US Patent Issued to Soothe Beginnings on Dec. 9 for "Infant pacifiers with interchangeable nipples" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,140, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Soothe Beginnings Inc. (Cataula, Ga.).

"Infant pacifiers with interchangeable nipples" was invented by Lindsay deOliveira (Cataula, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pacifier includes a shield with opposite front and rear surfaces, an opening substantially centered within the shield, and an annular sleeve extending from the rear surface. The annular sleeve is circumferentially aligned with a perimeter of the opening and comprises an inner surface with a notch. A nipple member includes an annular base, a nipple extending outwardly from a first end of the base, and a flange at an opposite second...