Harness for a disposable urinal

• US 3,897,785 A
• Filed: 10/24/1973
• Issued: 08/05/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Homer D. Barto Jr
• Original Assignee: Homer D. Barto Jr
• Inventors: Barto, Homer D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Medbery, Aldrich F.
• Application Number:
  US05/409,155
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 128/295,294,283,275 4/110
• US Class Current: 604/327
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/4408 Means for securing receptacles or bags to the body otherwise than by adhesives, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses A61F5/449 takes precedence

Abstract

A harness for supporting a urine collecting bag on the body of a person, including a bag supporting sheet member draped along the outside of one of the person'"'"''"'"'s legs, a waist band connected to the sheet for vertically supporting the sheet from the person'"'"''"'"'s waist, and a leg band, connected to the sheet and loosely fitting around the inside of the person'"'"''"'"'s leg, for holding the sheet of material and the bag to the leg.

Claims

1. A support harness for supporting a urine collecting container on a person including comprising;

an elongated support means adapted to extend along one side of a person'"'"''"'"'s leg;

waist band means connected to the upper end of said support means for vertically supporting said support means from the waist of said person;

means for detachably mounting a urine collecting container of said support means to be supported thereby; and

at least one leg band means, substantially shorter than said waist band means and connected to the lower portion of said support means, for loosely passing around the opposite side of said leg to inhibit movement of said support means and said bag outwardly away from said person'"'"''"'"'s leg.

2. The support harness as set forth in claim 1 in combination with said urine collectingg container, said container comprising a water impervious bag having an inlet at the upper end thereof and an outlet valve at the lower end thereof for draining said container.

3. The Support harness as set forth in claim 1 including additional leg band means connected to said support means intermediate said waist band means and said first mentioned leg band means for encircling the said leg of the user.

4. The support harness as set forth in claim 1 including pluralities of buttons for mounting different size bags.

5. The support harness asset forth in claim 1 wherein said support means comprises a sheet of material adapted to drape along the outside of the person'"'"''"'"'s leg.

6. The support harness as set forth in claim 1 wherein said leg band means comprises a plurality of button-receiving openings spaced along the length thereof, and buttons mounted on said sheet of material, receivable in selected ones of said openings to adjust the length of said leg band means to the leg of the user.

7. The support harness as set forth in claim 1 wherein said sheet of material comprises a sheet of fabric which will conform to the configuration of the user'"'"''"'"'s leg.

8. The support harness as set forth in claim 7 wherein said waist band means comprises a strip of fabric fixed to the upper end portion of said sheet of material.

9. The support harness as set forth in claim 1 wherein said leg band means is adapted to loosely pass around said leg without constricting same.

10. The support harness as set forth in claim 1 in combination with said urine collecting container, said container comprising a water impervious inflatable bag having button-receiving openings, said mounting means comprises button means on said sheet receivable in said openings.