Patent ID: 6708363
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A46B,A61J,A61L,B08B

Abstract:
A pacifier cleaner for cleaning a pacifier comprisinga container adapted to contain a pacifier and to hold a liquid for cleaning a pacifier, and a pacifier cleaner insert, wherein the insert is configured to cooperate with the container so that the insert can be removably held in the container, wherein the insert has a pacifier base cleaning surface that is adapted to clean an inside surface of a pacifier base, and wherein the insert has nipple cleaning surface that defines a nipple chamber and that is adapted to contact a nipple of a pacifier along the length of the nipple, wherein the nipple chamber has a length that essentially corresponds with the length of a nipple of a pacifier, and wherein the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface are both adapted to be wetted as a liquid for cleaning a pacifier is distributed in the container to the cleaning surfaces so that the pacifier base cleaning surface and the nipple cleaning surface can respectively scrub the pacifier base and the nipple of the pacifier while wet with the cleaning liquid.