Patent ID: 7294141

Claim:
A pacifier sized to be worn in a mouth of a user, the pacifier comprising: a shield having a substantially planar body; a shelf attached to the shield wherein the shelf has a first end, a second end located opposite to the first end and a midline located in the middle of the first end of the shelf and the second end of the shelf wherein the midline of the shelf is adjacent to the shield wherein the first end of the shelf and the second end of the shelf extend rearward with respect to the mouth of the user when the shelf is worn in the mouth of the user wherein the shelf is substantially U-shaped and wherein the shelf has a width defined between an upper side of the shelf and a lower side of the shelf wherein the width at the first end of the shelf and the second end of the shelf is thicker than the width at the midline of the shelf; and a depression within the top side of the shelf and the bottom side of the shelf wherein the depression is substantially U-shaped.