US 5,702,376 A · Toilet training aid providing a temperature and dimensional change sensation

Abstract

A toilet training aid is in the form of a pad that creates a noticeable, distinct feeling during urination. In particular embodiments, the pad may provide the wearer with a temperature change sensation, a wet sensation, a dimensional change sensation, or some combination thereof to signal that urination is occurring. The toilet training aids are desirably attached to a garment by a consumer, thus enabling the consumer to select the type of accompanying garment and the particular time that is best suited to toilet training.

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Dependent claims

A toilet training aid for use with a garment, comprising:

a pad comprising:
a casing;
a liquid permeable temperature change member within the casing, the temperature change member containing a temperature change substance;
a dimensional change member having a dry height dimension, the dimensional change member being adapted to expand to at least about 5 times the dry height dimension or contract to less than about one-fifth of the dry height dimension;
an adhesive layer bonded to the casing;
and
a release strip releasably attached to the adhesive layer;
the pad being adapted to provide a surface temperature change when wet of from about 5 to about 25 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/833,313Filed 4 Apr 1997 · continuation

Priority

22 Dec 1994

Granted

30 Dec 1997

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A61F 13/42
Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor;…:…
A61F 2013/425
With wetness indicator or alarm: being also a toilet training aid
A61F 2013/4966
In the form of pants or briefs: with intentionally damp topsheet
A61F
Filters implantable into blood vessels

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Abstract

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