Cup to assist with urine specimen sampling
OwnerJennifer L. Minueinventor
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Abstract
A disposable urine specimen collection cup has a two-position locking handle incorporated and molded into it. The elongated handle is formed integrally as part of the cup. In its first position, the handle is situated in a generally parallel position relative to the outer surface of the cup. The handle may be located within a recess which is defined along one side of the specimen collection cup. When ready for use, the handle is pulled outwardly from the cup, raised and locked into place. The handle is situated in a generally perpendicular position relative to the outer surface of the cup. The handle folds downwardly against the side of the cup for restorage of the cup and contents after collection of the specimen is completed.
Claims17
A collection device to assist with the collection of urine specimens comprising
- a cup member, said cup member having a continuous sidewall and being functionally adapted to collect and retain a volume of urine therewithin,
- a cup opening, said cup opening being functionally adapted to allow the flow of urine therethrough,
- a longitudinally extending cup handle, said cup handle being formed integrally with said cup sidewall and being locatable immediately adjacent said cup sidewall,
- means for resiliently permitting movement of the cup handle with respect to the sidewall,
- means for releasably securing the cup handle in a generally perpendicular cup-holding position, and
- means for releasably securing the cup handle in a position generally parallel to the cup sidewall.
The urine specimen collection device comprising
- a urine collecting cup, said cup having a first end which is open, a second end which is closed, and a generally cylindrically shaped continuous closed sidewall extending between the first open end and the second closed end of the cup, said first end being functionally adapted to allow the flow of urine therethrough,
- a longitudinally extending cup handle, said handle being formed integrally with said cup sidewall,
- means for locating said handle immediately adjacent said cup sidewall,
- means for resiliently permitting movement of the handle with respect to the cup sidewall and
- means for releasably securing the cup handle in a generally perpendicular position relative to the cup sidewall.
A urine specimen collecting device comprising
- a collection cup with a generally cylindrical sidewall, a first open end and a second closed end,
- a sidewall recess within the sidewall having a pair of side surfaces, a top surface and a back surface,
- an indent within the top surface,
- an indent within the back surface,
- a pair of plastically deformable resilient attachment members, and
- a cup handle formed integrally within the sidewall recess with a distal end and a proximal end having a ridge, the cup handle integrally formed between the attachment members,
- wherein the attachment members plastically deform such that the distal end of the cup handle pivots around said attachment members until the ridge of the proximal end snaps into the indent within the back surface of the recess, securing the cup handle in a generally perpendicular position relative to the sidewall of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.