Patent ID: 8057512

Claim:
A combined teething ring and pacifier for providing user enjoyment during extended periods of time, said teething ring and pacifier comprising: a pacifier section including a support member and a protrusion extending away from said support member in such a manner that said protrusion remains disposed at a posterior side of said support member when said pacifier section is situated inside an oral cavity of the infant; a teething ring section removably coupled to said support member and configured in such a manner that said teething ring remains disposed at an anterior side of the said support member when said pacifier section is situated inside the infant oral cavity; and means for automatically reciprocating said teething ring section along a first arcuate direction as the infant inhales air along a second arcuate direction so that said teething ring section repeatedly pivots along a bi-directional curvilinear travel path defined along said first arcuate direction while said teething ring section remains situated at said anterior side of said support member; wherein said first arcuate direction is defined anterior of said support member and said second arcuate direction is defined within said pacifier section.