IMPROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Joseph Hicks, of Hatton Garden, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN INFANTS'
FEEDING BOTTLES.”
Sealed the 11th February 1873, and dated the 28th August 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Joseph Hicks
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 28th August 1872.
I, JAMES JOSEPH HICKS, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
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The Invention has for its object improvements in infants' feeding
bottles, and relates to the employment of means whereby the bottle may
be connected or fastened to the infant or to its clothes, and thereby
supported in suitable position for use.
Heretofore, when employing infants' feeding bottles, it has been.
customary to place the feeding bottle loosely in position on a pillow or
on other support; but by the motion of the infant the bottle has been

page_text: liable to become displaced, by which the food has been spilled or the
infant has been prevented from obtaining the food in a proper manner
from the bottle.
Now according to my Invention I form on or attach to the bottle,
or to its neck or cap, a hook, clip, catch, loop, recess, or other suitable
means, whereby the bottle may be hung on or fixed to a waistband,
belt, cord, loop, or other attachment, fastened around the infant or
to its clothes, by which means the feeding bottle will be always held
in the desired position, and it will be impossible for the infant in the
act of obtaining food therefrom or otherwise to displace the bottle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Joseph Hicks in the Great Seal Patént
Office on the 28th February 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
JOSEPH HICKS, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Joseph Hicks, Her special
license that I, the said James Joseph Hicks, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Joseph Hicks,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said James Joseph Hicks, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and_in_what_manner_the_same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within

page_text: may be provided with spring clips c, as, shewn at Figure 4, to hold
firmly on to the neck of the bottle, and instead of the clip or catch c
being connected to the neck of the bottle, it may be formed in one
piece with the cap or stopper b, or it may be formed separately of any
suitable material and fixed thereto in a similar manner to that before
described when fixing the clip or catch c to the neck of the bottle.
If desired, a glass catch, clip, or hook may be blown on to the neck,
or on to the cap or stopper of the bottle, or it may be blown on to any
convenient part of the bottle.
I would here remark, that in my Provisional Specification I referred :
to other means of carrying out the object of my Invention, but since
the filing thereof I have discovered that a doubt exists as to the novelty
of other modes than those above described, and I therefore desire to
disclaim, and I do hereby disclaim other modes of attaching the bottle
to the infant, or to its clothes, than those herein-before described.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode
in which I prefer to carry the same into effect, I would have it under-
stood that what I claim is,―
First. The employment in combination with infants' feeding bottles
of clips or catches formed on or attached to the necks, or to the caps
or stoppers thereof, in manner substantially as herein shown and
described.
Secondly. I claim the employment in combination with infants' feeding
bottles of clips, catches, or hooks formed of glass, and blown or formed
on to any convenient part of the bottle.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Joseph Hicks, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of February,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.