US1389531A

US1389531A - Male urinal-bag

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Publication number: US1389531A
Application number: US313999A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick F Riche
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-07-29
Filing date: 1919-07-29
Publication date: 1921-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 1938-08-30

Description

.F. F. RICHE. MALE URINAL BAG. APPLICAT ON. FILED JULY 29, 1919.

Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

anpemfoz Bjciz e witwaooeo F. F. RICHE.

MALE URINAL BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1919.

1 ,389,5 3 1 Pa ented Aug- 30, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z. '39- v 99- FREDERICK F. RICHE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF TROY, NEW YORK.

MALE URINAL-BAG.

Application filed July 29,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK F. RIGHE,

a citizenof the United States, residin at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Im rovements' in Male Urinal-Bags, of whlch the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a male urinal bag and has for its primary object to produce a device of this character which may be worn with ease and comfort by a patient, eitherwhen reclining o .reposing, or when in an erect active position, without danger of leakage or damage to the person or clothing of the wearer. 1

A further object is to produce an article of this character comprising a shield which is 'strapped'or otherwise secured to the person of the patient and a bag which is removably attached to the shield whereby the latter may be detached from the shield for emptying, or cleaning, or when not desired for immediate use without necessitating the removal of the shield.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, reference being had to the drawings, which accompany and form part of this specification.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the mouth of the bag and through the shield? Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the shield.

Fig. 4 is'a rear elevation thereof.

F 5 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 6 isa sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Mly improvement comprises 'a soft rubber shie d 10 and a soft thin rubber bag 11, which is detachably attached to the shield.

The bag 11 has its edges at the mouth portion '12 thereof turned over a cross sectionally-round rubber ring 13, the said edges being secured to' the bag proper, thus providing a housing for the rlng.

The shield 10 comprises a member which is round in plan and which is provided at its inner edge withspaced projecting tabs 14 to which are connected the adjustable straps 15 that secure the shield on'the person of the user.

The shield has a boss-like protuberance on one face thereof. The face 18 of the boss 17 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 313,999.

is arranged at a downward angle or, in other words, the upper edge of the boss is spaced farther from the inner face of' the shield than is the lower edge thereof. The boss is round in plan and is provided with a peripheral continuous groove 19 that is arranged in a line with or that is parallel to the inclined face of the said-boss. This groove 19 is designed to receive the elastic ring 13 in the mouth of the bag 11. The groove is of a desired depth so that the walls thereof will befirmly gripped by the ring, or more strictly speaking the ring will cause the por- I of the groove so that the bag is firmly sup-.

ported by the shield. The bag may, of course, be readily removed for emptying, cleaning or when not desired for immediate use without necessitating the removal of the shield. i

-The outer flat face of the shield has a cup shaped depression 22 arranged opposite the boss and provided with a central round opening 20 that passes through'the boss. The wall provided by the opening in the boss provides the said boss with what I will term a lip and which is indicated by the numeral 21. I

' The opening 20 is designed to receive therethrough the organ of the patient and is of suflicient area to freely receive the same and permit the inner straight face of the shield snugly contacting the abdomen. The lip 21 contacts with the organ but not with suflicient pressure to inflict injury thereto. The lip serves as a dam or obstructing element to prevent a passage of the urine from the ba through the opening in the shield when t e patient is in a lfying position, and

tion, when taken in connection with' the drawings that the construction, method of application, advantages and simplicity of the construction will be understood and ap-. preciated without further detailed descrlption.

Havin what is c aimed as new, is

Amale urinal bag of the class described com rising a soft compressible rubber shie d, a thin rubber bag detachably at tached to said shield, a pair of spaced pro- 'jecting tabs provided on the inner edge of thus described the invention,

said shield, a rubber ring being secured to the bag proper which forms a housing for said ring, a pair of straps secured to said spaced projecting tabs for attaching said 5 bag to the user, a boss-like protuberance angle, a peripheral continuous groove being arranged in parallel relation to said outer vface of said boss, and an annular lip being 10 provided on said boss.

In testiinony whereof I afiix my signature.

formed on one face of said shield, the outer face thereof being arranged at a downward FREDERICK F. RIGHE.