Adjustable potty training seat waste disposal receptacle and liner

Abstract

A potty seat, liner system is provided wherein the seat liner (9) is supported in a receptacle (7) by resting in the contours of a pee deflector (79) and an indentation (81). The receptacle (7) rests inside a seat (5), which is supported by a base (3). Furthermore, the liner (9) can be removed and folded onto itself to enclose waste therein. When not used with the base (3), the seat (5) is provided with an adjustment mechanism to facilitate securing the seat (5) to any desired adult sized toilet seat.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to an infant toilet seat which includes a seat ring and an adjustment mechanism for fitting the seat ring to a toilet bowl or a conventionally sized adult toilet seat as well as a waste receptacle and disposable liner. More particularly, this invention relates to a child training potty seat including the adjustment mechanism and the waste receptacle and liner having ergonomic contouring to facilitate potty training for children, as well as the waste receptacle and liner being capable of use with an adult commode. The waste receptacle liner conforms to the ergonomic contouring of the waste receptacle and is formed in such a manner for being readily removed and disposed of.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Toilet seats and potty training seats are well known in the prior art. Potty seats and chairs include, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,339,851 to Bergkvist and relate to a toilet seat ring having an adjustable pair of arms which are mov...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]Another object of the present invention is to provide an adjustable potty seat which can be adjusted to securely fit any type, shape or design of toilet seat.

[0009]A further object of the present invention is to provide an adjustable bracket to secure the potty-seat from moving or sliding around when a user is seated thereon.

[0010]A still further object of the invention is to provide a rear protruding bracket which pushes the potty seat to the front of the adult toilet aiding the user to sit in a more natural, legs hanging down seated position and can be used on either an elliptical or a round adult toilet seat.

[0012]Still another object of the present invention is to provide a potty seat receptacle which is ergonomically conformed to a user and facilitates the collection of waste.

Problems solved by technology

Such known adjustment mechanisms are not easily readjusted for different size toilet seats and have lots of complicated moving and interacting parts such that fabrication of the adjustment mechanisms becomes very expensive

These known seat positioning devices, along with known fixed position, i.e. non-adjustable potty seats, have the drawback of not enabling the toilet seat to be readily positioned exactly on toilet bowls and not fitting toilet seats of different sizes and shapes.

This can lead to difficulty in potty-seats, both fixed and adjustable ones, fitting either design and can have the unwanted consequence of movement of the potty-seat during use because of the adjustable seat not being adequately stabilized by the adjustment means.

This rigid seat ring is the sole support to the liner system, but can fall into the toilet if not properly aligned when the excessive weight of the liner pulls down.

These drawstrings may provide some benefits, such as simple removal and additional support, however, the known liners and drawstrings do not provide sufficient coverage of the supporting inner container especially where there is a need to have an more ergonomically adapted inner container to collect all of a user's waste.

Furthermore, such drawstrings and toilet liners can be soiled to the extent that not all the user's waste is encompassed within the bag or also leave a small opening where the drawstrings were unable to fully close the liner, thereby allowing waste to escape.

This does not always accommodate the user especially where a child, for example, may not be entirely positioned correctly atop the potty-seat and without completely comprehending the anatomical alignment necessary to direct their waste into the container such misorientation can result in the waste not being properly aimed into and collected within the liner.

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