Toilet training aid and method
OwnerJudy J. Kogutinventor
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Abstract
A toilet training aid comprising a porous sheet of papers having a normally invisible picture imprinted thereon is attached to the rim of a toilet bowl over the mouth thereof whereby the attention of a child is attracted to use the toilet as the picture becomes visible when wetted by the urine of the child using the toilet.
Claims6
A training aid for use with a toilet, comprising:
- a disposable sheet of liquid permeable, porous paper having means for liquid activated viewing and for permitting visual observation of a normally latent graphic design therein that is not visible when said sheet is dry and is only visible when said sheet is wet, said sheet having a size and shape to fit over the mouth of said toilet;
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- means for attaching said sheet of paper over the mouth of the toilet bowl to the rim thereof such that said sheet becomes wetted by a child urinating thereon wherein said graphic design becomes visible thereby attracting the attention of the child, said disposable sheet of liquid permeable, porous paper having sufficient porosity to permit the passage of liquid urine therethrough while maintaining sufficient integrity to permit visible observation of said graphic design.
Method of aiding in toilet training a child to use a toilet, the toilet having a bowl and a rim formed about the bowl, comprising the step of affixing a disposable, liquid permeable, porous sheet of paper to said rim of said toilet bowl wherein said paper is wetted by a urinating child such that a normally latent graphic design in said sheet of paper becomes visible, said disposable sheet of liquid permeable, porous paper having sufficient porosity to permit the passage of liquid urine therethrough while maintaining sufficient integrity to permit visible observation of said graphic design, said sheet having a size and shape to fit over the mouth of said toilet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.