Patent Application
20230211945
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The disclosure relates to waste disposal devices and more particularly pertains to a new waste disposal device for portable use. The present invention discloses a waste disposal device comprising a water impermeable bag having a mounting element, a resealable opening, and exterior pockets for holding personal hygiene items.
The prior art relates to waste disposal devices, which may comprise sealable bags and envelopes for biological waste. What is lacking in the prior art is a waste disposal device comprising a water impermeable bag having a mounting element, a resealable opening, and exterior pockets for holding personal hygiene items.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shell, which defines an interior space and which is substantially impermeable to water. An opening is positioned in a front of the shell proximate to a top of the shell. A cover panel is hingedly engaged to the shell proximate to the opening. The cover panel is hingable from a first position, wherein the cover panel closes the opening, to a second position, wherein the opening is configured for insertion of waste into the shell. A mounting element is engaged to the shell proximate to the top. The mounting element is configured to selectively mount the shell to a substrate.
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
An opening 22 is positioned in a front 24 of the shell 12 proximate to a top 26 of the shell 12. A cover panel 28 is hingedly engaged to the shell 12 proximate to the opening 22. As shown in
The cover panel 28 is hingedly engaged to the shell 12 by either of a lower edge 30, as shown in
A mounting element 38 is engaged to the shell 12 proximate to the top 26. The mounting element 38 is configured to selectively mount the shell 12 to a substrate, such as an interior element of a vehicle. The mounting element 38 comprises a tab 40, which is engaged to and which extends from the shell 12. As shown in
The fastener 44 comprises one or more of an aperture 46, which is positioned in the tab 40, and an adhesive 48, which is engaged to the tab 40. The aperture 46 is configured for insertion of a protrusion engaged to the substrate, such as a drawer knob, to hang the shell 12 from the protrusion. The aperture 46 has an upper end 50 and a lower end 52, with the lower end 52 being dimensionally wider than the upper end 50. The lower end 52 being dimensionally wider than the upper end 50 allows a variety of protrusions to be inserted into the aperture 46 and for frictional engagement of the tab to the protrusion. The aperture 46 may be triangular.
The adhesive 48 is configured to adhesively engage the substrate to engage the shell 12 to the substrate, such as a countertop, mirror, or the like. A sheet 54 is removably engaged to the adhesive 48, as shown in
As shown in
Each of a set of pouch panels 62 has opposing sides 64 and a lower limit 66 that are engaged to the shell 12 so that the pouch panel 62 defines a pocket 68. The pocket 68 is configured for insertion of a personal hygiene item 70, such as a packet of tissues 72 or a plurality of wet wipes 74. Each of a set of flap panels 76 is hingedly engaged to the shell 12 proximate to a respective pouch panel 62. The flap panel 76 is selectively engageable to the respective pouch panel 62 to close an associated pocket 68. The flap panel 76 is engageable to the shell 12 by means known to those skilled in the art of reversible closures, such as, but not limited to, pressures sensitive adhesives, hook and loop fasteners, magnets, and the like. The set of pouch panels 62 may comprise two pouch panels 62 engaged to the front 24 of the shell 12 below the opening 22, as shown in
In use, a packet of tissues 72 is positioned in one of the pockets 68 and a plurality of wet wipes 74 is positioned in the other of the pockets 68. The plurality of pleats 20 is used to deploy the shell 12 to the expanded configuration. The shell 12 then is mounted to the substate using one or more of the aperture 46 and the adhesive 48, or the cord 56. The cover panel 28 then is opened as needed to insert waste into the interior space 14.
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.
