Improvements in or connected with Teats for Baby Soothers and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
Improvements in or connected with Teats for Baby Soothers
and the like.'
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM SHIRLEY, of 4, Rockingham Street, Newington Causeway,
in the County of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with teats for baby
soothers, and the like, and has for its object to provide simpler and more efficient
means for attaching the teat to the shield and ring or other carrier.
In carrying out my invention I form the usual plug, which is inserted into the
open end of the teat, with a groove upon the inner end and with a neck and
shoulder below the grooved end The usual attachment cord is then fitted into
the groove and the plug is passed into the teat in the usual manner, the cord
forming lateral projections
The shield is formed with the ordinary central hole to receive the teat and with
two notches so that when the teat, with the plug inserted, is passed through the
cential hole in the said shield the projections formed by the cord can pass through
the above mentioned notches until the shield lies in the neck and bears against
the shoulder upon the plug The shield can now be turned upon the plug so as to
securely hold the teat, plug and shield together
The plug can be provided with the usual ring
G
F REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with Teats for Baby Soothers
and the like.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM SHIRLEY, of 4, Rockingham Street, Newington Causeway,
in the County of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with teats for baby
soothers, and the like and has foi its object to provide simpler and more efficient
means for attaching the teat to the shield and ring or other carrier.
In carrying out my invention I form the usual plug, which 18 inserted into the
open end of the teat, with a groove upon the inner end and with a neck and

page_text: shoulder below the grooved end. The usual attachment cord is then fitted into
the groove and the plug is passed into the teat in the usual manner, the cord
forming lateral projections.
The shield is formed with the ordinary central hole to receive the teat and with
ino notches so that when the teat, with the plug inserted, is passed through the
central hole in the said shield the projections formed by the cord can pass through
the above mentioned notches until the shield lies in the neck and beais against
the shoulder upon the plug The shield can now be turned upon the plug so as
to securely hold the teat, plug and shield togethei
The plug can be provided with the usual ring.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying diawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a baby soother made according to the
invention;
Figure 2 16 a similar view, the section being at right angles to that of Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Figure 1,
Figure 4 is a section similar to Figure 3 but shewing the shield and plug in
different relative positions.
Figure 5 18 a side elevation of the plug,
Figure 6 is a plan thereof;
Figure 7 is a section of the shield, and
Figure 8 is a plan thereof.
a 18 the teat which is of ordinary construction and b is the plug which is adapted
to be inserted into the open end of the said teat a. 6 is the groove upon the
inner end of the plug and 68 and 63 are the neck and shoulder respectively below
the grooved end. is the attachment coid, the said coid being inserted in the
groove band passed down on each side of the plug b, as shewn clearly in Figures 1
and 2.
d is the shield, the said shield having the ordinary central hole d' with two
lateral notches d, d.
to the plug 6 and
the plug 6 and the
The teat a with the
central hole din
To fit the parts together, that is to say, to secure the teat
shield d the attachment cord c is fitted into the groove b in
said plug 6 is then passed up into the open end of the teat u.
plug inserted, as above mentioned, is then passed through the
the shield, the lateral projections formed by the cord c, as clearly shewn in
Figure 4, passing up through the notches in the shield; the teat and plug are
pushed through the shield until the latter lies in the neck 6 of the plug and
bears against the shoulder 63 thereof. The shield d can now be turned into the
position shewn in Figures 1, 2 and 3 so as to securely hold the teat, plug and
shield together.
b
The plug 6 can be provided with the usual ring which 18, however, not shewn in
the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The employment for attaching teats for baby soothers, of a plug having a
gioove upon its inner end into which the attachment coid 18 inserted and a neck
and shoulder below the grooved end, substantially as, and for the purpose, herein-
before described
2 The described means for attaching teats for baby soothers, such means con-
Bisting of a plug adapted to be inserted into the open end of the teat and having
a grooved inner end in which 18 inserted the attachment cord and a neck and
shoulder below the said grooved end of a shield or other cauier having a cential
hole and lateral notches through which the teat and the lateral projections formed
by the cord are respectively passed after which the shield is partially rotated,
substantially as herein before described.

page_text: 3 Baby soothers having teats secured in position, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved baby soother, hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 3rd day of August 1899.
G F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant