Portable urinal with a shaped inlet and a membrane valve

Details Portable urinal with a shaped inlet and a membrane valve Portable urinal with a shaped inlet and a membrane valve

2003-11-10

2010-12-07

Zalukaeva, Tatyana (Department: 3761)

Surgery

Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material

Material collector or receptacle having attaching means to...

C604S350000, C004S144100, C004S144200, C004S144300, C004S144400, C137S512150

Reexamination Certificate

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07846143

ABSTRACT:
A portable urinal that includes a container defining a liquid reservoir and a spout extending therefrom. The spout has an inlet for receiving a liquid. A valve assembly is disposed within the spout. The valve assembly has an interior region and an exterior region. The valve assembly includes a sidewall and one or more sealable openings for permitting flow of a liquid into the reservoir, while resisting undesired flow of the liquid out of the reservoir. The openings defining the line between the interior region and the exterior region. The valve assembly sidewall has a shaped contour structured to direct liquid flow into the openings.

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Definitions of “lateral” from various online dictionaries.
Examiner's Markup of Figures 3B and 3C of Ehrenkranz.

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