Apparatus for rinsing diapers
OwnerDavid J. Aprea, Jennifer K. Apreainventors
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Abstract
A diaper retaining enclosure within which a soiled diaper may be retained while being rinsed. includes a generally planar base having parallel edges to which a pair of suitable hinges are secured. A pair of doors comprising generally planar flaps are secured to the hinges and are thus pivotable between an open position exposing the base and a closed “tented” position. The tented position is achieved by having the edges of the doors meet some distance away from the base in the closed position and thereby form a channel extending downwardly above the base and behind the doors. A clip is secured to the upper edge of the base and is configured to be spring-biased to a closed position. The resulting channel formed by the doors in the tented position is open at its top and bottom.
Claims8
Apparatus for use in rinsing diapers, said apparatus comprising:
- a generally planar base having a top portion, a bottom portion, a front surface, and a pair of side edges;
- a diaper clip, secured to said base proximate to said top portion, configured to secure a diaper to said base such that the remainder of the diaper extends downwardly upon said front surface;
- and
- a pair of generally flat doors,
- wherein a first of said pair of doors includes an offset lip configured to be received by, and positioned against, a first side edge of a second of said pair of doors, the offset lip positioned adjacent to a first side edge of the first of said pair of doors,
- each of said doors being pivotally secured to one of said side edges to be pivotable
- (a) between an open position exposing said front surface, to a closed position in which said offset lip of the first door meets with the side edge of the second door, and said doors generally overlie a diaper on said front surface spaced therefrom to create a triangularly shaped rinse channel between said doors and said front surface allowing rinse water to pass over the diaper on said front surface downwardly through said triangularly shaped rinse channel, or alternatively,
- (b) between an open position exposing said front surface, to an overlapping closed position in which said doors partially overlap to press against the diaper on said front surface to squeeze the diaper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.