# US 11,304,574 B1 · Bedpan cushion

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- Number: US 11,304,574 B1
- Document ID: US11304574B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/036,099
- Filed: 2020-09-29
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2020-09-29
- Applicants: Princess D. King
- Inventors: Princess D. King
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11304574B1

## CPC

- A47K 13/26: Mounting devices for seats or covers
- A47K 11/04: Room closets; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets, e.g. night chairs {; Closets for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like}
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

A system for a seat cushion including a cushion assembly and a seat assembly is disclosed. The seat cushion includes a cushion that is circular, or horseshoe shaped. The seat cushion is filled with a gel shock absorbing material to provide comfort to a user sitting on the cushion for prolonged periods of time. The cushion is removably mounted to a bedpan, a commode, a commode seat or a toilet seat. The cushion includes front dual attachment straps to secure the cushion to the bedpan or the commode. The dual attachment straps include openings to be engaged by a fastening member on an opposite one of dual attachment straps. The cushion is easily cleaned once removed from the bedpan or the commode.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for a cushion, comprising:
a cushion assembly having a ring cushion filled with a shock absorbing material, said ring cushion further including dual attachment straps, said cushion further includes a sleeve at a front underside of said cushion, said sleeve slipping over, engaging and covering a front portion of said commode to secure said cushion to said commode, said sleeve is open on a side facing said dual attachment straps;
a seating assembly including a commode; and
said ring cushion removably mounted to said commode, said ring cushion secured to said commode with said dual attachment straps at an underside of said commode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said ring cushion is circular.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said ring cushion includes a central opening.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said ring cushion is reusable.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said dual straps include openings and a fastening member to engage each other.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said shock absorbing material is a gel material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein some of said dual attachment straps extend into said central opening when said straps are detached from one another.

### Claim 8

A system for a cushion, comprising:
a cushion assembly having a horseshoe cushion filled with a shock absorbing material, said horseshoe cushion further including dual attachment straps;
a seating assembly including a bedpan; and
said horseshoe cushion removably mounted to said bedpan, said horseshoe cushion secured to said bedpan with said dual attachment straps at an underside of said bedpan, some of said dual attachment straps including openings and other of said dual attachment straps including a fastening member, said fastening member received by one of said openings to engage said dual attachment straps together when secured to said bedpan.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein said horseshoe cushion includes an opening at a front end thereof.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein said opening leads to a central opening of horseshoe cushion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein said shock absorbing material is a gel material.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein said dual attachment straps extend from lateral sides of said cushion.

### Claim 13

A system for a cushion, comprising:
a cushion assembly having a ring cushion filled with a shock absorbing gel material, said ring cushion having a central opening, said ring cushion including dual attachment straps and a sleeve, said dual attachment straps mounted on lateral sides of said ring cushion, wherein some of said dual attachment straps include a plurality of openings, wherein other of said dual attachment straps include a fastening member, said dual attachment straps engaging each other when said fastening member is secured through one of said openings, said dual attachment straps having rounded distal ends, said ring cushion includes two of said dual attachment straps at a rear lateral side of said cushion, said dual attachment straps extending into said central opening when released from one another, said sleeve being at a front bottom side of said cushion, said sleeve being open towards a side facing said dual attachment straps;
a seating assembly including a commode; and
said ring cushion removably mounted to said commode with said dual attachment straps engaging one another at an underside of said commode, said sleeve engaging and covering a front of said commode.