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The invention relates to a method of making tethered pair liquid feeder/toy sets for infant use. Spherical shaped containers with segmental spherical seal rings are connected by a tether line long enough to space feeding nipples of containers about same as that of average mother\s breasts. Interchan

The invention relates to a method of making tethered pair liquid feeder/toy sets for infant use. Spherical shaped containers with segmental spherical seal rings are connected by a tether line long enough to space feeding nipples of containers about same as that of average mother\s breasts. Interchangeable nipple substitutes are used are used to convert liquid containers to play ball sets and toys. Invention also shows how conventional elongated liquid containers can be converted to tethered pair containers by attachment of tether line to conventional seal rings, and by use of free tether line assemblage with thin flat washer-like rings that can be placed under seal rings. A wide variety of toy items can be placed inside containers and on tops of closure caps for containers, with toy items having visual, audible, and mechanically actuated features.

대표청구항 ▼

Tethered pair liquid feeder/toy set, normally for infant use, comprising: a pair of containers, constructed for holding liquids, with each of said containers having general spherical form and a short outwardly projecting nozzle opening including threads on the outer wall side of said nozzle opening,

Tethered pair liquid feeder/toy set, normally for infant use, comprising: a pair of containers, constructed for holding liquids, with each of said containers having general spherical form and a short outwardly projecting nozzle opening including threads on the outer wall side of said nozzle opening, with abutting shoulders on both sides of said nozzle opening threads, with said nozzle opening threads and said shoulders defining cooperating means to facilitate the placement of a rotatable nozzle ring with general segmented spherical shape and threads to mate with said each of said containers and with abutting shoulders on both sides of said nozzle ring threads, with said cooperating means also including mating of said shoulders of said nozzle opening and said nozzle ring to clamp and hold the matching flanges of interchangeable feeder/toy fixtures placed within the said nozzle opening of said nozzle ring, with said nozzle ring having means to permit rotation of said nozzle ring, with the general combination of said container and said nozzle ring having at least one means for receiving and making a tether line attachment; a length of tether line suitable for linking said pair of containers; two of a number of interchangeable feeder/toy fixtures including infant feeding nipples, container closure caps, and container closure cans with attached toys, with all of said fixtures having flanges and sizes suitable for attachment to and functional use on said containers in said nozzle opening; whereby two of said separate unit container assemblies as described above can be connected by said tether line, linked and held fixed to said attachment means of said general combination of said container and said nozzle ring, and thereby forming said tethered pair liquid feeder/toy set.