US 7,320,678 B2
Feeding device for infants
Anthony M. Ruth, 7213 Whispering Oak Dr., Sylvania, Ohio 43560 (US); and Amy Ruth, 7213 Whispering Oak Dr., Sylvania, Ohio 43560 (US)
Filed on Nov. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/268,927.
Application 11/268927 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/403931, filed on Mar. 31, 2003, granted, now 6,966,904, filed on Nov. 22, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0129127 A1, Jun. 15, 2006
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 604—77 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feeding device for infants, said feeding device comprising
a fluid reservoir,
a nipple having at least one fluid outlet,
a conduit for conveying fluid from said reservoir to said nipple fluid outlet, and
a valve associated with said conduit, said valve including a selector that is manually settable to a first position in which said valve is operable to essentially prevent fluid from being conveyed through said conduit, said selector being manually settable to a second, open position in which said valve is operable to permit the flow of fluid from said reservoir at a given rate and said selector being manually settable to a third, intermediate position in which said valve is operable to restrict the flow of fluid from said reservoir to a rate that is less than the given rate,
wherein compression of said nipple does not cause expression of any significant quantity of fluid from said outlet.