摘要 |
A nipple for use with a baby bottle includes a hollow body having a tip at one end and a base at another end, the tip having an opening adapted to pass fluid and the base having a flange for securement of the nipple to a bottle and bi-lateral projections provided on the body to extend outwardly from the body and to extend lengthwise along at least a portion of the body between the tip and the base. The cross-sectional shape of the nipple having such bi-lateral extensions approximates the actual shape of an infant's or baby's mouth, including the very corner of the mouth, during suckling, to thereby at least partially occlude a gap formed between conventional nipples and the corner of an infant's or baby's mouth.
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