Patent ID: 7607629

Claim:
A removable attachment for a baby feeding bottle having a bottom and upright side surfaces comprising: a seat for receiving said bottom of said baby feeding bottle, a music producing device located within said seat, a releaseable clamp mechanism on said seat for exerting compressive forces from opposing directions, against said side surfaces of said baby feeding bottle and in the alternative releasing said side surfaces of said baby feeding bottle, wherein said releaseable clamp mechanism includes at least one pair of opposing jaws facing each other and mounted upon opposing sides of said seat and gear elements coupling said jaws together and movable in a first direction to draw said jaws toward each other and in a second opposite direction to force said jaws apart from each other; and guide slots in said seat, and said gear elements include a pair of transversely extending clamp arms mounted within said guide slots for mutually parallel reciprocal movement in a common clamp arm plane relative to said seat, and each of said clamp arms carries a separate one of said jaws at one of its extremities, and said clamp arms have mutually facing longitudinal edges formed with teeth, and said gear elements further include a pinion having a pinion axis of rotation and located between and engaged with said teeth on said clamp arms and said pinion axis of rotation is perpendicular to said clamp arm plane, whereby said pinion and said gear teeth on said clamp arms are engaged to form a rack and pinion jaw advancement and jaw retraction mechanism.