Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Dry closets – Urinal
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-12
2001-03-20
Recla, Henry J. (Department: 3751)
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Dry closets
Urinal
C004S144300, C004S144400, C141S337000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202225
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a urinary device and more particularly pertains to a new female urinary device for allowing a female to urinate without splattering and without having to sit upon a toilet.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a urinary device is known in the prior art. More specifically, a urinary device heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,370,637; U.S. Pat. No. 5,333,330; U.S. Pat. No. 4,937,890; U.S. Pat. No. 5,742,948; U.S. Pat. No. 2,100,888; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 371,601.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new female urinary device. The inventive device includes a first sheet of material including a main portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges and being essentially tapered from the top edge to the bottom edge and also having a plurality of pleats spaced apart and extending from the top edge to the bottom edge with the main portion being foldable into a funnel having an open top and an open bottom with the side edges being securely fastenable to one another and with the first sheet of material also having a flap portion being securely attached to the top edge of the main portion; and also includes a second sheet of material having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges and also having a plurality of pleats spaced apart and extending from the top edge to the bottom edge with the second sheet of material being foldable into a chute and with the side edges being securely fastenable to one another and with the chute including an open top and an open bottom and being removably connected to the open bottom of the funnel.
In these respects, the female urinary device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing a female to urinate without splattering and without having to sit upon a toilet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of urinary device now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new female urinary device construction wherein the same can be utilized for allowing a female to urinate without splattering and without having to sit upon a toilet.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new female urinary device which has many of the advantages of the urinary device mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new female urinary device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art urinary device, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a first sheet of material including a main portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges and being essentially tapered from the top edge to the bottom edge and also having a plurality of pleats spaced apart and extending from the top edge to the bottom edge with the main portion being foldable into a funnel having an open top and an open bottom with the side edges being securely fastenable to one another and with the first sheet of material also having a flap portion being securely attached to the top edge of the main portion; and also includes a second sheet of material having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges and also having a plurality of pleats spaced apart and extending from the top edge to the bottom edge with the second sheet of material being foldable into a chute and with the side edges being securely fastenable to one another and with the chute including an open top and an open bottom and being removably connected to the open bottom of the funnel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention 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 invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new female urinary device which has many of the advantages of the urinary device mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new female urinary device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art urinary device, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new female urinary device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new female urinary device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new female urinary device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such female urinary device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new female urinary device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new female urinary device for allowing a female to urinate without splattering and without having to sit upon a toilet.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new female urinary device which includes a first sheet of material including a main portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges and being essentially tapered from the top edge to the bottom edge and also having a plurality of pleats spaced apart and extending from the top edge to the bottom edge with the main portion being foldable into a funnel having an open top and an open bottom with t
Beck Gregory A.
Beck Mauritza
Nguyen Tuan
Recla Henry J.
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