FR2576686A1 - Graduated receptacle, in particular feeding bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

Receptacle comprising a system of graduation scales allowing the quantity of liquid or fluid remaining in this receptacle to be read throughout the flow of the liquid during its use when the filling orifice is pointed downwards, in particular a feeding bottle, characterised in that at least two graduation scales 2 and 3 are drawn opposite each other over the height of the wall of the receptacle in an offset manner and parallel to the axis of the receptacle, and indicate the same value when the axis of the receptacle makes a certain angle with the horizontal.

Description

The subject of the present invention is an improved container and in particular an improved bottle for
- Allow to determine the amount of liquid remaining in the bottle during feeding without having to remove it from the mouth of the child.

 - Indicate to any person giving the bottle the ideal inclination of the bottle for the child.

 Traditionally, the person giving the bottle must, to find out the amount of liquid remaining and thus check what has been ingested, remove the bottle from the baby's mouth and place this bottle vertically on a horizontal plane. After this verification, the person, wanting to complete the liquid remaining in the bottle in part or in whole, collides with the gap which in most cases no longer wants to open the mouth, or does not want to completely finish the amount of liquid that 'he should have drunk and drunk if the bottle had not been removed.

 Currently there are known containers with a graduation for reading the amount of liquid remaining but always to be used vertically, for example bottles of serum or blood.

 The disadvantage of this system is that the container must be arranged vertically which on the one hand is not always the ideal angle of use, and on the other hand requires unnecessary handling, and inconvenient especially when s is a nursing infant.

 Surprisingly, there is not yet a graduating system allowing the user to know the quantity of liquid remaining in the container during its use and consequently to know the quantity of liquid already consumed or having flowed out of the container as and as the container is used.

 These indications are very important for good nutrition of the infant.

 The graduating system according to the invention overcomes this drawback since it gives the exact amount of liquid remaining at the lonc- of the feed without removing the bottle from the mouth of the infant.

on the other hand, the system according to the invention makes it possible to determine the ideal angle of the bottle so that the child does not ingest air during feeding.

 The bottle is a cylindrical container.

Considering the cylinder, the system according to the invention consists in carrying three types of graduation scales on the lateral surface of the cylinder in the direction of its height.

FIG. 6, an exploded view, and FIG. 9 seen in profile, represent the device according to the invention:
- A scale of graduations for filling the bottle placed on a horizontal plane existing on the conventional bottle (1 figure 1-2).

The numbers of the marks on this scale of graduations start from the bottom of the bottle and go up to the filling opening.

 - The inscriptions of the second t third scales of graduations are diametrically opposite one another on the wall in the direction of the height of the lateral surface of the bottle, and are written on either side of the first scale of graduations on the circumference of the bottle.

Said scales are inscribed opposite each other on the height of the wall of the container in an offset manner and parallel to the axis of the container and indicate the same value when the axis of the container makes a certain angle compared to the horizontal.

 Figure 1 shows these inscriptions as well as Figure 9, side view.

 - The second scale of graduations is oriented on the side of the baby's nose when the bottle is tilted towards his mouth.

 Figure 8 (2) shows this second graduation seen from above, Figure 9 (2) shows it seen in profile.

 The numbers of the marks on this scale of graduations (2) are written in the place in descending order from the bottom of the bottle to the filling orifice on the lateral height of the wall of the bottle.

 Figure 8 (2) shows this scale of graduations seen from above.

 Figure 3 (2) shows, in longitudinal section, the outer wall of the bottle on which the numbers of the marks of this second graduation are written at the place.

 Figure 4 (2) shows, in longitudinal section, the inner wall of the bottle, the numbers of the marks of this second graduation are therefore seen upside down.

 - The third scale of graduations is inscribed opposite the second graduation and is thus oriented towards the baby's inenton.

 Figure 9 (3) shows, in profile view, this graduation according to the invention.

 The numbers of the marks of this third scale of graduations are on the one hand written in descending order from the bottom of the bottle to the filling orifice (3 FIG. 5); on the other hand inscribed in mirror on the lateral height of the external wall of the bottle in order to be read normally through the bottle by the user, which will prevent him from putting the bottle back in its vertical position.

 Figure 2 (3) shows, in longitudinal section, this inscription mirrored on the outer wall of the bottle.

 During the feeding the liquid level must pass through the second and third graduations to indicate the exact amount of liquid remaining in the bottle.

 FIG. 9 represents, seen in profile, the remaining liquid passing through these two graduations (2 and 3).

 According to the invention, the level of the liquid passing through the second and third graduations (2-3) determines an angle of inclination of 60 degrees between the axis of the bottle and the horizontal passing through the baby's mouth. This angle of 60 degrees being that of the ideal inclination of the bottle during feeding.

 FIG. 9 represents, in profile view, this inclination.

 This inclination is a condition of comfort, for the baby who does not risk ingesting air, and for the person giving the bottle. Since it indicates the best position of the hand to hold the bottle.

 According to a variant, each mark of the third scale of graduations (3) can be replaced by an elliptical line passing through each corresponding mark of the second scale of graduations and forming the periphery of the bottle.

 FIG. 7 represents, seen from above this variant.

The system according to the invention is intended
- To all newborns and babies who are bottle-fed and particularly to those who have some difficulty in eating easily, some with anorexia characteristics.

 - Babies who had to be weaned very early and whose feeding with the bottle is badly lived and poses difficulties of adaptation and whose the fact of withdrawing the bottle, in order to be able to check the remaining contents, constitutes a serious element of embarrassment , of inconvenience and for which the definition of the word suckling which is "the quantity of milk taken by an infant in a bottle at one time" is not respected.

 - Some young novice mothers who do not always tilt the bottle correctly and involuntarily ingest air worth baby.

 - To all users pouring a liquid from a graduated container into another container or non-graduated container and wanting to know the quantity of liquid flowing during use without having to return the graduated container to make this check .

 Such a bottle is easily achievable.

 The graduations can be the same color or different colors depending on the models and manufacturers.

 It can be manufactured at substantially the same price as conventional baby bottles.

 The system according to the invention is given on the example of a bottle, but it is understood that the protection extends to all containers graduated according to the invention and used in any technique, for example a container intended to add a liquid in a determined amount to a car tank.

 The system according to the invention extends to all the angles of inclination relative to the horizontal, the angle of 60 degrees being the ideal angle of comfort for taking the bottle.

 The system according to the invention can be produced on containers of all shapes: cylindrical, conical, triangular ("DODIE" type bottle), syringes, containers intended for injecting liquid or pasty materials, as well as on single-use containers.

 It can be made of any material: glass, plastic, synthetic materials.

Claims (4)

 1) Container comprising a graduated scale system making it possible to read the quantity of liquid or fluid remaining in this container throughout the flow of the liquid during its use the filling orifice - /. . NOTAM} ENT qN BIBERON pleating being directed towards ie Das, Zcaracterlse by the fact that at least two scales of graduations (2 and 3) are inscribed opposite one another on the height of the wall of the container offset and parallel to the axis of the container and indicate the same value when the axis of the container makes a certain angle with respect to the horizontal.  ) Container according to q characterized in that the angle is located at 60 degrees. This angle of 60 degrees can be slightly increased or decreased depending on the users and manufacturers.  3) A container according to claim d characterized in that the graduations readable directly, when the bottle is inclined in the correct position of the optimal angle, are written in the place and the graduations read through the bottle are written in mirror on the outer wall (3)  #) Container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each mark on the third scale of graduations (3) is replaced by an ecliptic line passing through each corresponding mark on the second scale of graduations and forming the periphery of the bottle.  5) A container according to claim 9 characterized in that the elliptical lines can be written continuously or discontinuously.  6) A container according to claim 4 characterized in that the elliptical lines can be of different colors on each height of the lateral surface of the wall of the bottle.