The human nipple functions for both nutritive and non-nutritive suckling with the only difference that in the first instance nutritive fluid is delivered. The present invention conflates these two suckling devices. A nipple device comprises a first reinforcing member provided at the exterior surface of a nipple portion, and surrounding an interior elastomeric core. A second reinforcing member, such as a mesh reinforcement, can be added to improve bite resistance without compromising stretchiness or compressibility. The nipple device is bite-resistant to guard against biting damage and stretching-to-failure by an infant; and compressible, so forces applied by an infant's tongue will be transmitted (in the case of an artificial feeding teat) through a solid nipple core to compress and shutoff central duct(s) to facilitate swallowing without gagging, or (in the case of a pacifier) to reshape the nipple portion so it conforms to the shape of the infant's oral cavity.

The present invention comprises: a wrist band part wound around a wrist of a baby; a body part which extends from the wrist band part to allow the baby to suck or chew the body part and has an inner space for receiving a hand of the baby; and a grip part, both ends of which are in contact with the body part so that the grip part extends across the inner space of the body part wherein, for storage, when the wrist band part is supported on the ground, the body part is vertically erected with respect to the ground without being tilted by self-weight thereof.

A pacifier 2 includes: a nipple portion 3 held in a mouth of the infant; and a back plate portion 4 that has an asymmetrical shape with respect to an axis 36 passing through a center 35 of the nipple portion 3 and extending in a vertical direction connecting a nose and the mouth of the infant in a state where the infant holds the pacifier 2 in the mouth. The back plate portion 4 includes: a main body portion 41; and an extension portion 42 that is connected to the main body portion 41 on either side of a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction and connects left and right cheeks of the infant in a state where the infant holds the pacifier 2 in the mouth, the extension portion 42 extending from the main body portion 41 toward the either side.

This device will be a nipple that will soothe a child while providing soft noise for the child as well as providing perhaps educational material at the request of the parent. The sound itself can be emitted through a speaker and can be done wirelessly through a variety of wireless means. Alternatively, a chip may also be used to store various sounds that can be changed at the request of the user either remotely or locally. Because the parent will want to know when the child falls asleep, the noise from the device will automatically shut off once the child has stopped sucking on the pacifier.

Implementations of the present disclosure describe a pacifier device having a base portion, a nipple portion, and an attachment portion. The nipple portion is coupled to and protruding from the base portion in a first direction. The attachment portion is coupled to and protruding from the base portion in a second direction that is generally opposite to the first direction. The attachment portion is configured to rotate with the pacifier device to aid in connecting the pacifier device to a hub. The attachment portion may be inserted into a slot on an outer surface of a body to form a pacifier system.

The present invention relates to a Bluetooth pacifier for infants, toddlers, and children. More specifically, the Bluetooth pacifier includes a nipple, a collar and a handle. The Bluetooth pacifier includes an integrated Bluetooth microchip and a micro-USB charging port in the collar. The Bluetooth microchip periodically transmits Bluetooth Low Energy signals (BLE) to a paired electronic device. A software application installed in the electronic device processes the received BLE signals and associated RSSI values of the BLE signals for location tracking of the pacifier. When the pacifier and the electronic device are not in BLE range, the software application stores the last recorded (i.e. past-time) location of the pacifier. The micro-USB charger can be used for attaching a USB charger.

A teether is disclosed that is capable of retaining and presenting solid, cold, and/or damp food to a teething child. The teether has a top piece and a bottom piece. An opening in the top piece has a plurality of lobes and a like number of retaining teeth. The retaining teeth are configured to capture properly sized food, so that a teething child is able to gum or gnaw on the food, but not remove the food from the teether. If the child places too much force on the food, the food falls through the opening into a vessel, where is remains until removed by an adult.

The present disclosure is directed to an individualized artificial nipple made by a process comprising the steps of capturing surface geometry of a mammalian nipple with a device configured for capturing depth data, transferring the depth data to an additive manufacturing device, using the depth data to create a file format used for additive manufacturing, and producing a replica of the mammalian nipple using additive manufacturing.

A dual-sided pacifying gum and teeth cleaning device. The pacifying cleaning device is comprised of a U-shaped cleansing portion proceeding in a circular manner between the base of a nipple and a raised lip displacer. The cleansing portion has a pair of walls with sets of bristles, such that the respective sets of bristles generally face each other. As an infant sucks on the pacifying device, the position of the bristles and sucking action result in frictional contact against both the front and back of the infant's teeth, providing improved overall cleaning of teeth and gums.

The disclosure is the only product of its kind that takes the standard concept of a teething device and modifies it to adequately cater to the oral development and motor skills of all infants. The disclosure is uniquely designed to adapt to the hands of infants and to feature colors attractive to young children to help promote long term use. The disclosed teething ring device for an oral development of a child therefore includes a hub comprising a weighted ring, some teething spokes fixed outwardly from the hub and some in a hinged relation to the hub and an attachment loop emanating from the hub for a pacifier clip.