Collapsible portable potty trainer

• US 6,647,560 B1
• Filed: 05/02/2002
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kimberly Lynn Hingley, Robert Hingley
• Original Assignee: Kimberly Lynn Hingley, Robert Hingley
• Inventors: Hingley, Kimberly Lynn, Hingley, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivell, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIEKER, AMANDA FLYNN
• Application Number:
  US10/137,252
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: 448/4, 448/3, 445/6, 445/1, 297/16.2
• US Class Current: 4/484
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/04 Room closets; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets, e.g. night chairs ; Closets for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/06 Chamber-pots bed pans or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons A61G9/00; Throw-away urinals for non-bedridden persons; Chamber-pots for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like

Abstract

Portable potty-chair that readily folds to a compact size, thus providing a toilet trainer that is easily transportable. To attain such a potty-chair, four pairs of pivotally crossed legs, with adjacent legs pivotally attached to connecting bases, form the chair frame. The frame is coupled to the corners of a rectangular seat where the seat has an opening through which waste may pass. In an embodiment, the portable potty chair includes a disposable liner with an elasticized edge to hold the liner in place. In an embodiment, the disposable liner includes a waste receptacle that occupies the seat opening.

Claims

1. A chair for toilet training children, comprising:

a frame comprised of a pair of front legs;

a pair of back legs; and

two pair of side legs, each pair of legs crossed and pivotally connected together where they cross; and

a flexible seat means removably connected to the frame, wherein the flexible seat means comprises a waste receptacle, wherein the chair will not support a user when the flexible seat means is removed, and wherein the chair has no seat back.

2. The chair as recited in claim 1, wherein the seat means is adapted to receive a seat cover, wherein the seat cover comprises a waste receptacle.

3. The chair as recited in claim 2, wherein the seat cover further comprises an elasticized edge.

4. The chair as recited in claim 1, wherein the lower ends of the front crossed legs and the lower, front ends of the side crossed legs are pivotally connected to first and second connecting bases.

5. The chair as recited in claim 1, wherein the lower ends of the back crossed legs and the lower, back ends of the side crossed legs are pivotally connected to third and fourth connecting bases.

6. The chair as recited in claim 1, wherein the upper ends of the front crossed legs and the upper, front ends of the side crossed legs are pivotally connected to first and second seat connectors.

7. The chair as recited in claim 6, wherein the seat connectors are integral with the seat means.

8. The chair as recited in claim 1, wherein the upper ends of the back crossed legs and the upper, back ends of the side crossed legs are pivotally connected to third and fourth seat connectors.

9. The chair as recited in claim 1, wherein the flexible seat means is rectangular.