Baby-feeding bottle

Claim 1

A baby feeding bottle, which is convertible between one of a larger capacity and one of a smaller capacity, said bottle comprising: (a) a lower part and an upper part, which when assembled to each other provide a container of larger capacity with an outer wall; the lower part being useful, as a container of smaller capacity, without the upper part; the lower part having an upper neck, which extends upwardly, and which has a smaller circumferential dimension compared to the outer wall, and which has an external connecting formation; the opper part having a lower neck, which extends downwardly, which has a smaller circumferential dimension compared to the outer wall, which has an internal connecting formation, and which is adapted to be connectingly engaged with the upper neck of the lower part so as to assemble said parts to each other; the upper part also having an upper neck, which extends upwardly, which has a smaller circumferential dimension compared to the outer wall, and which has an external connecting formation like the external connecting formation of the upper neck of the lower part; (b) a collar, which has an internal connecting formation like the internal connecting formation of the lower neck of the upper part, which is adapted to be connectingly engaged with the upper neck of either of said parts, and which is further adapted to mount a nipple removably on the upper neck of whichever of said parts the collar is engaged with; and (c) peripheral rim means for peripherally enclosing the lower neck of the upper part and the upper neck of the lower part and substantially conforming to the outer wall provided by said parts when said parts are assembled to each other; whereby, when said parts are assembled to each other, the peripheral rim means and the outer wall of the container provided by said parts present a substantially uninterrupted gripping surface to a user.