Education and demonstration – Anatomy – physiology – therapeutic treatment – or surgery...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-20
2001-03-20
Rimell, Sam (Department: 3712)
Education and demonstration
Anatomy, physiology, therapeutic treatment, or surgery...
C434S236000, C273S236000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06203327
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a toilet training system. More particularly, the invention relates to a system for helping a parent toilet train a child, by allowing the parent and child to set reward goals, and to track progress toward reaching those reward goals.
Toilet training is a critical phase of a child's development and maturity. As a child learns to control his or her own elimination functions, the child is also learning to take responsibility for his or her actions in general.
Completion of toilet training can take a significant amount of time. The child will often continue to make progress, but will have an occasional setback. Care must be taken by the parent to be certain that an “accident” is handled properly. Scolding the child, or otherwise improper handling of such an occurrence can cause permanent trauma to the child. Accordingly, most experts believe that positive reinforcement is the best way to guide a child past such unpleasant events, while reinforcing the positive steps taken by the child toward permanent toilet training.
U.S. Design Pat. No. 308,989 to Cohen discloses an ornamental design for a wall mounted display board for children's toilet training. Cohen shows a wall chart which includes spaces that correspond to each of the days of the week.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,414,614 to Schurick discloses a mechanized chart which allows the behavior of several children to be tracked in competition with one another. The chart indicates progress toward a prize which is automatically ejected when the first child reaches a predetermined location on the board.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,577,915 to Feldman discloses a motivational task tracking device. Feldman tracks a variety of household chores, and has provisions for recording successful completion of said tasks.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,639,242 to Wilson discloses an educational daily responsibilities learning system, wherein progress on a looped road is achieved through the accomplishment of a variety of tasks, such as picking up toys, setting the table, etc.
While these units may be suitable for the particular purpose employed, or for general use, they would not be as suitable for the purposes of the present invention as disclosed hereafter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to produce a toilet training system which helps a parent fulfill toilet training guidance. Accordingly, a system of positive reinforcement is provided wherein a child is rewarded for successful meeting toilet training goals.
It is another object of the invention to provide a toilet training system which tracks toilet training progress. Accordingly, a board is provided having a pre-printed path which is made up of a several step spaces, which allows a child and parent to record successful toilet use in one of the step spaces. Sequential successful toilet usage is recorded in subsequent step spaces along the path.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a toilet training system which makes the child cognizant of toilet training set backs. Accordingly, when the child fails to use the toilet, the child regresses along the path further from the reward goal, providing a gentle reminder concerning the failure.
It is still further object of the invention to provide a toilet training system in which reward goals are clearly apparent to the child. Accordingly, the path has a plurality of reward goal spaces which are separated by a predetermined number of step spaces. The child can visualize how far he or she is from reaching one of the reward goal spaces.
It is yet a further object of the invention to allow a child to select and record a desired reward. Accordingly, provision is made to allow recordation of the desired reward on the reward goal space itself.
The invention is a toilet training system, using a board having a pre-printed path having a path beginning and a path end. The path is made up of step spaces and reward goal spaces. Initially, the parent and child select a reward type, and write the reward type in one of the reward spaces. When the child successfully uses the toilet, one of the step spaces is marked, providing visual indication to the child that they are progressing toward one of the reward spaces, and the reward symbolized thereby. When a child fails to successfully use the toilet, the last marked step space is erased to provide the child with a gentle reminder about the set back in toilet training. Once the step space immediately preceding that reward space has been reached by virtue of successful uses of the toilet, the child is rewarded with the previously chosen reward.
To the accomplishment of the above and related objects the invention may be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Attention is called to the fact, however, that the drawings are illustrative only. Variations are contemplated as being part of the invention, limited only by the scope of the claims.
REFERENCES:
patent: D. 308989 (1990-07-01), Cohen
patent: D. 316278 (1991-04-01), Cohen
patent: D. 330225 (1992-10-01), Cohen
patent: 2414614 (1947-01-01), Shurick, Sr.
patent: 5573404 (1996-11-01), Stawski, II
patent: 5577915 (1996-11-01), Feldman
patent: 5639242 (1997-06-01), Wilson
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