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Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage
One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086097 | Portable urinal for children A shape of a disposable urinal for children that can be folded to be a small pack before use to be easily carried while securing a sufficient discharging length considering urine discharging directions in a narrow space such as in a car while driving a car or under ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073212 | Training potty with disposable potty liners A training potty for toilet training a child having a base that sits on a ground surface having a cutout seat and a cavity. A substantially circular bowl is housed within the cavity of the base and easily removable from the base. The bowl has an outwardly extending ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6994469 | Shirred elastic sheet material A retaining element for use with elastic sheet material is disclosed. In one form, the sheet material can be provided as a bag having first and second side walls. The retaining element can be in the form of an elastic strip attached to one of the side walls. The ret... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6957451 | Flow control device for tub, spa, or shower A hydrotherapy spa includes an interior having an interior surface, a plurality of ports, and at least one flow control device. The interior surface is configured to receive a person. The plurality of ports include a first port configured to discharge fluid toward t... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6939042 | Bag with elastic strip and method of making the same Provided is a plastic bag including a live elastic strip that, in the elastic strip's normal condition, contracts thereby constricting an opening of the bag to assist in retaining the bag to an object. The elastic strip includes a first region that is continuously a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918899 | Automatic bladder relief system This invention relates to an automatic or semi-automatic bladder relief system, specifically designed to increase the overall sanitation and comfort for users that may require a means to dispose of their urine in the absence of other sanitary facilities due to situa... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6789277 | No drip bedpan According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for collecting, disposing, and measuring liquids including a vessel with an inner surface and an absorption mechanism disposed on the inner surface of the vessel for absorbing and collecting liquids ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6647560 | Collapsible portable potty trainer Portable potty-chair that readily folds to a compact size, thus providing a toilet trainer that is easily transportable. To attain such a potty-chair, four pairs of pivotally crossed legs, with adjacent legs pivotally attached to connecting bases, form th... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6449782 | Inflatable and disposable portable toilet assembly An inflatable and disposable toilet assembly for providing a portable toilet especially for use while traveling. The inflatable and disposable toilet assembly includes a receptacle having a holding compartment disposed therein and also having an inner wal... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6186990 | To a human bodily fluid collection device and method of collecting and absorbing the same A collection device for human bodily fluids includes an expandable, liquid permeable and insoluble pouch containing a proper volume of hydrophilic material. This hydrophilic material allows quick absorption of such fluids and turns into gelled material. T... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6000078 | Disposable bedpan system for use with elevated patient support A disposable bedpan system for use with a patient underlayment that has a cavity in registry with the buttocks of a supine patient lying thereon is provided wherein the disposable bedpan is supported in said cavity by a laterally-collapsible hoop-like sup... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5778458 | Biodegradable and flushable bedpan liner The invention is basically a bedpan liner. The liner is made out of paper that is biodegradable and flushable down a toilet. The paper is cut out in a pattern that fits the bedpan. The sides of the paper are crimped upward to fit the sides on the bedpan. ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5224223 | Disposable inflatable bedpan The invention includes in part of a disposable. inflatable receptacle formed from a thermoplastic material, which when inflated can withstand compressive pressures, for body wastes of persons who are unable to use conventional bathroom facilities because ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5054473 | Hydromassage carpet A hydromassage carpet is formed by an envelope of two sheets of suitable soft and flexible material, which are joined together with a peripheral weld and further welds effected on the inner part thereof defining two distinct ducts. These ducts include a f... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4995122 | Portable commode A portable commode is disclosed made of an outer base support, an inner base support and an upper seat part. The outer base support is configured as a rectangle with preformed creases in opposing walls where the walls are bent inwardly, forming a bow-tie ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4974270 | Disposable bed pan A bed pan for use in patient care has a disposable plastic liner waste collector suspended from an open frame whose exterior dimensions encompass the plastic liner and retainers for keeping the plastic liner to the frame. The bed pan is advantageously use... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4899399 | Inflatable, disposable bedpan apparatus and method This invention is an inflatable bedpan apparatus and method whereby an inflatable torus is mounted to a liquid-impervious base sheet. The torus is placed under the pelvis of a bed-ridden patient and inflated to create a waste collection reservoir on the b... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4882794 | Disposable waste containment unit A disposable waste containment unit, comprising a liquid impermeable bag layer having an absorbent element therein and a gathering means at the upper rim of the bag. The unit may also have an absorbent liner within the impermeable bag layer. The unit may ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4827540 | Combination bedpan cushion and waste bag A disposable combination bedpan cushion and waste bag assembly having a cushion top formed into the size and shape of the seat portion of a bedpan and including a center opening similar to that of the seat portion of the bedpan. The waste bag is permanent... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4759086 | Disposable receptacle for bodily waste A disposable receptacle for receiving bodily waste, comprising of a fluid permeable inner layer and in impermeable outer layer, with an absorbant outer layer, with an absorbant layer in between, and a rim portion with fastening means to attach the recepta... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4674138 | Disposable sitz bath A disposable sitz bath for use with a conventional toilet is formed by two sheets of a water impervious, pliable material bonded together on three sides to form a pouch. One corner of the fourth open side of the pouch is excised diagonally to form an over... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4554687 | Toilet mounted urine flow meter A urine flow meter including a toilet mounted collector is disclosed. The collector has a mouth portion which is dimensioned to fit within a toilet bowl and which has walls which slope downwardly and inwardly to a neck portion. The neck portion extends do... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4445235 | Stool specimen collector A stool specimen collector for collecting a medical patient's feces for laboratory examination and test, the collector having a subtantially impervious receptacle with a pair of side straps having an adhesive surface portion for contact adhesion to the to... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4437195 | Self-inflating bedpan A self-inflating bedpan having means for readily, manually inflating the bedpan after it is positioned beneath a patient.... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4368548 | Nestable undercut bedpan An injection-molded nestable bedpan having a cavity defining a receptacle formed by a bottom wall and a tapered upright wall, and a seat formed at the upper edge of said upright wall. The tapered upright wall includes opposed sidewall segments and opposed... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4312085 | Sanitary waste disposal packets Mass producible, compact packets disposed in a moisture impermeable container adapted to store and dispense the packets for use in receiving and disposing of solid human waste in a sanitary manner in disaster areas or under other conditions in which norma... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4136798 | Flushable bedpan bag A bag constructed of biodegradable material in the form of high dry-strength and no wet-strength paper combined with water-soluble plastic material laminated to a portion of the exterior of the bag. The bag is of a size to receive a bedpan as specifically... | 01/30/1979 |
| 3962732 | Disposable bedpans This invention is concerned with disposable bedpans of the kind composed of fibrous, e.g. cellulose pulp or paper, stock and which after use and together with their contents are disposed of via waste disposal apparatus to a normal drainage system, and pro... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3952336 | Disposable bedpan device A collar of soft foam material is provided around the open mouth of a waterproof soft-textured material bag. The foam material is adherent to the skin of a user to insure a snug fit when in use. A flexible wire is embedded in the collar and extends around... | 04/27/1976 |
