Patent ID: 6617552
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A system for warming infant feedings, comprising:a housing having a lower chamber, a middle chamber disposed above the lower chamber, an upper chamber disposed above the middle chamber, a fan housing adjacent the lower chamber, a motor housing adjacent the fan housing, and a cover disposed above the upper chamber; a plurality of feeding receptacles, including at least one false feeding receptacle, disposed within the middle chamber, the feeding receptacles and false feeding receptacle each having an open bottom exposed to the lower chamber and an open top exposed to the middle chamber; a plurality of portals associated with a partition separating the upper chamber from the middle chamber, each portal positioned above a respective feeding receptacle and adapted to position an infant feeding within the respective feeding receptacle; a false feeding disposed within the false feeding receptacle; a plurality of air restrictor plugs adapted to be inserted into the feeding receptacles, the air restrictor plugs having a smaller circumference than the inside circumference of the feeding receptacles; a surface heat sensor probe coupled to the false feeding, the surface heat sensor probe operable to detect a temperature of the false feeding; and a heating unit coupled to the heat sensor probe, the heating unit comprising: an electric motor disposed in the motor housing; a barrel fan disposed in the fan housing, the barrel fan coupled to, and driven by, the electric motor; a heating element disposed in the fan housing adjacent the lower chamber; a thermostat coupled to the heat sensor probe; and wherein the barrel fan is operable to circulate air through the fan housing, over the heating element, into the lower chamber, through the feeding receptacles and into to the middle chamber, and the thermostat is operable to control the energy output of the heating element to maintain the temperature of the false feeding at the predetermined temperature.