Patent ID: 6066162
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
A pacifier with retractable nipple comprising:a pacifier body portion having a bottom body portion opening;a resilient, flexible nipple structure attached to a top edge of said pacifier body portion and having a nipple tip portion; anda retraction mechanism mechanically connected to a nipple tip portion of said nipple structure for mechanically inverting said nipple tip portion and pulling it within a compartment formed within said pacifier;said nipple tip portion having a nipple tip attachment hook extending from an interior surface thereof;said retraction mechanism including a retraction rod having an open loop end mechanically connected to said nipple tip attachment hook, a ring shaped moveable handle attached to an opposite end of said retraction rod, a cone shaped extension stop portion formed on said retraction rod near said ring shaped handle and tapered from a largest end toward said open loop end of said retraction rod, a cone shaped retraction stop portion formed on said retraction rod near said open loop end and tapered from a largest end toward said ring shaped moveable handle, and a resilient position locking ring affixed along a perimeter edge thereof to an interior surface of said pacifier body portion and having a retraction rod passageway formed therethrough through which a central portion of said retraction rod between said cone shaped extension stop portion and said cone shaped retraction stop portion is slidably positioned;said retraction rod passageway having a diameter less than said largest ends of said cone shaped extension stop portion and said cone shaped retraction stop portion such that when said cone shaped extension stop portion and said cone shaped retraction stop portion are forced, tapered end first, respectively, into said retraction rod passageway, said resilient position locking ring expands and grips said respective stop portion;a bottom section of said retraction rod located between said cone shaped extension stop portion and said ring shaped moveable handle being slidably positioned through said bottom body portion opening.