Device for collecting fecal specimens

In combination, a specimen collector for use in association with a toilet bowl, said specimen collector comprising:

• a flat base element of size and shape as to effectively overlie the rear portion of the toilet bowl when in a normal operative position thereon for receiving the whole specimen discharged into the toilet bowl opening;
• said base element including a linear forward margin for defining a substantial forward opening with the toilet bowl and to permit ready urinal-discharge into the toilet bowl without intermixing with the specimen being discharged;
• said base element including a rear portion for engagement beneath a toilet seat on the toilet seat for stabilizing the collector when a specimen is being discharged therein;
• said base element including a central portion defining a central through opening of sufficient diameter to position beneath the rectum of one discharging the specimen;
• a collection bag secured to said base element and depending beneath and completely underlying the central through opening for catching the specimen being discharged, said collection bag comprising a foldable material, said base element including a fold-line extending through said linear margin and the rear portion of the element for defining two foldable and juxtapositionable halves for being folded during both before and after a specimen is collected;
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• a mailer envelope having a sealable closure for packaging said specimen collector before use, said mailer envelope being of a material to protect the integrity of the specimen being collected, said specimen collector being sealingly received in said mailer envelope after collection.