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US 6,210,382 B1Granted
Emesis device
OwnerChadwick B. Hogginventor
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Abstract
An emesis device including a container having an upward opening with a front surrounding edge and front wall having a shape that accommodates placement of a human face in the opening. The device also has a handle on the back for carrying the container, indentations on the front and back for gripping the container; and a splash guard along the back edge.
Claims12
An emesis device, comprising:
- (a) a container having a base, and a container wall extending upward from the base, said container wall comprising a front, a back, and two ends, said container wall having an upward opening with an edge surrounding the opening, said edge further comprising a front surrounding edge along the front angled to fit a person's jaw, and a back edge along the back, said wall having a shape that accommodates placement of a human face in the opening with the front sloping away from the back so that when a person's face is placed over the upward opening, the person's jaw fits in the angled front surrounding edge with the person's face over the upward opening;
- (b) a handle on the wall for carrying the container;
- (c) means on the front and back for gripping the container;
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- (d) a splash guard along the back edge, said splash guard angled inward over the upward opening and extending partially over the upward opening from the back toward the front surrounding edge to reduce splashing out of the container when the person vomits through the opening.
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