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US 12,605,018 B2Granted
Toilet-to-urinal adapter and related methodologies for potty-training children
OwnerJulie Anne Flynn Shanerinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are adapters for a toilet rim or seat that converts the toilet to a urinal funnel and backsplash for children.
Claims20
A toilet bowl-to-urinal adapter comprising:
- a. an upright hood with a circumferential skirt, said upright hood featuring a front facing lip around an opening and said skirt featuring handles and a downright portion that has a forward interface with a toilet bowl or the toilet bowl's seat via receipt of either a tip of the toilet bowl or a tip of the toilet bowl's seat within a gap provided through the downright portion;
- b. wherein a bottom of the front facing lip defines an edge of a funnel for directing a waste stream toward an inside of the hood;
- and,
- c. wherein an inside surface of the hood defines sidewalls and a back splash for said funnel, wherein the skirt features at least one foot interfacing an upper surface of a toilet bowl or the toilet bowl's seat, and wherein the at least one foot is positioned between the downright portion of the skirt and a channel defined by the funnel, sidewalls, and backsplash so that the channel extends into the toilet bowl such that the funnel directs the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl and the back splash further directs ricocheted portions of the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl.
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A toilet bowl-to-urinal adapter installed on a toilet bowl comprising:
- an upright hood featuring a front facing lip around an opening, wherein a bottom of the front facing lip defines an edge of a funnel for directing a waste stream toward an inside of the upright hood while a top of the front facing lip defines an edge of a backsplash such that the funnel and backsplash define a channel further inside the hood, said channel running between the front lip and a bottom of the upright hood, wherein the funnel and backsplash are seamlessly or seamingly connected by sidewalls to define the channel such that the funnel further directs the waste stream toward the inside of a toilet bowl and the back splash further directs ricocheted portions of the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl;
- a circumferential skirt that has
- handles,
- at least one foot interfaced with the toilet bowl or a seat of the toilet bowl so that the funnel directs the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl and the back splash further directs ricocheted portions of the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl,
- a downright portion that provides a forward interface with the toilet bowl via receipt of either a tip of the toilet bowl or a tip of seat within a gap provided through the downright portion;
- and,
- where the channel defined by the funnel, side walls, and back splash suitably extends below the bottom of the upright hood to at least the same extent as the downright portion of the skirt so that the waste stream has a probability of entering the toilet bowl while the adapter is installed on the toilet bowl.
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A toilet bowl-to-urinal adapter installed on a toilet bowl comprising:
- an upright hood featuring a front facing lip around an opening, wherein a bottom of the front facing lip defines an edge of a funnel for directing a waste stream toward an inside of the upright hood while a top of the front facing lip defines an edge of a backsplash such that the funnel and backsplash define a channel further inside the hood, said channel running between the front lip and a bottom of the upright hood, wherein the funnel and backsplash are seamlessly or seamingly connected by sidewalls to define the channel such that the funnel further directs the waste stream toward the inside of a toilet bowl and the back splash further directs ricocheted portions of the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl;
- an elliptical circumferential skirt that has
- a width of about fifteen and four tenths inches (15.4 in) and a depth of about eleven inches (11 in);
- handles,
- at least one foot interfaced with the toilet bowl or a seat of the toilet bowl so that the funnel directs the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl and the back splash further directs ricocheted portions of the waste stream toward the inside of the toilet bowl,
- a downright portion that provides a forward interface with the toilet bowl via receipt of either a tip of the toilet bowl or a tip of seat within a gap provided through the downright portion;
- where the channel defined by the funnel, side walls, and back splash suitably extends below the bottom of the upright hood to at least the same extent as the downright portion of the skirt so that the waste stream have a probability of entering the toilet bowl while the adapter is installed on the toilet bowl;
- and,
- where the foot provides a friction interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.