Male urinary incontinence device
OwnerMildred E. Boyer, Marinus B. Bosmainventors
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Abstract
A urinary incontinence device comprises a cover portion for male genitalia and a separable urine-collecting pouch. The cover portion has a frontal penis opening therethrough, a strap member encircling the wearer's body and securing the cover potion to the genitalia, a separate liquid-impervious pouch having an open, and means for removably attached the neck portion to the cover portion to enable a penis protruding through the cover portion opening to enter into the pouch. The pouch contains a liquid-absorbent media for suspension of liquid by the media, and preferably has a zipper lock on the side of the pouch opposite the cover portion opening to enable an active male to open the zipper and extend his penis therethrough for discharge of urine into a urinary receptacle.
Claims8
A device for use by a human male in collecting urine from a user's penis,
- said device including:
- a strap member for encircling the user's back and snuggly gripping at least that portion of the user's anatomy above his buttocks to secure the strap to the user's body;
- a genital cover portion connected to the strap member for supporting the user's genitals, said cover portion including a frontal opening for receiving and enabling the user's flaccid penis to protrude outwardly through said frontal opening;
- a pouch having an open neck portion, said pouch having a depending liquid-impervious urine-collecting portion of sufficient flexibility to conform with and be retained essentially against the user's body;
- an absorbent material loosely provided within said pouch for suspending liquid urine in said material;
- a zipper in said pouch for enabling saturated absorbent material to be removed and replaced;
- and,
- each of said neck portion and said cover portion having means enabling the neck portion to be removably attached to the cover portion with the openings of the respective portions in alignment, whereby the user's protruding penis may extend into at least said neck portion to enable urine to be deposited directly into said urine-collecting portion of said pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.