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US 7,254,844 B1Granted
Waste bag holding assembly
OwnerCynthia Thomas-Hanseninventor
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Abstract
A waste bag holding assembly for securely holding a waste bag in not only an open position but also in a shape conforming to a user's shape to facilitate use of the waste bag includes a bag connection member that snugly engages a body conforming rim of a frame to securely hold the waste bag in an open position when placed between a pair of user's legs and adjacent to an anus and a urethral opening of the user.
Claims12
A waste bag holding assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a) an elongated frame containing a top opening and an open bottom, said top opening being defined by a rim of said frame, said rim having a plurality of elevated ends and a plurality of curved medial portions disposed between said plurality of elevated ends such that said top opening defined by said rim conforms to a border circumscribing a shape of a groin portion of a non-seated user, said groin portion of said user including and extending around an anus of said user, between a pair of user's legs and including and extending around both a urethral opening and an external opening of a vagina of said user;
- b) a bag connection member having an elongated groove, said bag connection member being positionable over and around said rim such that said rim and a top portion of a waste bag are positioned in said groove securing said waste bag to said frame;
- wherein said waste bag is positioned in said frame such that said top portion of said waste bag extends over and around said rim and thereby conforms to said border;
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- wherein said top opening has a plurality of bulbous ends to facilitate directing and capturing of waste expelled from said anus, said vagina and said urethral opening of said user and a tapered central portion, said tapered central portion bordering and being disposed between said plurality of medial portions of said frame and said plurality of medial portions conforming to at least an upper aspect of a pair of user's inner thighs and being positioned and held between said thighs when said top opening is positioned adjacent said anus, said vagina and said urethral opening of said user.
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A waste bag holding assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a) an elongated frame containing a top opening and an open bottom, said top opening being defined by a rim of said frame, said rim having a plurality of elevated ends and a plurality of curved medial portions disposed between said plurality of elevated ends such that said top opening defined by said rim conforms to a border circumscribing a shape of a groin portion of a non-seated user, said groin portion of said user including and extending around an anus of said user, between a pair of user's legs and including and extending around a urethral opening in a penis of a user;
- b) a bag connection member having an elongated groove, said bag connection member being positionable over and around said rim such that said rim and a top portion of a waste bag are positioned in said groove securing said waste bag to said frame;
- wherein said waste bag is positioned in said frame such that said top portion of said waste bag extends over and around said rim and thereby conforms to said border;
- and
- wherein said top opening has a plurality of bulbous ends to facilitate directing and capturing of waste expelled from said anus and said urethral opening of said user and a tapered central portion, said tapered central portion bordering and being disposed between said plurality of medial portions of said frame and said plurality of medial portions conforming to at least an upper aspect of a pair of user's inner thighs and being positioned and held between said thighs when said top opening is positioned adjacent said anus and said urethral opening of said user.
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