Title:
BITE-SAFE ARTIFICIAL TEAT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2021151523
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide bite-safe artificial teats free of choking hazards.SOLUTION: A nipple 12 of a bite-safe artificial teat 10 is constructed of soft and elastic polymeric materials to replicate a nursing mother's nipple tissue. Added to a soft and elastic matrix phase is a braided fibrous mesh tube to prevent a small bitten-off portion of the nipple from becoming separated from the rest of the teat, thereby preventing a choking hazard. The braided fibrous mesh tube is arranged in a very specific configuration, so that it experiences neither tension nor compression as the teat is compressed or elongated in use and does not act to reinforce the soft and elastic matrix phase which would otherwise create a classic load-transfer composite destroying the soft and elastic properties of the matrix phase needed for the desired functioning of the artificial teat.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Inventors:
CARR LANE QUACKENBUSH
Application Number:
JP2021098447A
Publication Date:
September 30, 2021
Filing Date:
June 14, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MOMI BRANDS INC
International Classes:
A61J11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2009504200A | 2009-02-05 |
Foreign References:
| US20060060551A1 | 2006-03-23 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinichiro Tanaka
▲吉▼田 和彦
Hiroyuki Suda
Ichiro Kurasawa
Yasushi Yamamoto
Yamamoto Kousuke
▲吉▼田 和彦
Hiroyuki Suda
Ichiro Kurasawa
Yasushi Yamamoto
Yamamoto Kousuke