Patent ID: 8057425

Claim:
A system for collecting breast milk from a human breast forming part of a human body, comprising: a housing; a breast interface flange supported by the housing; a pump for generating intermittent pressure within the breast interface flange, the pump being carried by the housing; the housing, breast interface flange, and pump all being supported between a breast cup of a brassier worn on the human body with the housing facing the breast cup of the brassier and the breast interface flange facing the breast and forming an air-tight seal with the breast; the breast interface flange comprising an opening for delivering milk expressed from the breast through the opening; a milk collection receptacle in fluid communication with the opening comprising a container portion for receiving the expressed milk; wherein the housing, the breast interface flange, and the milk collection receptacle are supported by the brassier without the aid of hands or other support devices with the container portion of the milk collection receptacle supported below the brassier.