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US 2003/0149408 A1Published application
Urination apparatus
OwnerOrde Levinsoninventor
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The present invention relates to urination apparatus for urine sample collection for testing of urine, waste urine collection for disposal of urine resulting from urination away from toilets, and simplification of urination by women without sitting on a toilet. A urine sample collection apparatus (100B) has a tubular portion (3) having a coupling (60A) in the side thereof formed for releasably mounting an open topped urine sample collection container (70) thereto in a direction extending generally away from the axis of said tubular portion. The apparatus also has a urine receiving receptor (1B) with a surface portion (4B) extending from a rim (5B), bounding an inlet surface which is symmetrical about the axis of said tubular portion, to an aperture (2B) from which said tubular portion extends in a direction generally away from said inlet surface. The edge of the rim (110′B) on the side corresponding to said coupling is displaced along the axis of the tubular portion further from the aperture than the opposing edge of the rim (110′A).
A urine funnelling trumpet comprising:
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein the vaginal locating portion is dimensioned to fit substantially closely around the vaginal lips of a female user.
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein the curvature of the vaginal locating portion along said axis has a constant radius which is no more than 20% smaller than the constant radius of the curvature of the pubic locating portion along said axis.
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein a line between the point, from which the radius of curvature of the vaginal locating portion along said axis extends, and the centre of the arc of curvature subtended by the vaginal locating portion is substantially vertical during use of the trumpet.
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein the arc of curvature subtended by the vaginal locating portion is between 20° to 30°.
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein the arc of curvature subtended by the pubic locating portion is between 30° to 50°.
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein the surface of the bell extending from the outlet along said axis towards said one end defines an angle of between 15° to 25° relative to a radius which is central to the arc of curvature subtended by the vaginal locating portion.
A urine funnelling trumpet according to any preceding claim wherein the surface of the bell extending from the outlet along said axis towards said another end comprises a first section which is parallel to the axis of the outlet aperture and meets a second section defining an angle of between 5° to 20° relative to a radius which is central to the arc of curvature subtended by the vaginal locating portion.
A urine sample collection apparatus having a urine funnelling trumpet according to any one of preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.