There is provided a dispenser for use in dispensing a measured portion of a powdered foodstuff comprising a body defining a scoop portion and a dispensing channel, the dispensing channel provided with a dispensing outlet; and movably mounting to the body and locating within said scoop portion for restricting entry access to a definable part of the scoop portion, a divider wall. The divider wall is movable from a first measuring position, in which a first measured portion volume is defined in combination by an accessible part of the scoop portion and the divider wall, to a dispensing position, in which powder provided to the measured portion volume may flow into the dispensing channel for dispensing through said dispensing outlet.
There is provided an infant feeding bowl (1) comprising a bowl container (10) defining an inner bowl surface, an outer bowl surface and a bowl rim (12); and projecting away from said bowl rim, a bowl handle (20) defining an arc form handle rim (22). The bowl handle (20) includes a lamellar portion that extends from said handle rim (22) to the bowl rim (12) and provided to the lamellar portion, a thumbhole (24) arranged for receipt of the user's thumb in use. The thumbhole (24) is arranged symmetrically about a chord axis extending from the arc form handle rim (22) to the bowl rim (12).
There is provided a dispenser for use in dispensing distinct portions of a powdered foodstuff comprising a container (10) defining an interior in the form of a basin (12), the basin provided with a dispensing outlet (20); and receivable by and movable within the basin, an insert (50) provided with plural open compartments (52, 53, 54) each for holding a distinct portion of the powdered foodstuff. Each open compartment of the insert is provided with a compartment outlet (62, 63, 64) arranged such that by moving the insert within the basin one compartment outlet at a time may be brought into registration with the dispensing outlet for dispensing of the distinct portion of the powdered foodstuff held thereby.
G01F 11/24 - Appareils qu'il faut actionner de l'extérieur, adaptés à chaque opération répétée et identique, pour mesurer et séparer le volume prédéterminé d'un fluide ou d'un matériau solide fluent à partir d'une alimentation ou d'un récipient sans tenir compte du poids, et pour fournir ce volume avec chambres de mesure se déplaçant au cours de l'opération du type à soupapes, c.-à-d. que la séparation est effectuée par des mouvements étanches aux fluides ou aux poudres dans lesquels la chambre de mesure tourne ou oscille pour un matériau solide fluent
A47J 47/01 - Récipients, supports ou objets similaires pour la cuisine, non prévus dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classePlanches à découper, p. ex. pour le pain avec dispositifs de distribution
B65D 83/06 - Réceptacles ou paquets comportant des moyens particuliers pour distribuer leur contenu pour distribuer un matériau pulvérulent ou granulaire
There is provided an infant drinking cup (1) comprising a cup-shaped container (10) having a base from which upwardly extends side walling (14), which side walling (14) defines a mouth of said cup-shaped container. The side walling (14) centres about an axis that extends at an angle from normal to the container base (12) such that the cup-shaped container (10) has a leaning form. The cup-shaped container is provided with one or more handles (30) extending from a lower portion of the cup-shaped container (10) to an upper portion thereof such that said one or handles (30) support the cup-shaped container (10) to prevent accidental tipping over thereof.
There is provided a hand-utility interface for use in utility tasks. The interface comprises a foamed block body having a plurality of finger-receiving channels defined therein. In use, each finger-receiving channel is arranged to receive a finger of said user's hand such as to at least partly secure the interface to the user's hand. At least one finger-receiving channel is provided with a finger tip-receiving aperture such that in use, at least a portion of a finger tip of the user protrudes into said finger tip-receiving aperture.
There is provided a food container for use in containing a food portion for freeze storage thereof comprising a body (10) defining a compartment (18) for receipt of said food portion; a sealing lid (20) for reversible sealing of said compartment; and provided to said body, one or more connectors (30, 32), each said connector arranged for reversible mating connection to a mating connector provided to the body of a second similar food container. There is also provided an assembly of plural such food containers, each reversibly connected to at least one second similar food container by a mating connection.
There is provided an infant safety gate arranged for mounting between first and second fixing surfaces. The infant safety gate comprises one or more first fixtures for fixing to said first fixing surface; one or more second fixtures for fixing to said second fixing surface spaced from said first fixing surface; and a barrier gate that hingedly mounts to said one or more first fixtures for movement from a gate open to gate closed position, and that is provided with one or more connectors for reversibly connecting with the one or more second fixtures in the gate closed position. Each of said one or more second fixtures has the form of a projecting nipple and each of said one or more connectors defines a trumpet cavity that is arranged for receipt of said projecting nipple.
E06B 9/04 - Volets, grillages amovibles ou autres dispositifs de fermeture de sécurité, p. ex. contre l'effraction du type à battants, p. ex. tournants ou à glissière
There is provided a tap spout cover (10) for use in protectively covering off a water spout of a bath tap, particularly such a tap spout cover that is suitable for use when bathing an infant. The tap spout cover (10) comprises an elongate housing defining an entrance (24), an outlet (26) and an enclosure (28) between the entrance (24) and the outlet (26); and one or more spout-grips (30a, 30e) extending from the housing into the enclosure. The entrance of the housing is arranged for receipt of the water spout of a bath tap by the enclosure, and each spout-grip is arranged to grip part of a water spout received thereby such as to hold the housing in place with the water spout covered off whilst permitting water flow from a spout exit of the water spout to the outlet (26).
There is provided an infant toilet seat of the kind that is arranged to supplement an adult toilet seat. The infant toilet seat comprises a peripheral rim that is formed of a flexible, twistable material; and attaching to said peripheral rim and extending inwardly therefrom, a seat membrane defining an infant seating profile and having an aperture provided therein. The infant toilet seat is reversibly transformable from an in use configuration, in which the peripheral rim is arranged to fit over an adult toilet seat to a travel configuration, in which the peripheral rim twists about itself to adopt a collapsed rim form.
There is provided an infant bib for use when feeding an infant with foodstuffs comprising an upper portion defining a protective apron having an upper edge arranged for receipt of the neck of an infant, and a lower edge; provided to the upper portion, a connector for detachably connecting the flexible upper portion to the neck of the infant; a lower portion defining a receptacle having a forwardly and upwardly extending lower edge defining a trough, and an upper edge; and a fastener for fastening the upper portion to the lower portion such that in a use configuration, the trough is arranged for catching foodstuffs dropped by the infant. The lower portion is arranged such that in a storage configuration, the upper edge rolls up over at least part of the lower edge thereof to form a cover for the trough, thereby defining a storage pouch.
There is provided a rack support (20) for use in supporting one or more infant feeding bottles for placing of such bottles in a dishwasher and for draining thereof. The rack support comprises a rack base (30) defining a peripheral rim (32) and a support lattice (40) extending between points on the peripheral rim,- standing proud from the support lattice, one or more bottle container supports (50a-50f ), each defined by a central trunk (52) having plural support branches provided thereto arranged for receipt of a bottle container of an infant feeding bottle; and also standing proud of the support lattice, one or more bottle teat supports (60a), each defined by an upstanding member arranged for receipt of a bottle teat of an infant feeding bottle.
There is provided a feeding bottle for use in feeding liquid foodstuffs to an infant comprising a bottle container defining an interior for containing said liquid foodstuffs, and defining a container rim; a teat arranged for receipt by said container rim; a fixing ring for reversibly fixing said teat to the container rim; and a sealing disc arranged for reversible receipt between the bottle container and the teat such that in a non-feeding configuration the interior of the bottle container is sealed off from the teat, wherein said feeding bottle further includes a recess for stowed receipt of said sealing disc in a feeding configuration.
There is provided a baby monitor system for remote monitoring of a baby by a carer comprising a baby unit and a parent unit. The baby unit includes a baby unit audio player for playing audio content to a baby; a sound detector for detecting sound local to said baby; and a transmitter for transmitting a signal representative of said detected sound. The parent unit includes a receiver for receiving said signal representative of the detected sound from said transmitter; and a parent unit audio player for playing the detected sound to a carer. The baby monitor system is further provided with an audio mask responsive to said sound detector, for masking out said audio content from the detected sound such that the audio content is not played to the carer by the parent unit audio player.
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