A61J9/085

Fully eversible beverage receptacle

A receptacle has at least one elastomeric sidewall with a contoured non-linear shape defining a container with a predetermined volume for housing a substance to be contained. The at least one sidewall includes a substance-contacting surface. The receptacle is fully reversibly eversible to transform between a first stable conformation with the substance-contacting surface facing inward and a second stable conformation with the substance-contacting surface facing outward allowing for facile cleaning and drying of the substance-contacting surface. The at least one elastomeric sidewall possesses sufficient structural strength to stand upright in the first and second stable conformations without extraneous support. The receptacle can include a cap and an attachment joint for securing the cap to the elastomeric receptacle.

Food storage and management system
09649258 · 2017-05-16 ·

The present invention is directed toward a food storage container comprising a body with a mechanism for denoting a time in which a food item was placed in the storage container for storage. In one embodiment, the time designation mechanism comprises a plurality of rings where each ring comprises at least one marker. Time is denoted by aligning the marker with a label located proximate to said ring.

Quick-access bottle top for a baby bottle
09649259 · 2017-05-16 ·

A bottle top for use with a baby bottle includes a ring bounding a mouth of the bottle top and being severed latitudinally between upper and lower portions. The upper portion has first and second lower contact faces. The lower portion has opposing first and second upper contact faces. The top includes a nipple coupled to the upper portion which moves between an open position, in which the nipple is away from the mouth and provides access to the mouth, and a closed position, in which the first upper and lower contact faces form a sealing engagement, the second upper and lower contact faces form another sealing engagement, and the nipple is in fluid communication with the mouth.

CLOSURE AND FEEDING BOTTLE INCORPORATING IT

Closures are provided consisting of a lid or cap member and a container member. These are inter-engageable with one another. The lid or cap member has a skirt and the container member has an upstanding rim, each of which is of generally polygonal shape. Located on each of the facing walls on each side of the polygonal shape are inter-engageable projections. The inter-engaging surfaces of the projections run substantially in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the polygonal shape and are of relatively small angular extent about that axis. The material of one or both of the skirt and container portion is resiliently elastic. The closure may be assembled with an axial push, and removed by twisting.

MULTIPURPOSE BOTTLE CAP AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
20170073132 · 2017-03-16 ·

A dual chambered receptacle configured to retain a first ingredient and a second ingredient comprises a first portion having a cover and a rupturing member. The receptacle includes a second portion having a cup and a perimeter portion. The second portion is configured to be removably secured to the first portion. The cup is configured to retain the first ingredient. A seal is coupled to first portion and the second portion when the first portion is removably secured to the second portion. The receptacle includes a vessel having a mouth. The vessel is configured to retain the second ingredient. The seal is configured to detach from the second portion to allow the first ingredient to fall into the vessel to mix with the second ingredient when the first portion is moved relative to the second portion.

Fluid containment and dispensing system

A fluid containment and dispensing system includes a sealed, variable-volume containment device having a movable plunger slidably mounted within a barrel, and a sealing head having a seal insert retained thereon. A seal arrangement includes a self-resealing cross-slit opening, an internal sealing ring for engaging a corresponding coupling of a compatible device, and a raised peripheral seal ring for sealing engagement with a closure lid.

BABY BOTTLE ASSEMBLY
20250073130 · 2025-03-06 ·

The present disclosure relates to a baby bottle assembly including a bottle having an open end, a closed end opposite the open end, and an interior volume extending between the open and closed ends. A collar is configured to couple to the open end of the bottle. A cap includes a closed end and an open end, the open end being configured to couple to the collar and configured to couple to the closed end of the bottle. An arc-shaped gap is defined between the cap and the collar when the open end of the cap is coupled to the collar.

Bottle feeding system
09539180 · 2017-01-10 ·

A feeding system for use with both liquids and semi-solids, having a bottle and a spout mountable on the bottle, the spout having an enlarged opening that is suitably sized to accommodate the easy flow of semi-solid foods.

Vessel for breast milk collection, preservation, transportation, and delivery
12295918 · 2025-05-13 · ·

A vessel includes an inner container, an outer container, a connector, a cap, and a lid. The outer container includes a first coupler and an outer chamber. The inner container includes a second coupler and an inner chamber to hold a liquid. The inner container is receivable at least partially within the outer chamber. The connector includes a third coupler that is complementary to the first coupler, and a fourth coupler that is complementary to the second coupler. When both the first coupler is engaged with the third coupler and the second coupler is engaged with the fourth coupler, the outer chamber is entirely enclosed within a liquid-proof barrier.

Beverage container with convertible configuration
12310926 · 2025-05-27 · ·

A convertible beverage container may have a base structure having an interior configured to hold a liquid, and a lid structure removably mountable on the base structure over an open top to selectively close the open top. The lid structure may have a mounted condition characterized by the beverage container being able to at least partially retain a liquid in the interior of the base structure and an unmounted condition characterized by the beverage container being unable to retain a liquid in the interior of the base structure. The beverage container may further include a handle structure directly and removably mountable on the lid structure such that the handle structure is mountable on the base structure via the mounting of the handle structure on the lid structure when the lid structure is mounted on the base structure.