Potty training device

Abstract

A potting training device for preventing a potty training child's urine stream from passing through an opening between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl is made of a flexible, water-resistant, preferably non-porous material, having a bendable urine-deflector and a plurality of attachment tabs positioned at the top of, and substantially at right angles to, the bendable urine-deflector, thereby forming an L-shaped configuration. An adhesive material is applied to the surface of each attachment tab and attaches the attachment tabs to the underside of the toilet seat. When not attached to the underside of the toilet seat, the bendable urine-deflector has a flat configuration. In order to attach the potty training device to the underside of the toilet seat, it is manipulated into a curved configuration that matches the curvature of the toilet seat, and is attached thereto.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not applicable.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH[0002]Not applicable.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]This invention is directed to a potty training device that functions as a urine-deflector when attached to the underside of an adult sized toilet seat. The invention is designed to block the opening formed between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl. This invention reduces accidental wetting of clothing and the floor that occurs when a child's urine stream passes through the opening between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]It is a major accomplishment for a child to reach the stage of sitting on an adult toilet during potty training. Obtaining control over the direction of urine flow, however, may take some time for a child to master, particularly a male child. When sitting on the toilet, a child's urine stream is not always directed into the toilet. There are occasions where the child's urine...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]When attached to the underside of a toilet seat, the potty training device of the present invention effectively blocks the opening formed between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl and provides a simple and inexpensive solution to the above-described problems. Unlike the device described in our prior patent, the present device lacks a folding seam and, therefore, the problems that may be associated therewith in some embodiments. In its unattached configuration, the potty training device of the present invention comprises a bendable (or flexible) urine-deflector that has a flat configuration and a plurality of attachment tabs that are in contact with the urine-deflector. Each attachment tab is positioned at the top of the urine-deflector and oriented substantially at a right angle to the urine-deflector at the contact point. The potty training device of the present invention is therefore manufactured to have an “L-shaped” cross-section (or configuration) and is optionally prepackaged in the same manufactured L-shaped configuration (i.e., before sale and / or user manipulation and attachment to the underside of the toilet seat), as shown in FIG. 2. The invention in one embodiment, therefore, relates to an optionally sealed package, to be opened by a consumer-user, containing the potty training device having the L-shaped cross-section.

Problems solved by technology

Unlike the device described in our prior patent, the present device lacks a folding seam and, therefore, the problems that may be associated therewith in some embodiments.

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