US20130212792A1

US20130212792A1 - Young males urinal and reversible step stool base

Info

Publication number: US20130212792A1
Application number: US13/374,052
Authority: US
Inventors: Felicia Unique Osborne
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-02-18
Filing date: 2012-02-18
Publication date: 2013-08-22

Abstract

Urinal comprised of dome shaped top, bottom sits on top of toilet seat, front end open, bottom of front protruding lip sits on toilet seat, lip slightly angled, outer side higher, inner side lower in direction of toilet bowl, urinal length of toilet seat, width slightly smaller than toilet seat, inside of dome shape from front of protruding lip to back on side of toilet lid all around angled in direction of center leading into toilet bowl, inner rim sits in toilet bowl extends down into toilet bowl from toilet seat to inside toilet, handles on both sides of urinal, grips and groves for fingers for ease of lifting and handling. Base height convenient for toddlers, urine catcher drawer, base flips over, converts to step stool once removable piece is removed from base, grip on both top and bottom of urinal base as well as on step for stepping stool.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
A young male's urinal and convertible base step stool is shown for use in the toilet training of young males in the standing position. This urinal is adaptable to attach to its own base, and to the toilet seat of a toilet bowl. An important feature of this urinal is the rounded dome shaped top portion of urinal, which is designed to assist in preventing young males urinating mishaps. The base which the urinal attaches to, converts to a two step stepping stool when flipped over, and removable attachment piece is removed.
The present invention relates to a urinal for training young males to urinate in the standing position, and combined urinal base and stepping stool for child's multipurpose use. This urinal is adaptable to be attached to its own base, and to be inserted to sit on top of a toilet seat of toilet bowl. Moreover this urinal base may be converted when flipped over to a 2 step stepping stool, with the base structure supporting removable piece detached from said base.
The objective of current invention is to provide tidy assurance to parents while their young male child potties alone. Parents can rest assure that with the current invention they would have little to no urine accidents to clean up. This relates to prior urinals in that it provides young boys standing position training, nonetheless; none of the prior arts are adaptable to their own standing base, as well as the toilet bowl seat. Prior arts do not provide coverage for urine that may go in the upward direction, due to young males holding their genital in the upward direction. The current art not only addresses the upward direction of urine flow, it also provides coverage of urine flowing in all direction, downward, straight, left, and right direction as well. The current invention accomplishes both attractiveness to young males to want to use, as well as provides proper toilet training to them. The current invention has both stand alone capability and toilet adaptability.
This current invention addresses the young male child's urinating training needs, in that it does as follows:

1. Provides proper standing position toilet training.
2. Provides full urine flow coverage
3. Have a dome shaped top acts as a shield against urine mishaps
4. Adaptability from its own urinal base to the toilet bowl seat
5. Easy handling with use of handles, for lifting
6. Height coverage for small toddlers with use of base for training, with graduation to toilet for taller young male children
7. Attractive appearance to keep young male child's interest on a continual basis
8. Multi-purpose base converts to a stepping stool

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The purpose of this description is to make reference to drawing figures, explaining the purpose and use of each part. Objects will be apparent and better understood with the following description. The description makes reference to drawing figures:

FIG. 1 is a perspective left side view of the young males urinal attached to traditional toilet, and young male's urinal, full base, urine catcher drawer, and release bottom for step stool

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the young male's urinal, full base, urine catcher drawer, and release bottom for step stool

FIG. 3 is a perspective left side view of young male's urinal detached from the base

FIG. 4 is a perspective right side view of young male's urinal detached from the base

FIG. 5 is a perspective left side view of the base of urinal with all attached parts

FIG. 6 is a perspective side view of the urine catcher drawer that slides into the base

FIG. 7 is an underside perspective view of the converted stepstool from flipped over base with detached release bottom

FIG. 8 is a perspective side view of the release bottom when unattached to the base

FIG. 9 is a side view of the step stool showing the 2 steps

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is a young male's urinal for potty training young males. FIG. 1: 6 lower right preferred embodiment represents how said urinal attaches to traditional toilet inner rim sits in toilet bowl extends down into toilet bowl from toilet seat to inner bowl; handle on left and right side of urinal for handling. Upper left of preferred embodiment represents combined urinal and convertible base, stepstool 1 side wall of urinal for steering urine flow in the direction of inner toilet bowl, acts as shield to miss directed urine 2 urine catcher drawer for easy removal of urine with use of urinal base, with inner grove handle 3 convertible base and stepstool 4 detachable piece for use of stepstool 5 handle for convenience handling of urinal when removing on and off base and on and off toilet, with rubber grip and groves for fingers for ease of lifting and handling of urinal.
FIG. 2: combined urinal with convertible stepstool base, with all attached parts 7 large opening to urinal leads into inner toilet bowl, forgiving of urine mishaps 8 the point of joining for urinal and it's base 9 dome shape top portion of urinal acts as a back wall and shield for urine leads urine into the direction of the inner toilet bowl 10 the press point for releasing the release bottom for use of stepstool.
FIG. 3: preferred embodiment is left side view of young male's urinal 11 bottom of front protruding lip sits on toilet seat, upper side angle slightly down in the direction of the inner side of toilet bowl directing urine flow down into toilet 12 lower rim of urinal that extends down, portion of urinal sits in toilet to add added shield for urine directing urine flow directly into the inner side of toilet.
FIG. 4: preferred embodiment is right side view of young male's urinal.
FIG. 5: preferred embodiment is the base itself without attached urinal with all its attached parts to include urine catcher drawer, and release bottom 13 opening on top portion of base and view of urine catcher drawer from inside base where lower portion of urinal rim joins.
FIG. 6: preferred embodiment is urine catcher drawer for catching urine when urinal is used with base 14 inner side of urine catcher drawer, bowl like portion that holds urine from the usage of urinal base.
FIG. 7: preferred embodiment is the underside view of converted stepstool, from flipping base over and removing the release bottom for step usage 15 bottom step of stepstool 16 top step of stepstool.
FIG. 8: preferred embodiment is the release bottom for usage of stepstool 17 extended arms of release bottom inserts into base for urinal usage.
FIG. 9: preferred embodiment is the upper side view of stepstool without release bottom attached 18 opening for inserting the extended arms of release bottom to attach for urinal usage 19 grips for use of steps, to aid against slipping during usage.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusion property is claimed are defined as follows:

1. The method of claim wherein said potty provide proper standing toilet training.

2. The method of claim wherein said potty not only addresses downward direction of urine flow, it also provides coverage of urine flow in all directions, straight, left right, and upwards direction.

3. The method of claim wherein said potty has both stand-alone capability with use of base and toilet attachment capability.

4. The method of claim wherein said potty has dome shaped top that acts as a shield against urine misdirection.

5. The method of claim wherein said base converts to a stepping stool