Patent ID: 7032764

Claim:
Infant care apparatus comprising: a nipple having a nipple passage; a fitting adapted to secure said infant care apparatus on a closure adapted to regulate flow between said infant care apparatus and a container; and a valve adapted to regulate flow between said nipple passage and the closure; said valve comprising a plate having a passage for providing fluid communication with said nipple passage, rotatably connected to said fitting; wherein, when said infant care apparatus is secured on the closure, said valve and/or the closure are independently actuable; wherein said fitting has fitting passage and registry of said plate passage and said fitting passage permits fluid flow while non-registry thereof blocks fluid flow; first indicia on said fitting; and second indicia on said plate; wherein a first alignment of said first indicia and said second indicia corresponds to registry of said plate passage and said fitting passage and a second alignment of said first indicia and said second indicia corresponds to non-registry of said plate passage and said fitting passage.