Patent Application
20150342837
The disclosure relates to collection devices and more particularly pertains to a new collection device for collecting vomit from an infant when the infant vomits while being burped.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cup that collects vomit from an infant. A strap is coupled to the cup. The strap may insertably receive a user's hand. The cup is retained proximate the infant's mouth.
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 strap 20 is provided. The strap 20 has a first end 22 and a second end 24. Each of the first 22 and second 24 ends of the strap 20 is coupled to a back side 26 of the external wall 14 of the cup 12. A front surface 28 of the strap 20 abuts the back side 26 of the external wall 14 of the cup 12. Each of the first 22 and second 24 ends of the strap 20 faces each other so the strap 20 forms a closed loop.
A first coupler 30 is coupled to the front surface 28 of the strap 20. The first coupler 30 is positioned proximate the top end 16 of the cup 12. The first coupler 30 extends laterally across the strap 20. The first coupler 30 may comprise a hook and loop coupler of any conventional design.
The strap 20 insertably receives a user's hand 32. The user's hand 32 is positioned on an infant's upper torso 34. The top end 16 of the cup 12 is positionable below the infant's mouth 36. The cup 12 collects the vomit from the infant 38.
A rag 40 is provided. A second coupler 42 is coupled to a rear surface 44 of the rag 40. The second coupler 42 is complementary to first coupler 30. The rag 40 covers the strap 20 and the user's hand 32 so the strap 20 and the user's hand 32 do not contact the vomit. The rag 40 is removed and washed after the infant 38 finishes vomiting.
In use, a method 46 of collecting vomit from the infant 38 includes a step 48 of providing the cup 12 that has the open top end 16 and the strap 20. The method 46 includes a step 50 of inserting the user's hand 32 through the strap 20. Additionally, the method 46 includes a step 52 of positioning the cup 12 beneath the infant's mouth 36. The method 46 further includes a step 54 of burping the infant 38 so the infant 38 vomits into the cup 12. Finally, the method 46 includes a step 56 of emptying the vomit from the cup 12.
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.
