Potty with liquid management system

• US 9,596,965 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2014
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Sundberg, Brian C, Langley, Joseph D
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacyna, J. Casimer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shaw, Benjamin R
• Application Number:
  US14/193,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20140259354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: 448/3, 423/5, 444/9, 447/6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 13/00 Seats or covers for all kinds of closets dog or cat toilets adapted to fit on conventional toilets A01K1/0121

Abstract

A potty for use by young children includes a waste collector and a seat adapted to rest on the waste collector. The potty can be placed in an aperture formed in a base.

Claims

1. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and

a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide an endless wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl, and

wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall.

3. The juvenile potty system of claim 1, wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include the interior region and a seat receiver arranged to extend outwardly from an upper portion of the waste receptacle and to lie under the seat pad and the upper portion of the waste receptacle of the waste-collection bowl is arranged to surround the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the seat pad.

4. The juvenile potty system of claim 3, wherein the seat receiver is annular and tapered downwardly in a direction toward the interior region and configured to cause any excess liquid splatter landing on the seat receiver to flow into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle.

2. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and

a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl,

wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall, and

wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include an interior region, a first handle coupled to one side of the waste receptacle, and a second handle coupled to an opposite side of the waste receptacle, the first and second handles are arranged to lie under the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste collection bowl, and the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim is arranged to extend downwardly into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle and to lie in a space provided between the first and second handles when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl.

5. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and

a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl,

wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall,

wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include the interior region and a seat receiver arranged to extend outwardly from an upper portion of the waste receptacle and to lie under the seat pad and the upper portion of the waste receptacle of the waste-collection bowl is arranged to surround the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the seat pad,

wherein the seat receiver is annular and tapered downwardly in a direction toward the interior region and configured to cause any excess liquid splatter landing on the seat receiver to flow into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle, and

further comprising a base formed to include an aperture, the seat receiver is arranged to mate with a portion of the base to retain the waste receptacle in a stationary position extending downwardly through the aperture, and the upper portion of the waste receptacle is arranged to lie in an annular space provided between the portion of the base and the lid-deflection rim.

6. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and

a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad and the liquid deflector cooperate to form a monolithic component and the waste-collection bowl includes a seat receiver having an upwardly facing surface arranged to engage a companion downwardly facing surface of the seat pad when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl,

wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall, and

comprising a seat topper including a seat pad arranged to lie on top of the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat and a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim arranged to extend into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl to overlap and lie within the liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat and a brim of the waste-collection bowl.

7. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and

a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall, and further comprising a seat topper including a seat pad arranged to lie on top of the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat and a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim arranged to extend into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl to overlap and lie within the liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat and a brim of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the juvenile trainer seat further includes a urine deflector coupled to the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat and arranged to extend upwardly away from the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat, the seat topper further includes a urine deflector coupled to the seat pad of the seat topper and arranged to extend upwardly away from the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the seat topper, the urine deflector of the seat topper is formed to include a downwardly opening deflector-receiving space, and the urine deflector of the juvenile seat trainer is arranged to extend upwardly into the downwardly deflector-receiving space formed in the urine deflector of the seat topper to lie in a mated, nested relation to the urine deflector of the seat topper when the seat pad of the seat topper is mounted on the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat.

8. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region and

a juvenile trainer seat including a seat pad formed to include a central aperture and a liquid deflector configured to provide a wall arranged to extend from the seat pad downwardly into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted to lie above the waste-collection bowl and configured to provide means for deflecting body waste liquid discharged by a person seated on the seat pad through the central aperture into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl without allowing the body waste liquid to flow to a region under the seat pad and outside of the interior region of the waste-collection bowl, wherein the seat pad includes an interior edge arranged to bound the central aperture and the liquid deflector includes a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim coupled to the seat pad at the interior edge and configured to provide the wall, and further comprising a seat topper including a seat pad arranged to lie on top of the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat, a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim arranged to extend into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl to overlap and lie within the liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat and a brim of the waste-collection bowl, a footstool including a base, and a lid mounted for pivotable movement on the base about a pivot axis between a closed position covering a top wall of the base and an opened position exposing the top wall of the base, and wherein the top wall of the base includes a border edge that is formed to include a bowl-receiving aperture, the waste-receptacle bowl is mated with the base to lie in a stationary position extending downwardly through the bowl-receiving aperture, the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat is arranged to extend into the interior region of the waste-collection bowl to overlap and lie within the brim of the waste-collection bowl and to locate the brim of the waste-collection bowl in an annular space provided between the border edge of the top wall of the base and the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat, and the seat pads of the juvenile trainer seat and the seat topper are arranged to lie in a space provided between the lid and the top wall of the base when the lid is moved to assume the closed position on the base, wherein the juvenile trainer seat further includes a urine deflector coupled to the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat and arranged to extend upwardly away from the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat, the seat topper further includes a urine deflector coupled to the seat pad of the seat topper and arranged to extend upwardly away from the downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim of the seat topper, the urine deflector of the seat topper is formed to include a downwardly opening deflector-receiving space, and the urine deflector of the juvenile seat trainer is arranged to extend upwardly into the downwardly opening deflector-receiving space formed in the urine deflector of the seat topper to lie in a mated, nested relation to the urine deflector of the seat topper when the seat pad of the seat topper is mounted on the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat.

9. The juvenile potty system of claim 8, wherein the juvenile trainer seat further includes positioning arms that are coupled to and extend below the seat pad of the juvenile trainer seat to align with and extend into companion arm-receiver holes formed in the base when the juvenile trainer seat is mounted on the base.

10. The juvenile potty system of claim 9, wherein the lid is sized and configured to cover the juvenile trainer seat and the seat topper completely when the lid is closed to mate with the base.

11. A juvenile potty system comprising

a waste-collection bowl formed to include an interior region,

a juvenile seat trainer including a trainer seat pad formed to include a central aperture opening into the interior region when the juvenile seat trainer is mounted on the waste-collection bowl and a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim arranged to extend into the interior region of the waste receptacle bowl,

a seat topper mounted on the juvenile seat trainer to trap the juvenile seat trainer in a predetermined position between the waste-receptacle bowl and the seat topper, the seat topper including a topper seat pad formed to include a central aperture opening into the interior region when the seat topper is mounted on the juvenile seat trainer and a downwardly extending liquid-deflection rim arranged to extend into the interior region of the waste-receptacle bowl and to overlap and lie within the lid-deflection rim of the juvenile trainer seat, wherein the waste-collection bowl includes a waste receptacle formed to include the interior region and a seat receiver arranged to extend around the waste receptacle and the trainer seat pad is configured to mate with the seat receiver of the waste-collection bowl to support the juvenile seat trainer on the waste-collection bowl to cause the liquid-deflection rim of the juvenile seat trainer to extend into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle, wherein the seat receiver includes a lip that is tapered down into the waste receptacle to force any excess liquid splatter to run back into the interior region of the waste receptacle, wherein the juvenile seat trainer further includes a urine deflector coupled to the trainer seat pad in alignment with the lip of the seat receiver to overlie the lip of the seat receiver, and wherein the seat topper further includes a urine deflector coupled to the topper seat pad and the urine deflector of the juvenile training seat is arranged to extend upwardly into a downwardly opening deflector-receiving space formed in the urine deflector of the seat topper to lie in mated, nested relation to the urine deflector of the seat topper when the topper seat pad is mounted on the trainer seat pad.