Patent ID: 6968964
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A nipple configuration for use on baby bottles and in breast shields particularly adapted for simulating a mother's breast in the feeding and nursing newborns, said configuration comprising: body and nipple portions integrally formed of a soft flexible material, said body portion defining a convex outer surface disposed about an interior area; said nipple portion projecting outwardly from said body portion and defining a fluid passageway extending axially therethrough and a plurality of fluid discharge openings in an extended end thereof wherein said nipple portion and said convex outer surface of said body portion define surface irregularities thereon to simulate the outer surfaces of a mother's nipple and areola; and a flexible reinforcing tube extending through said passageway communicating said fluid openings with said interior of said body portion and preventing said nipple portion from collapsing upon being sucked by a newborn, said tube being less flexible than said nipple portion and cooperating therewith to provide the feel and flexibility of a mother's breast.