Urine Neutralization System for Hunting Odor Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts fail to effectively neutralize human urine odors that repel animals, making it difficult to remain undetected and requiring cumbersome urine disposal, while also posing challenges in using urine as an attractant due to the risk of spreading Chronic Wasting Disease.
Innovation Solution
A portable system that collects urine, neutralizes it using a combination of a weak acidic and oxidizing component to remove threatening odor-generating compounds, and enhances the scent with attractants or repellents, maintaining a neutral pH and natural scent variations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If human urine is used as an attractant or disposed of in hunting areas, then hunters can avoid transporting waste and save time, but the odor of human urine repels prey animals and alerts them to human presence
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies this principle by converting the harmful predatory odor of human urine into a beneficial neutral or attractive scent. The system uses chemical neutralization to eliminate alarm-phobic compounds in urine, then adds attractants to transform waste into a tool that attracts prey rather than repelling it, effectively turning a harmful factor into a benefit for hunting
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of urine through neutralization. The system adjusts the pH and chemical composition of urine by adding neutralizing agents to counteract predatory scents, then modifies scent profiles by adding attractants, thereby transforming the urine's olfactory properties from alarming to attractive
2Reliability
If deer urine is used as an attractant, then it effectively attracts deer, but it risks spreading Chronic Wasting Disease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses neutralized human urine as an intermediary substance. Instead of using deer urine directly (which carries CWD risk), the system processes human urine to remove predatory scents and adds deer attractants, creating a CWD-free alternative that maintains attractant effectiveness while eliminating disease transmission risk
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces precious deer urine (a limited resource that may carry disease) with abundant human urine (a readily available alternative). By processing human urine through neutralization and attractant addition, the system creates a disposable, disease-free attractant that eliminates reliance on collected deer urine
3Ease of operation
If hunters carry portable receptacles for urine collection, then they can avoid leaving their stand to urinate, but they must transport the receptacle with urine out of the woods for disposal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts what was previously waste requiring disposal (urine) into a useful resource (processed attractant). By neutralizing and enhancing urine at the hunting stand, hunters eliminate the need to transport it out, transforming a burden into a benefit that saves time and effort
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables hunters to process their own urine at the hunting location using portable neutralization and attractant addition equipment. This self-service approach eliminates the need for external disposal services or transport, allowing hunters to independently convert waste into attractive scents right at their stand
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables hunters to dispose of urine without alarming prey, using it as an attractant or repellent, and provides a CWD-free alternative to deer urine, reducing the need for transporting attractants and minimizing environmental impact.
Implementation Method 1
neutralizing the urine in the container with a neutralizing composition to remove or alter odor-generating compounds in the urine that might be perceived as threatening to prey
Implementation Method 2
The neutralizing composition comprises a compound including a weak acidic and oxidizing component
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for collecting urine from a source, neutralizing the urine in the container with a neutralizing composition to remove or alter odor-generating compounds in the urine that might be perceived as threatening to prey, and then disposing of the neutralized urine in a convenient location proximate to the hunting area without repelling or alarming potential prey that might encounter the neutralized liquid. The neutralizing composition comprises a compound including a weak acidic or oxidizing component and a weak alkaline or base component, the combination reacting with and neutralizing odor-generating compounds and leaving the resulting neutralized urine with a relatively neutral pH value. The system and method further include adding compounds to impart a scent or odor to the neutralized urine, including a cover scent, such as pine essence, or an attractant scent, such as doe estrous, or a repellant scent.