Patent Application
20190174976
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The disclosure and prior art relates to potty training devices and more particularly pertains to a new potty training device for collecting feces and urine during potty training.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel and a bag that is collapsibly coupled to the panel. The panel is selectively gripped to position the bag beneath a user when the panel is gripped. Thus, the bag receives feces and urine from the user when the user is potty training. A drawstring is slidably coupled to the bag and the drawstring selectively closes the bag. A pad is positioned in the bag and the pad is comprised of a fluid absorbent material to absorb the urine.
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
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A bag 24 is collapsibly coupled to the panel 12 such that the bag 24 is positioned beneath the child when the panel 12 is gripped. Additionally, the bag 24 extends downwardly through an opening 25 in the training toilet 23 when the panel 12 is placed on the training toilet 23. Thus, the bag 24 receives feces and urine from the user when the user is potty training. The bag 24 has inwardly facing surface 26 and a peripheral edge 28 and the peripheral edge 28 is continuous such that the peripheral edge 28 defines an opening 30 into the bag 24.
The bag 24 is folded over onto itself such that the peripheral edge 28 is bonded to the inwardly facing surface 26 to define a channel 32 extending around the bag 24. The bag 24 is releasably attached to the front side 18 of the panel 12 such that the opening 30 in the bag 24 is aligned with the top surface 14 of the panel 12. The bag 24 may be releasably attached to the panel 12 through any conventional means, including but not being limited to, an adhesive and perforations in the bag 24. A drawstring 34 is slidably coupled to the bag 24 and the drawstring 34 selectively closes the bag 24. The drawstring 34 is slidably positioned in the channel 32 and the drawstring 34 has a first end 36 and a second end 38. Moreover, the drawstring 34 extends through the bag 24 such that each of the first end 36 and the second end 38 are exposed.
A pad 40 is positioned in the bag 24. The pad 40 is comprised of a fluid absorbent material to absorb the urine. Additionally, the pad 40 is infused with a chemical fragrance 42 to mask an odor of the feces and the urine. The chemical fragrance 42 may be a floral fragrance, an odor masking agent and any other chemical means of reducing olfactory detection of the odor from the feces and urine. The pad 40 is bonded to the inwardly facing surface 26 of the bag 24 and the pad 40 completely covers the inwardly facing surface 26.
In use, the panel 12 is gripped and to position the bag 24 beneath the child when the child is potty training in a remote location, such as a campground, a picnic site and any other location that may or may not have a restroom. The bag 24 collects the feces and urine from the child and the drawstring 34 is manipulated to close the bag 24. In this way the feces and urine are collected for disposal. Alternatively, the panel 12 is positioned on the training toilet 23 such that the bag 24 extends downwardly through the opening 30 in the training toilet 23. Additionally, the panel 12 and bag 24 may be used in lieu of a bedpan or the like for a bedridden individual.
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.
