Patent Application
20210275376
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The disclosure relates to cushion devices and more particularly pertains to a new cushion device for enhancing comfort of a bedpan.
The prior art relates to cushion devices. The prior art discloses a cushion with straps that can be strapped to a bedpan. Additionally, the prior art discloses a cushion that includes a clip that releasably engages a bedpan for retaining the cushion on the bedpan. The prior art discloses a cover that has a cushion integrated thereto for cushioning a bedpan. The prior art discloses a cushion that has a plurality of suction cups thereon for retaining the cushion on the bedpan. The prior art also discloses a disposable bedpan cushion that has an adhesive layer thereon for adhesively engaging a bedpan.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of mating members that is each attachable to a top surface of a bedpan. A cushion is provided and the cushion is attachable to each of the mating members such that the cushion is removably attached to the bedpan. The cushion is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for a user employing the bedpan.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A cushion 26 is provided and the cushion 26 is attachable to each of the mating members 12 for removably attaching the cushion 26 to the bedpan 16. The cushion 26 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for a user employing the bedpan 16. As is most clearly shown in
As is most clearly shown in
In use, each of the mating members 12 is attached to the top surface 14 of the bed pan and the mating members 12 are distributed around the bedpan 16. The cushion 26 is positioned on the top surface 14 of the bedpan 16 such that the cushion 26 is coextensive with, and completely covers, the top surface 14 of the bedpan 16. In this way the cushion 26 enhances comfort for the user when the user lies on the bedpan 16. Additionally, each of the mating members 12 releasably engages the cushion 26 for retaining the cushion 26 on the bedpan 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
