Patent Application
20220079398
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There are no rights to this invention under federally sponsored research and development programs.
This is not a joint research agreement and the only inventor is Stephanie Green.
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This is an invention in which no patents or ideas already exist. The invention relates to the field of novelty items or children's toys or tools for potty training. In particular, the invention relates to toilet training devices for adults and children and is considered a potty-training tool for children or novelty item for adults. The adult or child stands in front of the toilet, aims and pees into the one of the target holes. The item simply suction cups onto the toilet seat whereby the target is directly over the toilet water, so when the adult or child pees, the urine fall directly into the toilet.
There is no related art or information needed to be disclosed pursuant to 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 that is like this patent application. This invention is unique and through market research nothing similar was discovered. In addition, a prior USPTO search was conducted on www.uspto.gov and no similar patents were found.
Various prior art patents describe targets of various sorts that are used to direct a male in where to urinate. Kreiss, U.S. Pat. No. 4,044,405, teaches a target that is designed to be fixedly attached on a rigid arm, to a urinal or toilet. Lauer, U.S. Pat. No. 6,183,850, teaches a water-dispersible foam polymer target that floats in a toilet or rests in a urinal. Henoch et al., U.S. Pat. No. 2,703,407, teaches a spinner-target that is attached to a toilet with a rigid mounting structure; and includes a swing arm that supports the target.
According to a first aspect of the invention, a toilet training device includes a target that is ornamental in nature and used to attract adults and children to aim and pee through the target; the target has a complete opening that allows urine to fall directly into the toilet; the target is temporarily attached to the back side of the toilet by means of a suction cup or clip. The present invention is developed to aid non-potty-trained children to urinate in a toilet directly or used as a novelty item for adults. In this regard, this toilet training device is a target device that will provide the adult or child with a focal point in the toilet to target when the user urinates.
01=This is the part of the potty-training apparatus that clips onto the toilet seat. It is a simple clip or suction cup.
02=This part is the attachment that attaches the target to the suction cup.
03=This part is the ornamental target where the user aims for.
