Bite exprime-food for babies (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

067 973 U

DESCRIPTION

Squeeze-baby food teether.

This utility model refers to a teether designed for the specific use of babies, essentially characterized in that it allows the provision inside of a small and determined amount of a suitable food product that can be squeezed by the baby using his or her own mouth. , and swallow it without any danger of choking.

This squeeze-food teether shows, therefore, its practical usefulness as an initiator for the baby to eat fruits and certain vegetables, thus facilitating them to get used to the tastes of new products in their diet.

There are currently utensils on the market for the same purpose, which, however, suffer from their apparent complexity since they are made up of more than two pieces, which makes their production more expensive while making their use more complicated.

The squeeze-food teether object of the present invention is made up of only two pieces, a net in the form of a bag where the food to be squeezed is placed and a body that, when bending over itself through a hinge area, strongly traps the Structured bag in the shape of a net, preventing it from detaching and opening, thus fully guaranteeing the safety of use by the baby, without the need for permanent surveillance.

It is precisely and specifically the width of the mesh of the net that constitutes the bag, which only allows the passage of fragments of food of minimum dimensions, considered by nutritionists as not dangerous for a baby to choke.

The aforementioned body is complemented with a ring, as a handle or clamp, for the baby to hold the utensil.

The simplicity of the squeeze-food teether, as well as the reduced number of components, only two, facilitates its cleaning while eliminating those points, such as corners, where food remains could accumulate that promote the growth of germs, harmful to the baby health.

In order to describe the characteristics of the components of the teether object of the present invention, some drawings are attached in which, by way of non-limiting example, a practical embodiment of the utensil is represented. A) Yes:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the utensil as a whole;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the rear part of the body, in the open position and showing the interior of this rear part;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the front part of the body, in the open position and also showing the inside of this front part;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bag-shaped net;

Fig. 5 is a view, on a larger scale, of the assembled assembly, sectioned at AA, of figure 1, showing the arrangement of the upper part of the bag pinched by the walls of the interior of the body; and finally

Fig. 6 is a larger-scale view of the assembled assembly, sectioned by BB, of figure 1, the area where there are some closing claws on the back of the body, and their engagement with the front part.

According to the drawings, the squeeze bite (1) is made up of a bag with a net structure (2) and the body (3), which in turn is made up of a front part (4) and a part rear (5), joined at one end by a sheet that acts as a hinge (6).

These two parts (front -4- and rear -5-) of the body (3) are made by molding of thermoplastic material, preferably, in a continuous piece joined by a sheet (6), which is of less thickness but of sufficient strength. to act as a hinge and to hold and join both pieces at that end.

At the opposite end, the rear part (5) of the body (3) has two pivots (7) with a quadrangular section, the ends (8) of which end in the shape of an arrow, positioned symmetrically, with their flat back forming nails (9 ) that are locked, by clipping, on the edges of the opening, like a rectangular window (10), which has the front part (4) of the body in that area, protected at its end by a projection (13), high enough to exceed the height of the pivots (7).

Thus arranged, when joining both parts of the body (3), turning appropriately on the hinge sheet (6), the claws (9) are locked on the edges of the window (10) leaving the whole perfectly clipped and consequently closed.

On its external face, the rear part (5) of the body has two quadrangular openings (11) located, respectively, above and below the two pivots (7), arranged so that, by means of a punch-type tool or similar, it can be pressed against the external face of the corresponding pivot (7), flexing it and releasing the claw (9) from its locking place, all with the purpose of opening the two parts of the device.

Inside each of these parts (4) and (5) of the body (3) there are horizontal walls, as seen in fig. 5, located at a different level from each other, so that when the body (3) closes on itself by the hinge sheet (6), they pinch the mouth (12) and the upper area of ​​the bag (2), previously placed in that place, preventing its accidental detachment, unless the opening of the body is carried out voluntarily (3). The bag (2) is thus clamped, the food product placed inside it is fully secured, being able to be squeezed by the baby, through the action of its jaws, passing the product in extremely small size, through the mesh of the net that forms the bag (2).

This bag (2) is made with a mesh of adequate width so that, as previously stated, food particles cannot pass through, the size of which could be excessive for the baby and accidentally cause him to choke.

The total width of the mouth (12) of the bag (2) is appropriate to the length of the clamping area constituted by the horizontal interior walls (14) that the front part (4) of the body (3) has, and by the horizontal interior walls (15) that the rear part (5) of the same body (3) has, walls positioned at a different level in an alternate sense.

Some ribs (16), (17) and (18), by way of reinforcement gussets, complement the two horizontal walls (14) of the front area, while the other two

ES 1 067 973 U horizontal walls (15) are complemented and reinforced by the gussets (19) and (20).

The squeeze-food teether object of this invention is completed with a ring (21) located on the upper edge of the front part (4) of the body, useful for grasping by the baby, ring provided with a reinforcement bracket (22) incident on the area of ​​closure of the complex. This ring (21) can act as a teether.

Sufficiently described the object of the present invention, it should be indicated that any variation in dimensions, shape and exterior finish, as well as the type of materials used in the practical realization of the teether, will not alter its essentiality in any way, being summarized in the claims that follow.