ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,649, issued on July 22, was assigned to Proxamama Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Flow control valve for infant feeding device" was invented by Bob Worrell (Las Vegas), Shilo Ben Zeev (Las Vegas) and Caleb Vainikka (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding device includes a fluid reservoir and a nipple configured to be attached to the fluid reservoir. The nipple includes a base portion and a teat portion, where the base portion and the teat portion together define an interior space of the nipple. The nipple also includes a removable flow valve configured to be positioned within the interior space of the nipple and an internal cavity b...