EP0178086B1 - Urinal pour femmes - Google Patents

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EP0178086B1
EP0178086B1 EP85306627A EP85306627A EP0178086B1 EP 0178086 B1 EP0178086 B1 EP 0178086B1 EP 85306627 A EP85306627 A EP 85306627A EP 85306627 A EP85306627 A EP 85306627A EP 0178086 B1 EP0178086 B1 EP 0178086B1
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Martin Waller
Geoffrey Farrell
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G9/00—Bed-pans, urinals or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons; Cleaning devices therefor, e.g. combined with toilet-urinals
    • A61G9/006—Urinals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2200/00—Information related to the kind of patient or his position
    • A61G2200/10—Type of patient
    • A61G2200/12—Women

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  • the present invention relates to a female urine bottle.
  • Women who are confined to bed may, in some circumstances, find it difficult or impossible to sit up in bed, or it may prove dangerous to their health to sit up in bed.
  • Such patients will be unable to use a normal bedpan and must utilise either a urine bottle or a slipper bedpan, both of which can be used whilst the patients are in a lying or semi-recumbant position.
  • the use of the female urine bottle is preferred to that of a slipper bedpan when only urine is required to be passed by the patient. It is more comfortable both physically and psychologically for the patient.
  • the term "effective volume” is intended to refer to the volume of urine that can be retained in the urine bottle, when in use and during removal from the person who used it, without resulting in spillage of the urine.
  • a female urine bottle is described in DE-U-8 229 743, and comprises a flat base wall, two vertically converging side walls and a front opening which opens directly into the internal space defined by the base and side walls, the lower edge of the opening being spaced above the level of the base.
  • a urine bottle for females which has an effective volume such that the spillage problem associated with the known female urine bottles is minimised or avoided.
  • a urine bottle for females which sits comfortably when in position, and which may be positioned and removed easily and without catching on sheets on the bed when the bottle is being positioned.
  • a urine bottle for females which is disposable and hence, eliminates the possiblity of cross-infection.
  • a urine bottle for females comprising a flat or substantially flat base wall, a pair of vertically converging side walls, and a front opening which communicates directly with the internal space defined by said base and side walls, and whose lower edge is spaced above the level of the base characterised in that the height of the side walls is less than the length of the bottle, thereby forming an elongate bottle, the front opening is positioned, at least partly, directly above the base, and the perimeter of the opening is upwardly concave.
  • the vertically converging side walls also converge laterally for at least part of their length.
  • the side walls are themselves also of convex configuration, at least in the region of the side walls adjacent the opening; in the region of the end wall, the side walls can be convex or can be flat.
  • the side walls adjoining the front portion of the bottle may be convex, preferably rounded, when viewed in plan.
  • the portion of the base wall adjoining the front portion of the bottle may also be convex, preferably rounded.
  • the opening has an inwardly directed lip, at least in the region of its lower edge, but preferably around its whole periphery.
  • the end wall may also be of triangular configuration with its three sides connected to the base and the two side walls, respectively.
  • the end wall is flat or of concave configuration.
  • the bottle is made of moulded paper pulp so as to be readily disposable.
  • a female urine bottle 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention, the bottle 10 comprising two vertically converging side walls 12 and 14, a base 16, a rear wall 18, a front wall 19 and opening 20.
  • Each of the side walls 12, 14 has an elongate, generally longitudinally extending, recess 22, the two recesses 22 co-operating together to provide a hand grip facilitating manual handling of the bottle.
  • the base 16 of the bottle is generally flat or of slightly concave configuration to adhere stability, its lateral edges 24, 26 being slightly convex when viewed in plan.
  • the shape of the base is generally triangular or trapezoidal so that the bottle is much wider at its rear end than at its front end containing the opening 20. This configuration enables the "effective volume" of the bottle to be increased considerably compared with a conventional urine bottle which is not only rounded at its rear end remote from the opening but whose side and end walls converge together towards the base to further reduce the internal volume.
  • the portions of the side walls, where they merge into the front wall 19 of the bottle are rounded.
  • the rear wall 18 is of flat, generally triangular configuration and extends upwardly at right angles to the base 16.
  • the regions of the side walls 12,14 adjacent the rear wall 18 are substantially planar but become progressively more convex in a direction towards the front end of the bottle. This is illustrated by the sectional view of Fig. 3 taken at point A in Fig. 1 which shows the distinctly convex form of the side walls at this region.
  • the reason for making the side walls convex at this region is firstly, to resist inward collapse of the side walls as a result of the squeezing action of the user's legs which is usually found to occur in practical use of urine bottles, secondly to increase the volume of the bottle, and thirdly for the comfort of the patient in that the bottle can be securely gripped along its sides by the patient's legs.
  • the opening 20 communicates directly with the interior of the bottle unlike a conventional urine bottle which usually has an elongate neck portion extending forwardly of the main container portion of the bottle and serving as a funnel leading to the latter portion.
  • a conventional urine bottle which usually has an elongate neck portion extending forwardly of the main container portion of the bottle and serving as a funnel leading to the latter portion.
  • at least the lowermost edge of the opening 20 has an inwardly curved lip 20a to assist in resisting spillage from the bottle interior and for the comfort of the user.
  • the lip 20a is spaced above the base 16 by a relatively large distance.
  • this feature enables the bottle to hold considerably more liquid than a conventional urine bottle, particularly when the bottle is tipped up somewhat about its front end (typically of the order of 15° - 20°) during use and removal from the user.
  • the bottle is constructed from moulded paper pulp.
  • it could in other embodiments be made from any other suitable materials, such as plastics.

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1. Urinal de type bouteille pour femme, comprenant une paroi de base (16) plane ou sensiblement plane, deux parois latérales (12,14) qui convergent verticalement, une ouverture avant (20) qui communique directement avec l'espace intérieur défini par ladite paroi de base et lesdites parois latérales et dont le bord inférieur est espacé au-dessus du niveau de la base, caractérisé en ce que la hauteur des parois latérales (12, 14) est inférieure à la longueur de la bouteille, de manière à constituer une bouteille allongée, l'ouverture avant (20) est située, au moins en partie, directement au-dessus de la base (16), et le périmètre de l'ouverture (20) est concave vers le haut.
2. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel les parois latérales (12, 14) qui convergent verticalement convergent également latéralement sur au moins une partie de leur longueur.
3. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel les bords inférieurs (24, 26) des parois latérales qui se raccordent à la paroi de base sont de configuration convexe en vue en plan.
4. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les parois latérales (12,14) sont au moins partiellement de configuration convexe.
5. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 4, dans lequel les parois latérales (12, 14) sont de configuration convexe dans la région des parois latérales qui est adjacente à l'ouverture (20).
6. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les parois latérales (12, 14) au voisinage de la partie avant de la bouteille sont de configuration convexe en vue en plan.
7. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 6, dans lequel les parois latérales (12,14) sont arrondies, au raccordement à la partie avant de la bouteille.
8. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la partie de la paroi de base (16) qui se raccorde à la partie avant de la bouteille est de configuration convexe.
9. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 8, dans lequel la partie de la paroi de base (16) qui se raccorde à la partie avant de la bouteille est arrondie.
10. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'ouverture comporte une lèvre dirigée vers l'intérieur (20a) autour d'au moins une partie de sa périphérie.
11. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 10, dans lequel la lèvre (20a) s'étend sur toute la périphérie de l'ouverture.
12. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quel- conqe des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la paroi de base plane (16) est de configuration sensiblement triangulaire.
13. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant une paroi arrière (18) de configuration sensiblement triangulaire dont les trois côtés sont reliés à la paroi de base et aux parois latérales respectivement.
14. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 13, dans lequel la paroi d'extrémité arrière (18) est plane ou de configuration concave.
15. Urinal de type bouteille suivant la revendication 13 ou la revendication 14, dans lequel, dans la région de laparoi d'extrémité, les parois latérales (12, 14) sont convexes ou planes.
16. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant une partie en creux (22) dans chacune des deux parois latérales, pour procurer une prise sur la bouteille.
17. Urinal de type bouteille suivant l'ue quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la bouteille est fabriquée en pâte à papier moulée.
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GB848423639A GB8423639D0 (en) 1984-09-19 1984-09-19 Female urine bottle
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US4937889A (en) * 1987-09-18 1990-07-03 Strickland Maxine R Female urinal
BE1006700A4 (fr) * 1992-12-09 1994-11-22 Gui Stoffels Dispositif pour un urinal pour femme.
GB2510606A (en) * 2013-02-08 2014-08-13 Vernacare Ltd Disposable urine bottle
GB2532411B (en) * 2014-09-29 2017-12-20 Hpc Healthline Uk Ltd A disposable female urinal

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US2084788A (en) * 1936-12-02 1937-06-22 Virginia H Anderson Urinal
CH250768A (de) * 1946-06-07 1947-09-15 Zeder Anton Urinal.
GB857987A (en) * 1958-05-10 1961-01-04 Germaine Rouquet Improvements in or relating to urine bottles
US3170170A (en) * 1964-03-05 1965-02-23 Deslauriers Hattie Female urinal
US3473172A (en) * 1965-08-05 1969-10-21 Nathan H Friedman Female urinal
US3579653A (en) * 1969-09-05 1971-05-25 Henry S Kuhn Disposable urinal
CA1099851A (fr) * 1978-04-20 1981-04-28 Keyes Fibre Company (Delaware) Traduction non-disponible
GB2059257B (en) * 1979-09-27 1983-10-26 Vernon & Co Pulp Prod Urine bottle
DE8229743U1 (de) * 1982-04-29 1983-04-21 Floyd, Rosalie, Penticton, British Columbia Tragbarer Urinaufnahmebehälter für Frauen

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