Portable Urinal Systems and Methods of Collecting Urine
OwnerBrian Jenkininventor
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Abstract
A portable urinal system including a handheld urinal and a reservoir. The handheld urinal has a neck assembly, with a user operated neck valve assembly permitting urine to flow through the neck assembly, and a urinal cup coupled to the neck assembly so that upon use of the urinal and operation of the neck valve assembly by the user, urine flows through the neck assembly into the urinal cup. The reservoir has a larger volume than the urinal cup and includes a lid assembly with a substantially rigid spout assembly and a reservoir cup. Urine is transferred from the urinal to the reservoir when the user couples the urinal cup to the spout assembly and opens the spout assembly such that urine collected in the urinal cup drains into the reservoir cup.
Claims20
A portable urinal system comprising:
- a handheld urinal comprising
- a neck assembly configured to receive urine from the urethral opening of a user and including a user operated neck valve assembly permitting urine to flow through the neck assembly,
- a urinal cup coupled to the neck assembly so that upon use of the urinal and operation of the neck valve assembly by the user, urine flows through the neck assembly into the urinal cup;
- a reservoir having a larger volume than the urinal cup comprising
- a lid assembly including a substantially rigid spout assembly, and the lid assembly configured to releasably couple to the neck assembly of the urinal, and
- a reservoir cup configured to store urine received from the urinal via the spout assembly;
- wherein urine is transferred from the urinal to the reservoir when the user couples the urinal cup to the lid assembly and opens the lid assembly such that urine collected in the urinal cup drains into the reservoir cup.
A method of collecting urine with a portable urinal system, the method comprising:
- providing a portable urinal system comprising
- a handheld urinal comprising
- a neck assembly configured to receive urine from the urethral opening of a user and including a user operated neck valve assembly permitting urine to flow through the neck assembly,
- a urinal cup coupled to the neck assembly so that upon use of the urinal and operation of the neck valve assembly by the user, urine flows through the neck assembly into the urinal cup;
- a reservoir having a larger volume than the urinal cup comprising
- a lid assembly including a substantially rigid spout assembly and the lid assembly configured to releasably couple to the neck assembly of the urinal, and
- a reservoir cup configured to store urine received from the urinal via the spout assembly;
- positioning the handheld urinal to receive urine from the urethral opening of a user;
- releasing urine into the neck assembly while opening the valve assembly and allowing urine to collect into the urinal cup;
- closing the valve assembly after urination;
- coupling the neck assembly of the handheld urinal to the lid assembly of the reservoir;
- transferring urine collected in the urinal cup to the reservoir cup by opening both the neck valve assembly and the lid assembly such that urine collected in the urinal cup drains into the reservoir cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.