Electronic potty trainer with audible rewarding system and visually amusing target

• US 5,890,242 A
• Filed: 11/10/1997
• Issued: 04/06/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ericka Minter
• Original Assignee: Ericka Minter
• Inventors: Minter, Ericka
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Charles E .
• Application Number:
  US08/967,430
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 4/661, 4/902
• US Class Current: 4/661
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 13/06 Auxiliary or portable seats for children
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 13/24 Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22, e.g. devices imparting a swinging or vibrating motion to the seats
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 17/00 Other equipment , e.g. separate apparatus for deodorising, disinfecting or cleaning devices without flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers; Holders for toilet brushesportable urinating aids A61F5/4556; devices for receiving spittle A61J19/00 ; disinfecting apparatus for medical, surgical or hygienic purposes A61L; cleaning devices with flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers E03D9/00; for emptying or cleaning chamber-pots, bed pans, bed urinals or the like E03D11/025
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 4/902 Toilet training

Abstract

An electronic potty training apparatus which visually and audibly amuses a child. The electronic potty training apparatus comprises a support frame removably attachable to a toilet, an audible rewarding system for audibly rewarding and amusing a child, and a rotatable target wherein the target provides visual amusement, an instructional focal point and a triggering mechanism for triggering the audible rewarding system.

Claims

1. An electronic potty training apparatus comprising:

a support frame removably attachable to a toilet;

an audible rewarding system coupled to said support frame for audibly rewarding and amusing a child; and

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a rotatable target rotatably coupled to said support frame wherein said target provides visual amusement, an instructional focal point and a triggering mechanism for triggering said audible rewarding system;

said support frame comprising;

clipping means for clipping said support frame to a toilet bowl rim of a toilet;

a target support member for rotatably supporting said rotatable target; and

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first and second extending legs for extending said target support member into the middle of a toilet bowl of said toilet;

said audible rewarding system comprising activation means, coupled to said target support member, for activating said audible rewarding system when triggered by said rotatable target;

said rotatable target comprising a triggering means recessed in an outer perimeter thereof wherein, as said rotatable target rotates via a force of pressure from a urine stream, said triggering means comes in close proximity or aligns with said activating means for triggering said activating means and in response thereto said audible rewarding system audibly rewards and amuses said child.

2. An electronic potty training apparatus comprising:

a support frame removably attachable to a toilet;

an audible rewarding system coupled to said support frame for audibly rewarding and amusing a child; and

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a rotatable target rotatably coupled to said support frame wherein said target provides visual amusement, an instructional focal point and a triggering mechanism for triggering said audible rewarding system;

said support frame comprising;

clipping means for clipping said support frame to a toilet bowl rim of a toilet;

a target support member for rotatably supporting said rotatable target; and

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first and second extending legs for extending said target support member into the middle of a toilet bowl of said toilet;

said clipping means comprising;

first and second vertical long frame members;

first and second horizontal short frame members having one distal end perpendicularly coupled to one distal end of said first and second vertical long frame members, respectively;

first and second vertical short frame members having one distal end perpendicularly coupled to the other distal end of said first and second horizontal short frame members, respectively; and

first and second bar members wherein one distal end of said first and second bar members is perpendicularly coupled to an interior side surface of junctures defined by said first horizontal short frame member as perpendicularly coupled to said first vertical long frame member and said first vertical short frame member, respectively, and the other distal end of said first and second bar members is perpendicularly coupled to an interior side surface of junctures defined by said second horizontal short frame member as perpendicularly coupled to said second vertical long frame member and said second vertical short frame member, respectively;

wherein said first and second extending legs comprise first and second horizontal long frame members wherein one distal end of said first and second horizontal long frame members have perpendicularly coupled thereto the other distal end of said first and second vertical long frame members, respectively; and

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wherein said target support member is ring shaped and has coupled thereto the other distal end of said first and second long horizontal frame members.

3. An electronic potty training apparatus comprising:

a support frame removably attachable to a toilet;

an audible rewarding system coupled to said support frame for audibly rewarding and amusing a child; and

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a rotatable target rotatably coupled to said support frame wherein said target provides visual amusement, an instructional focal point and a triggering mechanism for triggering said audible rewarding system;

said support frame comprising;

clipping means for clipping said support frame to a toilet bowl rim of a toilet;

a target support member for rotatably supporting said rotatable target; and

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first and second extending legs for extending said target support member into the middle of a toilet bowl of said toilet;

said clipping means having coupled thereto said audible rewarding system wherein said audible rewarding system is positioned outside said toilet bowl.