Potty with liquid management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9596965-B2
Application number	US-201414193352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A potty for use by young children includes a waste collector and a seat adapted to rest on the waste collector. The potty can be placed in an aperture formed in a base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A juvenile potty system comprising
a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and
a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide an endless wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl, and
wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall.

2. A juvenile potty system comprising
a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and
a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl,
wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall, and
wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include an interior region, a first handle coupled to one side of the waste receptacle, and a second handle coupled to an opposite side of the waste receptacle, the first and second handles are arranged to lie under the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste collection bowl, and the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim is arranged to extend downwardly into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle and to lie in a space provided between the first and second handles when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl.

3. The juvenile potty system of claim 1 , wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include the interior region and a seat receiver arranged to extend outwardly from an upper portion of the waste receptacle and to lie under the seat pad and the upper portion of the waste receptacle of the waste-collection bowl is arranged to surround the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the seat pad.

4. The juvenile potty system of claim 3 , wherein the seat receiver is annular and tapered downwardly in a direction toward the interior region and configured to cause any excess liquid splatter landing on the seat receiver to flow into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle.

5. A juvenile potty system comprising
a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and
a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl,
wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall,
wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include the interior region and a seat receiver arranged to extend outwardly from an upper portion of the waste receptacle and to lie under the seat pad and the upper portion of the waste receptacle of the waste-collection bowl is arranged to surround the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the seat pad,
wherein the seat receiver is annular and tapered downwardly in a direction toward the interior region and configured to cause any excess liquid splatter landing on the seat receiver to flow into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle, and
further comprising a base formed to include an aperture, the seat receiver is arranged to mate with a portion of the base to retain the waste receptacle in a stationary position extending downwardly through the aperture, and the upper portion of the waste receptacle is arranged to lie in an annular space provided between the portion of the base and the lid-deflection rim.

6. A juvenile potty system comprising
a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and
a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl,
wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall, and
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Assignees

• Dorel Juvenile Group Inc

Inventors

• Sundberg Brian C
• Langley Joseph D

Classifications

• A47K13/00

  Seats or covers for all kinds of closets · CPC title

• A47K11/06

  Chamber-pots {; Throw-away urinals for non-bedridden persons; Chamber-pots for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like} · CPC title

• A47K11/04 Primary

  Room closets; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets, e.g. night chairs {; Closets for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like} · CPC title