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EP2036530A1
EP2036530A1 EP20070405279 EP07405279A EP2036530A1 EP 2036530 A1 EP2036530 A1 EP 2036530A1 EP 20070405279 EP20070405279 EP 20070405279 EP 07405279 A EP07405279 A EP 07405279A EP 2036530 A1 EP2036530 A1 EP 2036530A1
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Ueli Breitschmid
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
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    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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  • the invention relates to a pacifier, comprising a flat shield and an elongated hollow teat, wherein the pacifier comprises an elongated bite member which projects into the hollow teat and is arranged in a rest position substantially in the longitudinal direction of the teat.
  • pacifiers The commonly referred to as pacifiers or Nuggi devices with a nipple for toddlers are made of hygienic material harmless to keep germ-free, pacifiers have a suction head, the shape and size largely adapted to the mouth of a child is usually elastic. Typically, such suckers are pear-shaped. Such pacifiers are used to soothe children, especially infants and toddlers. The children hold the pacifiers in their mouths and can suck them, which distracts them from disturbing events or possible physical complaints and calms down.
  • the US 5,342,398 A (Ping-Chang Sun. ) describes a pacifier, which has a rod-shaped bite element in the cavity of a nipple. Squeeze the child with sufficient force, press the Kauangn against the bite element and are massaged with repeated chewing motion. Due to the rod-shaped design of the bite element but only a very limited range of Kauangn can be achieved with the bite element. The child tries the nipple or bite element difficult to reach places z. B. in the rear lateral region of the oral cavity, so this is, if at all, only conditionally possible and in particular there is the risk that the pacifier falls out of his mouth.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a pacifier associated with the aforementioned technical field, which provides the child during the Zahnungsphase an improved bite element.
  • a pacifier comprises a flat shield and an elongated hollow nipple, wherein the pacifier comprises an elongated bite element which projects into the hollow nipple and is arranged in a rest position substantially in the longitudinal direction of the nipple.
  • the bite element is characterized by an articulated connection with the shield, such that the bite element can be deflected relative to the shield from its rest position.
  • pacifiers typically have a flat shield.
  • the shield prevents on the one hand, that a recording of the pacifier in the mouth, and thus a swallowed, is possible at all, and keeps the pacifier on the other hand due to its shape in a designated position.
  • the shield is largely in the intended position in the mouth area on the face.
  • the pacifier largely stable in one provided position can be kept while the bite element while z. B. can be pushed around with the tongue in the mouth or can be pivoted.
  • the known from a conventional pacifier flexibility and mobility of the teat in the oral cavity is not hindered by the arranged in the interior of the teat bite element.
  • An orientation of the bite element is, as far as the articulated connection allows, largely independent of the position of the pacifier or the shield.
  • the bite element can thus z. B. are advantageously brought to various painful or itchy spots in the entire area of the Kauangn by z. B. is simply swung to the side.
  • the pacifier does not have to differ significantly from the intended position and thus can be kept well by the child regardless of the position of the bite element.
  • the child can thus push or swivel the nipple with the bite element for playful activity and / or to relieve the pain during teething largely free in the oral cavity around or without the risk that the pacifier is thereby transported out of the mouth.
  • the biting element is preferably made of a comparatively hard but nevertheless elastic material.
  • the bite element can also z. B. be made of an inelastic material, which then for example by shaping as well as by size to achieve that there is no risk of injury to the child.
  • the pacifier shield is rigid in comparison with the nipple material for reliable protection against swallowing and positioning.
  • the shield therefore comprises a support structure, which forms a skeleton or skeleton for other components of the pacifier.
  • the support structure can be designed as a closed surface, but is preferably partially broken.
  • Such an embodiment of the shield with z. B. a framework-like support structure has the advantage that the openings of the support structure can be provided with other materials. This results in the possibility of different areas of the shield made of materials of different hardness train. In particular, partially soft materials such. B. the material of the nipple and the shield are used, but due to the support structure, the overall construction of the shield still has the required stiffness.
  • a face-side surface of the shield z. B. be made of a same material as the sucker, whereby the comfort in use of the pacifier can be significantly improved.
  • a side facing away from the face of the shield, however, can be made hard without comfort.
  • the support structure is formed such that it defines an outer periphery of a shield surface, d. H. the shield surface encloses like a frame.
  • a frame-like design of the support structure offers the advantage that the outer circumference of the shield is fixed, shield surfaces but z. B. can be designed freely in terms of their strength and softness. This creates a hard seal at least on the edge of the shield, which predefines the shape of the shield surface or plate and ensures the stability of the shield.
  • the frame-like support structure includes a harder material than z. B. the sucker.
  • the shield of a pacifier according to the invention comprises a soft, in particular elastic, membrane.
  • the membrane is held by the support structure and is arranged substantially in the shield area.
  • the membrane can, for. B. a minimal surface similar to one of the example, frame-like support structure be clamped.
  • the retaining membrane may also have an independent shape, which is held and supported by the support structure, but not clamped.
  • the retaining membrane forms part of an articulated connection of the bite element with the shield.
  • the bite element is attached to the retaining membrane.
  • the elongate bite element is for example attached to the membrane such that the longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the membrane.
  • Bite element defines this position of the bite element a rest position. With a force on the bite element this can be deflected due to the elasticity of the membrane from the rest position.
  • due to the elasticity of the membrane acts a restoring force, which brings the bite element back into the rest position as soon as no external force acts more.
  • the nipple of the pacifier can be largely independent of the retaining membrane connected to the shield or even formed or attached directly to the retaining membrane. In any case, it is achieved with the inventive articulated connection of the bite element with the shield that the nipple can be pivoted together with the bite element against the shield.
  • biting element can also be attached directly to the support structure of the shield independently of a retaining membrane. It is conceivable z. B. that the connection of the bite element is made with the shield with a ball joint on the support structure. As part of the pivoting provided by the ball joint bite element can be pivoted with this arrangement in all directions relative to the support structure and thus against the shield.
  • the sucker which receives the bite element in its cavity, can also be attached directly or indirectly to the support structure.
  • the articulated connection only a pivoting in a plane which includes the longitudinal axis of the bite element in the Ruhlage.
  • the articulated connection has only one degree of freedom in contrast to the two degrees of freedom in a ball joint.
  • the pacifier versions with such joints may be preferred.
  • an embodiment with a holding membrane in which the articulated connection is achieved by an elastic deformability of a holding device, ie, for example, the holding membrane, and not by mechanical joint parts, which wear, for example due to friction, is preferred.
  • the membrane offers clear advantages from a hygienic point of view due to the absence of niches and cracks, as they occur in other joints.
  • the membrane offers the possibility to produce the articulated connection of the bite element with the shield such that a closed, against germs and liquids dense barrier, which does not allow unwanted and dangerous germ growth in cracks or gaps or is easy and efficient to clean.
  • a counterpart is preferably present, which can be joined to one of the longitudinal ends of the bite element with this form, force or material fit.
  • the counterpart to the bite element is preferably arranged on the side facing away from the bite element side of the holding membrane, such that the holding membrane between counterpart and bite element is arranged.
  • the counterpart and the bite element are brought into contact with the membrane to form, force or material connection, such that the retaining membrane between the two parts is arranged or largely clamped.
  • openings or openings may be provided, through which fastening means of the counterpart or the bite element can pass through to be able to be assembled on another side of the retaining membrane with corresponding fastening means of the bite element or the counterpart.
  • the membrane has no openings and only between z. B. positively locking interlocking counterpart and bite element is clamped.
  • the counterpart Since the counterpart is arranged on a side facing away from the bite element of the holding membrane, it is located on the application of the pacifier on a side facing away from the face of the shield.
  • the counterpart can thus z. B. be provided with a tape holder to which a tether for the pacifier can be attached.
  • Other embodiments include, for. As a gripping ring to hold the pacifier better, while counterparts are conceivable, which are formed by a simple flat, lid-like pin without further function.
  • the sign of the pacifier on another elastic membrane is arranged on the suction side of the shield, d. H. in use of the pacifier, the sucker-side membrane is disposed facing the face.
  • the suction-side membrane is flat in its basic form and is arranged substantially parallel to the retaining membrane on the shield.
  • the retaining membrane and the absorbent-side membrane together form an elastic double membrane of the shield.
  • a protuberance is preferably formed, which forms part of the nipple of the pacifier.
  • substantially the entire sucker is formed by the protuberance.
  • a pacifier according to the invention may also comprise, like conventional pacifiers, a nipple which, for example, with a hollow neck, is slipped over a neck on the label of the pacifier and anchored there.
  • a nipple which, for example, with a hollow neck, is slipped over a neck on the label of the pacifier and anchored there.
  • suckers could solve the worst case of the neck or shield and thereby be swallowed by the child.
  • the sucker as in the invention, merges seamlessly into the one sucker-side membrane of the shield or is formed integrally with the sucker-side membrane, it is impossible for the sucker to detach from the shield.
  • the membranes are each held on its outer periphery by the support structure of the shield.
  • the membrane surfaces of the two membranes are arranged substantially parallel and congruent.
  • the membranes thus form a double membrane of the shield.
  • a holding device of the support structure holds the double membrane or both membranes together, for example in an edge region.
  • the holding device of the support structure is preferably designed such that both membranes together in an edge region of the support device or its holding device are included.
  • the holding device of the support structure comprises a groove which is arranged substantially in the shield surface facing the center of the shield.
  • the edge regions of the two substantially parallel membranes can be introduced together in such a groove and there z. B. be trapped.
  • This is z. B. also conceivable that the support structure is formed in several parts, for. B. by two frame-like halves, which are joined together in the shield surface and are positively, positively or materially connected to each other.
  • a frame half pin and the other frame half to complementary recesses, which snap when squeezing the two frame halves.
  • the pins can z. B. pass through openings in the membranes to fix them in the groove.
  • the frame halves can also be welded or glued to each other, in which case the two membranes are then clamped or glued in their edge regions between the two frame halves. It is understood that the membranes do not have to be held over the entire circumference in the edge region, but that also embodiments are conceivable in which the membranes are held or clamped only in certain areas.
  • a preferred embodiment of the pacifier comprises a shield with a resilient double membrane, which is held in a frame-shaped support structure, wherein a face-side or suction-side membrane comprises a protuberance as a sucker and a remote from the face arranged holding membrane carries the bite element which protrudes into the protuberance of the sucker-side membrane.
  • the frame of the support structure comprises the double membrane in a comparatively narrow edge region and keeps both membranes clamped.
  • the bite element is provided with nubs, projections, dents or similar profilings, which reinforce a massage effect of the gums on the Kauangn.
  • the bite element varies in the longitudinal direction has different cross sections.
  • the bite element is formed flattened.
  • it has two substantially parallel chewing surfaces which are arranged on the bite element in such a way that, in use, they are arranged substantially parallel to a plane in which the jaw arches of the chute strips lie. This ensures that the largest possible area of the Kauancen can be massaged by the chewing surfaces.
  • the biting element or its chewing surfaces can also be designed largely smooth.
  • the bite element may have a round or elliptical cross section, wherein the chewing surfaces comprise the entire lateral surface of the bite element.
  • inventive pacifier are all useful, d. H. Embodiments of the bite element conceivable to be arranged pivotably in the hollow teat and massaging the gum when the teat is squeezed together.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross section in a plane A of a pacifier 1 according to the invention with a two-dimensional plate 2 and an elongated nipple 3 with longitudinal axis B.
  • a surface C in which the shield 2 and a shield surface 7 is substantially arranged, stands perpendicular to the Longitudinal axis B of the sucker 3.
  • the sucker 3 extends substantially only in one of the two defined by the plane C half space.
  • the Fig. 1, 2 and 3 described together the Fig. 2 and 3 represent a cross section in a plane perpendicular to the plane C, respectively, an outer view of the pacifier 2 from the suction side.
  • the shield surface 7 is in the representation of Fig. 1 not even, but has from the sucker side forth a dent, resulting in a flat bowl-like shape of the shield 2.
  • the shape is thus anatomically adapted to a face shape in a mouth area of a toddler, so that the shield 2 in use in the mouth area substantially abuts the face.
  • the shield surface 7 has in the projection on the plane C on an outline 6, which is similar to a butterfly shape.
  • a constriction 34 of the butterfly form lies on the axis of intersection of the planes A and C.
  • the butterfly shape is created at the constriction 34 a space for a nose, so that the shield 2 can rest in use on the face.
  • the shield 2 of the pacifier 1 has a frame-shaped support structure 9, which encloses or framed an outer periphery 6 of the shield surface 7.
  • the support structure comprises a frame 5 which has a substantially elliptical cross-section 8 transversely to the local longitudinal direction of the circumference 6 of the shield surface 7.
  • a small semi-axis of the cross-sectional ellipse 8 is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plane C.
  • the frame 5 is subdivided into a suction-near half 5.1 and into a suction-remote half 5.2.
  • the two halves 5.1 and 5.2 of the frame 5 are assembled in the ready state of the pacifier 1 and z. B. form, force and / or cohesively connected to each other.
  • the frame 5 has in the shield surface 7 on the inside along the circumference 6 circumferential groove 4, which is formed by corresponding recesses in the respective frame half 5.1 and 5.2.
  • the frame 5 is preferably made of a comparatively hard material to support the structure of the shield 2. "Comparatively hard” here denotes a degree of hardness of the material of the support structure 9, which does not allow deformation of the shield 2 by infants.
  • the shield 2 comprises a first elastic membrane 10, which is largely arranged in the shield surface 7.
  • the membrane 10 is arranged on a side facing away from the sucker 3 side of the shield 2 and forms on the suction side of the shield 2 a rear wall.
  • the membrane 10 has substantially the flat bowl-like shape of the shield 2, d. H. the membrane 10 is dented centrally from the teat 2 forth.
  • the shield 2 comprises a further, second elastic membrane 20, which is arranged on the suction side of the shield 2.
  • the membrane 20 in this case has a hollow protuberance 21 which forms part of the nipple 3. At a farthest from the shield surface 7 tip 25, the protuberance 21 and the sucker 3 is closed.
  • the membrane 20 is also centrally dented and the membranes 10 and 20 are arranged substantially parallel.
  • the suction-remote membrane 10 is dented a little more than the suction-side membrane 20, resulting in a center of the shield surface 7 toward increasing gap 30 between the two membranes 10 and 20 results.
  • the intermediate space 30 communicates with an interior 22 of the protuberance 21 or of the nipple 3.
  • the two membranes 10 and 20 essentially cover the shield surface 7 in each case. External circumferences 13 and 23 of the membranes 10 and 20 are arranged congruently. Both membranes 10 and 20 are arranged in an edge region 14 and 24 along the circumference 13 and 23 together in the groove 4, such that the membranes 10 and 20 at the edge region 14 and 24 in the groove 4 form, force and / or are held cohesively. In the presentation of the Fig. 1 the edge regions 14 and 24 are clamped together in the groove 4 between the two frame halves 5.1 and 5.2. The cavity formed by the interiors 30 and 22 is thus largely closed to the outside. In this case, however, additional openings, not shown, may be provided, via which the cavity 22/30 can communicate with the outside space to z. B, to allow pressure equalization with the outside space when the sucker 3 is compressed.
  • the protuberance 21 has an elongated, sugar-hat-like shape.
  • the protuberance 21 tapers with increasing distance from the shield 2, wherein the interior 22 of the protuberance 21 extends substantially over the entire length.
  • the interior 22 is formed or dimensioned such that a wall 26 of the protuberance 21 has a substantially constant thickness.
  • the protuberance 21 merges into the shield surface 7.
  • the base 31 in this case has a cross-section in the plane C, which corresponds approximately to one-fifth of the entire shield surface 7.
  • the protuberance 21 has a constriction 27 which defines a neck region 28 and a head region 29 of the nipple 3.
  • the pacifier 1 In the rest position, arranged coaxially with the nipple 3, the pacifier 1 has an elongated bite element 50, which is arranged in the interior 22 of the protuberance 21 or in the nipple 3.
  • the bite element 50 is plate-shaped and has chewing surfaces 50.1 and 50.2 on two parallel surfaces.
  • the plate of the bite element 50 lies in a plane E, which comprises the axis B and is perpendicular to the axis of intersection of the planes A and C.
  • the plane E thus comprises a longitudinal axis F of the bite element 50.
  • the chewing surfaces 50.1 and 50.2 are arranged parallel to the plane E.
  • the biting element 50 has a circumference 51 which is largely parabolic, wherein the parabolic shape is symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis F and the apex of the parabolic shape denotes a tip 52 of the bite element 50 farthest from the shield 2 (see Fig. 2 ).
  • the tip 52 lies approximately at the same longitudinal position as the constriction 27 of the teat 3.
  • a length of the bite element 50 is thus substantially about 2/3 of the length of the teat 3.
  • the bite element 50 is dimensioned in its longitudinal direction F such that the tip 52 is set back from a shield-facing, front longitudinal end 18 of the interior 22 of the protuberance 21 to the shield 2 and thus arranged spaced from the longitudinal end 18.
  • the bite element 50 In a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis F, the bite element 50 has a width that is less than an inside diameter of the interior 22 of the protuberance 21.
  • the bite element 50 is in any transverse direction, i. H. in any direction transverse to the longitudinal axis F, as well as in the longitudinal direction F such that in the rest position, the membrane 20, in particular not the protuberance 21 of the membrane 20 and the sucker 3, contacts, in particular spaced from an inner wall 19 of the protuberance 21 is.
  • a base plate 54 is formed, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis F of the bite element 50.
  • a side 57 of the base plate 54 facing away from the tip 52 is arranged on a sucker-side surface 16 of the membrane 10.
  • the bite element 50 is fastened to the membrane 10 with a counterpart 60.
  • the membrane 10 is thus a retaining membrane for the bite element 50.
  • the counterpart 60 is disposed on a relative to the bite element 50 side 15 of the membrane 10, that is on a suction-side of the membrane 10.
  • the counterpart 60 corresponds in its projection on the plane C is largely the base plate 54 of the bite element 50.
  • the counterpart 60 has connecting means 61 which comprise pin-like projections 61.1 to 61.4, which protrude perpendicular to the plane C of the counterpart 60 in the direction of the sucker 3.
  • the membrane 10 in this case has the pin 61.1-61.4 corresponding openings 11.1 to 11.4, which are formed on the membrane 10 such that the connecting means 61 and the pin 61.1-61.4 pass through the apertures 11 therethrough.
  • the base plate 54 of the bite element 50 has on the side 57 of the base plate 54 to the connecting means 61 complementary corresponding connecting means 56.1-56.4.
  • the connecting means 61 of the counterpart 60 passing through the apertures 11 of the membrane 10 are held in engagement with the connecting means 56 of the bite element 50.
  • the membrane 10 is arranged between bite element 50 and counterpart 60 and z. B. clamped, whereby the bite element 50 is attached to the membrane 10.
  • the engagement of the connecting means 56 and 61 can thereby be releasably or non-releasably non-positively or positively but also materially closed.
  • an optional gripping ring 63 (dashed lines), which is arranged on a side 62 remote from the suction side of the counterpart 60.
  • the gripping ring 63 is rotatably mounted on the counterpart 60 about an axis parallel to the planes C and E.
  • FIG. 2 shows a further section through a pacifier 2, as shown in the Fig. 1 is shown, wherein the sectional plane D of the Fig. 2 is parallel to the plane E and is spaced therefrom, so that the plane D is located outside the bite element 50 directly above the occlusal surface 50.2.
  • the chewing surface 50.2 has hemispherical pimples 55.2 of different size, which are arranged distributed on the chewing surface 50.2.
  • the occlusal surface 50.1, which in the representation of Fig. 2 is not visible, in this case has similar on the occlusal surface 50.1 distributed nubs 55.1.
  • FIG. 3 shows a suction-side external view of the pacifier 2, in which in particular the constriction 34 of the circumference 6 of the butterfly shape of the shield 2 can be seen.
  • FIG. 4 shows a pacifier according to the representations of Fig. 1 to 3 , wherein the bite element 50 and the sucker 3 are deflected in the same direction from the rest position.
  • the bite element 50 is deflected with its longitudinal axis F from the plane E by the angle alpha, so that the longitudinal axis F lies in the plane A.
  • the sucker 3 is deflected with its longitudinal axis B by the angle beta from the plane E, wherein the longitudinal axis B is in the plane A.
  • the angle beta is smaller than the angle alpha.
  • the bite element 50 is deflected such that it abuts an inner wall 19 of the protuberance 21 of the nipple 3.
  • the membrane 10 clamped between the bite element 50 and the counterpart 60 is inclined in the region of the counterpart 60 or the base plate 54 with respect to the shield surface 7 or essentially with respect to the plane C.
  • the membrane 10 is compressed in a region 32 between the frame 5 and counterpart 60 or bite element 50, while the membrane 10 is stretched or extended in a region F, which is opposite the axis F, between the counterpart 60 and the frame 5.
  • the stretched region 33 is arranged substantially in that half-space defined by the plane E, in which the bite element 50 is pivoted out of the Ruhlage.
  • a restoring force or a torque results on the bite element 50, which returns it to the rest position when no external forces act on the bite element 50.
  • a restoring force may be desired, but is not required for the invention.
  • the bite element 50 and the sucker 3 can be deflected in any direction from the rest position, in particular also with the longitudinal axis B and F lying in the plane E, which corresponds to a use of lateral deflection with respect to the user.
  • FIG. 5 shows another possible embodiment of an inventive pacifier 101.
  • the pacifier 101 has a suction side elastic membrane 20 with a protuberance 21, wherein the protuberance 21 has an inner space 22 and forms part of the nipple 3 of the pacifier 101.
  • the pacifier 101 has a shield 102, which is arranged with a shield surface 107 largely in the plane C and has a flat bowl shape.
  • the shield 102 comprises a support structure 109, which has a frame 105 with a continuous rear wall 110 formed thereon.
  • the support structure 109 is like the frame 5 of the embodiment of Fig. 1-4 made of a comparatively hard material.
  • the rear wall 110 covers the entire shield surface 7 and has a largely corresponding to the shield 102 flat bowl shape, which is dented from the teat 3 ago.
  • the thickness of the rear wall 110 is comparatively thin and, depending on the hardness of the material used, is of the same order of magnitude as the thickness of the wall 26 of the membrane 20.
  • the frame 105 is subdivided into a suction-near half 105.1 and into a suction-remote half 105.2.
  • the rear wall 110 is arranged on a side facing away from the sucker 3 side of the shield 102 and formed on the suction remote frame half 105.1.
  • the frame half 105.1 formed integrally with the rear wall 110.
  • the support structure 109 has in the shield surface 107 on the inside along the circumference 106 encircling groove 104, which is formed by a corresponding recess in the frame half 105.2 and the frame half 105.1.
  • the membrane 20 is arranged in an edge region 24 on the circumference 23 in the groove 104, such that the membrane 20 is held in the edge region 24 in the groove 104 in a positive, force and / or material fit.
  • the edge portions 24 between the two frame halves 105.1 and 105.2 clamped in the groove 104 are the edge portions 24 between the two frame halves 105.1 and 105.2 clamped in the groove 104.
  • the rear wall 110 has a thickening 120, in which a bearing 122 for a ball joint 121 is formed.
  • the pacifier 101 further has a bite element 150, whose execution largely the execution of the bite element 50 of Fig. 1-4 equivalent. In contrast, this indicates Bite element 150 at its base 153, however, no base plate 54, but on the bite element 150 integrally formed ball 123, which together with the bearing 122 in the rear wall 110, the ball joint 121 forms.
  • the ball 123 is arranged with its center on a longitudinal axis G of the bite element 150 and rotatably held in the bearing 122.
  • the bite element 150 projects from the bearing 122 in the rear wall 110 into the interior 22 of the protuberance 21. Through the ball joint 121, the bite element 150 against the rear wall 110 from one of the representations of Fig. 1-3 corresponding rest position deflectable or pivotable.
  • the biting element 150 and the sucker 3 analogous to the situation in Fig. 4 deflected.
  • the pivotability of the bite element 150 relative to the shield 102 is achieved by the ball joint 121 and there is no deformation of the bite element 150 supporting the rear wall 110 instead.
  • no restoring force acts on the bite element 150 from the bearing 122 or from the rear wall 110.
  • the suction device 3 can exert a restoring force on the bite element 150 via its inner wall 19 when the bite element 150 is sufficiently large.
  • a pacifier according to the invention is provided with a bite element, which allows the child during the Zahnungsphase a more flexible and easier use due to its mobility or pivoting against a sign of the pacifier and thus offers a comparison with conventional bite elements on pacifiers improved bite element.
  • the elastic retaining membrane which holds the bite element pivoted, does not have to cover the entire shield area but can only a small proportion of have the shield area.
  • a fixed rear wall of the shield is conceivable which has an opening in a central region in which an elastic membrane is arranged.
  • the bite element analogous to the execution of the Fig. 1-4 be attached.
  • the openwork back wall can but z. B. analogous to the rear wall of Fig. 5 be molded on a suction remote frame part.
  • a solid back wall according to the embodiment of Fig. 5 may be partially broken to z. B. to save material and weight.
  • the entire shield may comprise a fixed shield plate as in conventional pacifiers and no elastic membranes, in which case z. B. only the sucker is elastic, and slipped over a hingedly connected to the fixed plate bite element and is held on a base of the nipple on the shield.
  • the joint z. B. is formed on a nozzle, which already protrudes into the interior of the nipple and is firmly connected to the shield. The joint is then z. B. arranged in a neck region of the nipple.
  • spring mechanisms may be provided which cause a reset of the bite element in its rest position in the absence of external forces.
  • the counterpart to the bite element with which the bite element is attached to the elastic membrane, in addition to or instead of a gripping ring also z. B.
  • a gripping ring also z. B.
  • B. include a band holder or other holding devices that simplify the handling of the pacifier. It is understood that in other designs such. B. in versions with fixed rear wall according Fig. 5 also a gripping ring or a band holder can be provided.
  • z. B. openings can be provided in a known manner, via which the interior communicates with the outside space and allow for a compression of the nipple pressure equalization with the outside space.

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