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US 4,996,727 AGranted
Disposable waste bag
AssigneeGuardian Products, Inc.
InventorCynthia M. Wyatt
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Abstract
A disposable waste bag having a flexible enclosure secured around the perimeter of an opening in a semirigid sheet of material. The semirigid sheet is foldable along a line across the middle to allow the bag to be opened and placed in position on a portable commode or bedpan. After use, the two halves of semirigid sheet material are brought together and secured to seal the bag. A gelling compound is included in the bag to solidify any liquid material deposited in it.
Claims12
A disposable waste bag comprising:
- a first ciruclarly shpaed sheet of a liquid-tight material;
- a second circularly shaped sheet of a liquid-tight material, and of approximately the same size as said first sheet, said second sheet being secured to said first sheet along a portion of their respective perimeters to define a waste-containing enclosure having an open end and a closed end;
- a third sheet of a semirigid material of a predetermined configuration having an opening in the center thereof, said opening having a perimeter equal to or greater than the portions of said perimeters of the first and second sheets that are not secured together, said portions of said perimeters being secured to said perimeter of said opening;
- means for folding the sheet of a semirigid material in half to close the waste-containing enclosure;
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- handle means incorporated into the semirigid material to permit carrying the waste bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.