carried out according to the relative positioning of open spaces of an upper flat part and open spaces of a lower flat part, said flat parts being components of the ring.

[0006] Preferably, the open spaces of said lower flat part are grids.

[0007] Preferably, at least one external mark indicates the relative position of the open spaces of said upper flat part relative to the open spaces of said lower flat part.

[0008] Preferably, said compartment comprises at least one sub-compartment comprising specific open spaces of said upper planar part and specific open spaces of said lower planar part.

[0009] Preferably, the outer surface of the ring is provided with patterns.

[0010] Preferably, the teat is provided with an anti-colic valve. Brief description of the figures

[0011] A non-limiting example will be described with reference to the following figure.

[0012] [Fig. 1] shows an embodiment of the compartmented feeding bottle device according to the invention. Detailed description

[0013] [Fig.l] shows a first embodiment of the compartmented feeding bottle device according to the invention.

[0014] The compartmented feeding bottle device according to the invention is shown in its exploded view in [Fig.l].

[0015] The device for preparing a bottle with compartment 0 comprises a beverage container 6, a powdered food compartment 50 located above said beverage container 6, a ring 5 for receptacle for the powdered food compartment 50 and for controlling access of the powdered food to said beverage container 6, a cover 4 for the powdered food compartment 50, said cover 4 and ring 5 are provided respectively with aligned orifices 40, 500 for the passage of the beverage following possible mixing with the powdered food, a teat 3, a tightening ring 2 for the teat 3 on said cover 4 above the ring 5 for receptacle for the powdered food compartment 50, a cap 1 for the teat 3.

[0016] In one embodiment, the ring 5 for controlling access of the powdered food to the beverage container 6 comprises a lower flat part 5a and an upper flat part 5b. Said lower part 5a is made up of at least one set of grids 513 and a longitudinal orifice 511. Said upper part 5b is made up of at least one set of open spaces 523 partially or totally superimposable on the respective set of grids 513 depending on whether the access of the powdered food to the beverage container 6 is partially or totally open and a longitudinal orifice 522.

[0017] When the open spaces 523 of said upper part 5b are aligned with the grids 513 of the lower part 5a, the contents of the powdered food compartment 50 pass through the open spaces 523 and the grids 513 and reach the beverage container 6. Respective external marks 51 and 52 of the position of the grids 513 and the open spaces 523 indicate to a user of the device the position of each other. When said marks are aligned vertically as illustrated in the Figure, the open spaces 523 are aligned with respect to the grids 513. Thus all the contents of the powdered food compartment 50 can pass into the beverage container 6. Then, the user of the device can close the access of the powdered food to the beverage container 6 by turning the ring 5 in order to misalign the position of the grids 513 with respect to the open spaces 523. Thus the beverage does not will not pass into the 50 milk compartment.

[0018] Said upper part 5b is rotatable on said lower part 5a or vice versa, said lower part 5a is rotatable on said upper part 5b in order to open or close the access of the powdered food to the beverage container 6 via the open spaces 523 and the grids 513.

[0019] The longitudinal orifice 522 of said upper part 5b surrounds the longitudinal orifice 511 of said lower part 5a in order to create the orifice 500 aligned with the orifice 40 of the cover 4 of the ring 5.

[0020] In an embodiment not illustrated in the Figure, the upper flat part 5b covers the lower flat part 5a.

[0021] Thus a user of the device actuates the upper flat part 5b in rotation in order to align the open spaces 523 with respect to the grids 513 and open access for the powdered food to the beverage container 6.

[0022] An external mark on said upper part 5b may indicate the relative position of the open spaces 523 with respect to the grids 513.

[0023] The drink can be water or fruit juice.

[0024] The grids 513 allow for uniform distribution of the powdered food when it falls into the beverage container 6.

[0025] Thus the presence of lumps of powdered food is reduced once the powdered food is mixed with the drink.

[0026] An alternative to the presence of grids on the ring 5 is the presence of open spaces on said lower part 5a and a mixing ball in the beverage container 6.

[0027] Thus the presence of lumps of powdered food is reduced once the powdered food is mixed with the drink.

[0028] The container 6 of beverage in liquid form can be provided with liquid quantity graduations.

[0029] Thus, if the quantity of liquid present in the beverage container 6 is insufficient to be mixed with the quantity of powdered food present in the ring 5, then the user of the device can either add liquid to the beverage container 6, or remove a quantity of powdered food.

[0030] The outer surface of the ring 5 may be provided with patterns in order to more easily turn said ring relative to the other elements of the bottle near said ring, for example the beverage container 6 or the clamping ring 2 of the teat.

[0031] The teat may be provided with an anti-colic valve to allow air to enter the teat when an infant drinks from the bottle.

[0032] The total height of the compartmented feeding bottle device may be 130 millimeters. The height of the ring 5 may be 23 millimeters. The height of the container 6 may be 55 millimeters. The diameter of the upper flat portion 5b may be 85 millimeters. The width of the compartmented feeding bottle device may be 98 millimeters. The capacity of the container 6 may be 240 milliliters. The capacity of the compartment 50 may be 70 grams.

[0033] A single compartment of powdered food is described in order to provide all of its contents into the container located below.

[0034] However, there may be more than one compartment for dosing the quantity of powdered milk according to the quantity of drink remaining in the container 6. The different sub-compartments may be contiguous with each other. A sub-compartment may comprise open spaces 523 of an upper flat part 5b and open spaces 513 of a lower flat part 5a, said flat parts being components of the ring 5.

[0035] The device allows powdered food and drink to be supplied without having been previously mixed. The mixing will be effective at the appropriate time.

[0036] The compartmentalized feeding device of the invention has the following advantages. It allows powdered food and a drink to be prepared in two separate compartments and mixed to reduce the presence of lumps in the drink obtained after mixing.

Claims

Claims

1. Compartmented feeding bottle device (0) comprising a container (6) for a beverage in liquid form, a compartment (50) for powdered food located above said container (6) for beverage, a ring (5) for receptacle for the compartment (50) for powdered food and for controlling access of the powdered food to said container (6) for beverage, a cover (4) for the compartment (50) for powdered food, said cover (4) and ring (5) being provided respectively with aligned orifices (40), (500) for the passage of the beverage following possible mixing with the powdered food, a teat (3), a ring (2) for tightening the teat (3) on said cover (4) above the ring (5) for receptacle for the compartment (50) for powdered food,a cap (1) of the teat (3) characterized in that said access control is carried out according to the relative positioning of open spaces (523) of an upper flat part (5b) and open spaces (513) of a lower flat part (5a), said flat parts are components of the ring (5).,

2. A compartmentalized feeding bottle device (0) according to claim 1, wherein the open spaces (513) of said lower planar portion (5a) are grids.

3. A compartmented feeding bottle device (0) according to claim 1, wherein at least one external mark indicates the relative position of the open spaces (523) of said upper planar portion (5b) with respect to the open spaces (513) of said lower planar portion (5a).

4. A compartmented feeding bottle device (0) according to claim 1, wherein said compartment (50) comprises at least one sub-compartment comprising specific open spaces (523) of said upper planar portion (5b) and specific open spaces (513) of said lower planar portion (5a).

5. A compartmented feeding bottle device (0) according to claim 1, wherein the teat (3) is provided with an anti-colic valve.

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