Patent ID: 7578403
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. An artificial nipple for a nursing bottle comprising: a nipple top part having at its tip a dispensing hole for dispensing a liquid drink; and an artificial nipple body which is continuous to the nipple top part, and whose diameter and wall thickness are greater than those of the nipple top part, the artificial nipple being made of a flexible material, the nipple top part having a rib, which prevents contact between an upper side and a lower side of the nipple top part when the nipple top part is compressed flat, at an internal surface of a portion where gums of an infant touch when an upper lip of the infant is in contact with the artificial nipple body or at an internal surface in the vicinity of the portion, the rib being formed along the internal surface of the nipple top part along a circumferential direction so that an oval opening surrounded by the rib is formed, wherein side portions of the oval opening remain open when the nipple top part is compressed.