Patent ID: 6354449
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
A nipple adapter for receiving the external thread of a bottle with a narrow neck, said nipple adapter comprising:a cover, cylindrical in shape, having a top wall with an aperture therein, a side wall having an exterior face and an interior face and said side wall extending from said top wall and defining an open end, an inner shelf disposed on and extending circumferentially around said interior face of said cover; said inner shelf having an inner land extending from said interior face and a negative angular portion extending from said inner land to said interior face of said side wall of said cover defining a triangular cross section; a nipple having a flange; a seal; a housing, cylindrical in shape, having a base, an outer annular wall extending upwardly from said base defining an outer open end, an inner annular wall centrally disposed on said base in a spaced relationship from said outer annular wall and extending upwardly from said base and defining a bore therein; said housing having an outer shelf disposed on and extending circumferentially around said outer annular wall of said housing; said outer shelf having an outer land extending from said outer annular wall and a positive angular portion extending from said outer land to said outer annular wall defining a triangular cross section; said inner annular wall of said housing having a bevel disposed thereon for said seal and an interior thread disposed within the bore of said inner annular wall for receiving the external thread of the bottle; and means for permanently joining said housing in a mating relationship to said cover to form a unitary assembly such that said flange of said nipple is retainably disposed therein said cover.