Patent Application
20220304846
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The disclosure relates to shield devices and more particularly pertains to a new shield device for protecting female genitalia from urine. The device includes a triangular panel that has a urine slot passing through the panel. The panel can be positioned over female genitalia to inhibit urine from contacting the female genitalia.
The prior art relates to shield devices including a variety of urinating devices that are positionable against female genitalia for inhibiting urine from contacting the female genitalia during urination. The prior art also discloses a variety of chute devices for directing the flow of urine from a female urethra. In no instance does the prior art disclose a panel that is positionable against female genitalia and which has a urine slot therein for passing urine through the panel thereby inhibiting the urine from contacting the female genitalia.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that has a plurality of intersecting sides such that the panel has a triangular shape for positioning over female genitalia. The panel has a urine slot extending through the panel that is aligned with a urethra when the panel is positioned over the female genitalia. In this way the urine can pass through the urine slot. The panel is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit the urine from contacting the female genitalia. In this way the panel inhibits irritation that would develop from the urine contacting the female genitalia.
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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The panel 12 has a first surface 22, a second surface 24 and a perimeter edge 26 extending therebetween, and the perimeter edge 26 has a first side 28, a second side 30 and a third side 32. Each of the first side 28 and the second side 30 intersects the third side 32 at a respective one of a first corner 34 and a second corner 36 of the panel 12. Additionally, each of the first side 28 and the second side 30 intersect each other at a third corner 38, thereby facilitating the panel 12 to define the triangular shape. The panel 12 has a fold line 40 extending between the third side 32 and the third corner 38 such that the fold line 40 bisects the panel 12. The panel 12 is foldable along the fold line 40 into a closed position for storage having the first corner 34 being aligned with the second corner 36.
The urine slot 18 extends through the first surface 22 and the second surface 24 of the panel 12. Additionally, the urine slot 18 is positioned on the fold line 40 and the urine slot 18 is positioned closer to the third corner 38 than the third side 32. Each of the first corner 34, the second corner 36 and the third corner 38 is rounded. The first side 28 curves inwardly toward the fold line 40 between the first corner 34 and the third corner 38. The second side 30 curves inwardly toward the fold line 40 between the second corner 36 and the third corner 38. Thus, each of the first side 28 and the second side 30 accommodate the user's thighs when the panel 12 is positioned over the female genitalia 16.
A pair of tabs 42 is each coupled to and extends away from the panel 12. In this way each of the tabs 42 can be gripped by a user for positioning the panel 12 over the female genitalia 16. Each of the tabs 42 is coupled to the perimeter edge 26 of panel 12 and each of the tabs 42 is positioned on a respective one of the first corner 34 and the second corner 36.
In use, the panel 12 is positioned over the female genitalia 16 when the user has a bacterial infection, such as a yeast infection, that causes irritation on the female genitalia 16. The panel 12 is oriented such that the third corner 38 is directed upwardly and the urine slot 18 is aligned with the urethra 20. In this way urine passes through the urine slot 18 and the panel 12 inhibits the urine from contacting the female genitalia 16. Thus, the urine is inhibited from causing burning and discomfort that would result from the urine contacting the site of the bacterial infection on the female genitalia 16. The panel 12 can be rinsed or washed after use to facilitate the panel 12 to be used repeatedly.
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.
