TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure relates to pacifier devices and more specifically to pacifier devices with multiple suckers.

BACKGROUND

Parents and care givers use pacifiers to help soothe babies for many reasons. Often, babies spit out the pacifier and/or lose the pacifier unintentionally, which can cause the baby to become upset. In some instances, babies hold a portion of the pacifier, but cannot readily locate the sucker portion that they want to suck or chew.

Pacifiers have been coupled to plush toys which can stimulate and engage infants. However, the attached toy can be distracting and even frustrating to the child, parent or guardian. Where the device, such as a plush toy with one sucker, can be placed on an infant, the placement of the toy can determine if the sucker is well positioned to be accepted by the infant's mouth. Attachment of the sucker to the plush toy is also typically by a single tab, where if the toy falls on the wrong side, the sucker can end up face down. Therefore, the sucker can end up poorly oriented with respect to the infant, or far from the infant, who may try to suck or chew on whatever portion of the plush animal or sucker is closest to their mouth. Conventional suckers are also not symmetric from top to bottom and, when in use, ventilation holes, that are located in a top portion, are close to the infant's nose to facilitate breathing. If the plush animal is upside down, the ventilation holes are not properly disposed and can cause discomfort leading to the child spitting out the pacifier and or crying. The plush toy in general is also easy to tip over, or has low symmetry, and this can exacerbate the frustrations already noted. These issues may require the parent or guardian to repeatedly intervene and re-orient the plush animal so the pacifier is directed into the infant's mouth.

There is therefore a need for pacifier and pacifier devices that are easy for a child to locate and use. The present disclosure is directed to this need and addressing other problems.

SUMMARY

According to some implementations of the present disclosure, a pacifier device includes a body. A first arm and a second arm extend from the body. A first sucker is coupled to a distal end portion of the first arm, and a second sucker is coupled to a distal end portion of the second arm. Optionally, the pacifier device further includes a third arm extending from the body, and a third sucker coupled to a distal end portion of the third arm.

According to some implementations of the present disclosure, a pacifier system includes a body and a pacifier device. The body has an outer surface with a slot therein that extends into the body. The pacifier device includes a nipple portion and an attachment portion. The nipple portion extends in a first direction and the attachment portion extends in a second direction. The attachment portion is configured to be inserted into the slot of the body to aid in connecting the pacifier device with the body.

According to some implementations of the present disclosure, a pacifier device having a sucker and an adapter. The sucker has a base portion and a nipple portion protruding therefrom. The adapter includes a compartment and a compartment portion coupled thereto. The attachment portion is configured to aid in connecting the pacifier device with a hub. The compartment portion is configured to accommodate at least a portion of the sucker therein.

According to some implementations of the present disclosure, a pacifier device includes a base portion, a nipple portion, and an attachment portion. The nipple portion is coupled to and protruding from the base portion in a first direction. The attachment portion is coupled to and protruding from the base portion in a second direction that is generally opposite to the first direction. The attachment portion is configured to rotate with the pacifier device to aid in connecting the pacifier device to a hub.

The above summary is not intended to represent each implementation or every aspect of the present disclosure. Additional features and benefits of the present disclosure are apparent from the detailed description and figures set forth below.

