Patent ID: 7335183

Claim:
A nursing aid system comprising: a breast cup having a concave breast receiving portion, said cup having a hollow generally cylindrical nipple receiving portion adapted for grasping by the mouth of an infant, said nipple receiving portion located on and projecting away from said concave portion, said nipple receiving portion having an end remote from said concave portion and a milk delivery aperature at said end; and a nipple extender axially slidably receiveable in said nipple receiving portion, said nipple extender having an axial length less than an axial length of said nipple receiving portion, said extender being sized and configured to occupy space in said nipple receiving portion not occupied by a mother's nipple, said extender having a flow channel for conducting milk in said nipple receiving portion from a mother's nipple to said milk delivery aperture, wherein said flow channel is provided on an exterior annular surface of said nipple extender, said flow channel extending from a first end of said extender to a location proximate said milk delivery aperture.