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What is claimed is:
This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/478,695, entitled “Natural and Modular Infant Feeding Container,” which is concurrently filed on Jun. 4, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a cap that prevents leakage, and more specifically to a cap for a baby bottle nipple.
A baby bottle usually has a cover that protects the nipple or teat from dust and other contaminants. The cover may have a flat inner surface against which the top of the nipple may press against to prevent leakage. However, a liquid may still flow from the nipple in such an arrangement when the bottle is turned upside down.
In some embodiments of the invention, a cap includes a cavity that narrows from an open end to a neck, and widens from the neck to a closed end. The neck forms an interference fit with the rounded tip of a nipple, and the interference fit forms a sealed compartment in the cap that encloses an aperture in the rounded tip. When a fluid leaks from the aperture, the fluid reduces the volume of the sealed compartment and increases the air pressure in the sealed compartment. The increased air pressure then prevents any further leakage from the aperture.
Use of the same reference numbers in different figures indicates similar or identical elements.
Container 100 includes a generally cylindrical body 102 with a top 112 and a bottom cap 114. Top 112 and bottom cap 114 may be removable from body 102 to allow container 100 to be filled with a liquid. Top 112 has a pliant dome 116 with a ducted nipple 118 at the crest, and a rigid skirt 120. Dome 116 is formed in the approximate shape of a breast. Dome 116 is greater in size than a conventional baby bottle nipple. When filled with a warm liquid, dome 116 provides soft and warm facial contact to an infant during feeding. For more details related to container 100, please refer to related U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/478,695, entitled “Natural and Modular Infant Feeding Container,” which is concurrently filed and incorporated by reference.
Cover 122 includes an annular cap 208 for covering rounded tip 204. Cap 208 defines a cavity 210 with a cross-section that narrows from an open end 212 to a neck 214, and remains constant or expands slightly from the neck to a closed end 216. The narrowing of cavity 210 from open end 212 to neck 214 provides a chamfered entrance that guides rounded tip 204 into the cap 208. The angle A from open end 212 to neck 214 is smaller than 45 degrees. For example, the angle A from open end 212 to neck 214 is 20 degrees.
Neck 214 is sized for an interference fit with the side of rounded tip 204. Neck 214 extends vertically or slightly outward before joining closed end 216. For example, the angle from neck 214 to closed end 216 is 91 degrees. The joint between neck 214 and closed end 216 may be rounded. Closed end 216 has an inner flat surface that helps to seal apertures 206 when the top of rounded tip 204 is pressed against the inner flat surface.
Cover 122 further includes an annular apron 218 concentric with the cap for covering the remaining portion of the nipple. Apron 218 is generally tubular. Apron 218 has an open end 220 for receiving container 100, and a closed end 222 that curves inward at an angle before joining open end 212 of cap 208.
The liquid content may leak from apertures 206 even when the top of rounded tip 204 is pressed against the inner flat surface of closed end 216. However, sealed compartment 302 helps to prevent further leakage. As a liquid 304 enters into sealed compartment 302 from apertures 206, the volume of the sealed compartment 302 decreases and therefore the air pressure inside the seal compartment increases. The increased air pressure prevents liquid 304 from leaking further from container 100.
Various other adaptations and combinations of features of the embodiments disclosed are within the scope of the invention. Numerous embodiments are encompassed by the following claims.
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