FR2704129A1 - Man's individual urinal - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a man's individual urinal. This urinal is noteworthy in that it consists of a bag 1 made in one piece from a flexible material and composed of a lower collecting chamber 20 and an upper open-topped admission chamber 10. These chambers are divided from each other by an intermediate opening and/or closing neck 30 enabling the two chambers to be connected or isolated from each other. Applications: use of a urinal anywhere and at any time to satisfy a need to urinate discreetly and with the utmost hygiene.

Description

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INDIVIDUAL URINAL FOR MEN

  The present invention relates to the health and / or medical field and relates more

  particularly a container capable of containing a liquid, of the urinal type.

  A urinal is used to collect the urine from people who cannot,

  momentarily or permanently, move to places of rest.

  A urinal, designed for men, takes the form of a vase

  with an inclined neck made of rigid material, more commonly called in the medical field "pistol".

  Such an urinal is of limited use due to its size, from which a

  use limited to specialized medical establishments or at home.

  On the basis of this fact, the applicant has carried out research aimed at studying a urinal of a new type which obviates the aforementioned drawbacks and which makes it possible to

  collect urine under optimal hygienic conditions.

  To do this, the uniral of the invention is remarkable in that it consists of a pocket composed of a lower reception chamber and an upper admission chamber open upwards, delimited between them by an intermediate opening area

  and / or closing enabling communication and / or isolation of the two rooms.

  The purpose of the presence of the intermediate zone is, in the so-called open position, to authorize the passage of urine in the receiving chamber, and in the so-called closed position, to ensure the tight partitioning of the receiving chamber containing urine, thus preserving

basic principles of hygiene.

  According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, the aforesaid pocket is shaped in a flexible material, property allowing the pocket to be folded in an extremely reduced volume for its storage before use. Due to its small size, the urinal of the invention will therefore be easily transportable in a

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  clothing for example, and this in all discretion.

  We understand that such urinal is no longer limited to the medical field as soon as the user can take it with him, at any time and in any place. Thus, any considerate person with such urinal and temporarily unable to go to a place of comfort (for example when he is forbidden to leave his work station, or when he attends a demonstration sporty, or when the road traffic conditions prohibit him from stopping, etc.

  ) will be able to satisfy his need to urinate..DTD: with a minimum of discretion and with a maximum of hygiene.

  According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the above

  pocket is shaped in a translucent thermoplastic material such as polyethylene.

  This material, approved by the medical community, flexible enough to be folded over several times and sufficiently resistant to contain an Iiquid, is particularly suitable for mass production in industrial series, thus considerably reducing its cost price. Therefore, the urinal of the invention can be disposable and disposable after use, thus completing the hygienic properties. To maximize these, this urinal may be presented to the user in sterile packaging, and

  possibly accompanied by a waterproof, storable and disposable envelope.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the above-mentioned means for opening and / or closing the intermediate zone is arranged inside the above-mentioned pocket so that the isolation of the receiving chamber can be provided by simple pressure applied to the pocket at said intermediate zone on the same opening and / or closing means. Thus, once the reception chamber is filled, it suffices to exert pressure at the intermediate zone to ensure the closure of the reception chamber. The intake chamber can then be used as a grip handle

full urinal.

  According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the above-mentioned admission chamber adopts a frustoconical shape so that its narrowest part opens onto the intermediate zone provided with the above-mentioned opening and / or closing means. This frustoconical preformation of the intake chamber has the advantage of ensuring better retention of the pocket at the intermediate zone, support which can be reinforced when, according to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the said intake chamber will preferably be made from a more rigid material than

that of the reception room.

  According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the aforesaid reception chamber adopts a flared shape so that its narrowest part

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  leads to the intermediate zone of the above-mentioned opening and / or closing means.

  A first advantage of the flared shape of the receiving chamber is to facilitate the use of the pocket in a sitting or lying position, since the bottom of said pocket can rest between the thighs of the user on the same support as that last (armchair, bed, etc.). Another advantage of the flared shape of the receiving chamber is to store the urine at the bottom of the pocket and at a level lower than that of the intermediate opening and closing area to facilitate closing operations of the latter . The invention having just been mentioned above in its most basic form, other characteristics and other advantages will emerge more clearly on reading the

  description which follows, giving by way of nonlimiting example and with reference to the appended drawing,

  an embodiment of a urinal respecting the fundamental concepts of the invention.

  The figure carried by this drawing is a flat view of such an empty urinal, in position

unfolded and ready to use.

  As shown in this drawing, the urinal of the invention referenced I as a whole consists of a pocket shaped in a flexible thermoplastic material such

  than polyethylene and composed of three functional parts 10, 20 and 30.

  The first part 10, called the upper intake chamber, is intended to

  guide the penetration of the sex of the man inside said pocket.

  The second lower part 20, called the lower receiving chamber, has

  to collect and store urine.

  The third part 30 called the intermediate zone has the purpose of delimiting in the aforesaid pocket, the upper chamber 10 of the lower chamber 20 by means in particular

  an opening and / or closing means 31.

  This opening and / or closing means 31 is of the type comprising that of a male piece 31a and shaped on the internal face of one of the walls of the pocket I at the intermediate zone 30 and a shaped female piece 31b on the internal face of the other wall located opposite the male part 31a, and allows, when a pressure is exerted on the external walls of the pocket so as to bring the male part closer to the part

  female, to insulate the lower receiving chamber 20 filled with liquid.

  Advantageously, the upper admission chamber is of frustoconical shape and possibly shaped in a more rigid material than that of the lower reception chamber 20, to make it easier to hold the bag at the level

  intermediate 30, during the filling operation.

  The lower receiving chamber 20 is flared downwards, so that the liquid can be stored in the bottom of the pocket. In addition, the deformable property of the pocket offered by the flexible quality of the material in which it is made, allows, when the lower flared part of the lower receiving chamber is filled with liquid, to conform to the shape of the support on which it rests, thus strengthening its

  stability to avoid any sliding problem.

  In this representation of the urinal object of the invention shown in the deployed and flat position, its measurements are such that: - the upper intake chamber 10 adopts a height of 80 millimeters high by 105 millimeters at its highest part wide and 50 millimeters at its lowest and least wide part, - the lower receiving chamber 20 adopts a height of 280 millimeters high by 50 millimeters at its narrower upper part and 120 millimeters at its lower part the

less wide.

  With such dimensions, the lower receiving chamber thus has a capacity

filling of 50 centilitres.

  In the folded position on itself such a pocket will occupy a much smaller volume of the order of a few centimeters of sides, allowing a presentation for sale

  in boxes containing several copies.

  It is understood that the urinal, which has just been described and represented above, was for the purpose of disclosure rather than limitation. Of course, various arrangements, modifications and improvements imposed by manufacturing requirements may be made in the above example, without departing from the scope of the invention taken in its

  wider aspects and in his mind.

  In order to allow a better understanding of the drawings, a list of

  references with their legends is listed below.

  I ....... Urinal I ........................................ ............ Urinal 10 .................................... .............. Superior admission chamber 20 .............................. .....

  ............ Lower reception room 30 ......................... DTD: ...... .................. Intermediate zone 31 .......................... DTD:. ............ Means of opening and / or closing 31a ............................ ... Male part of medium 31b ........ DTD: ....................... Female part of medium 66 - .. DTD :

Claims (8)

  1. Individual urinal for men, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT it is constituted by a pocket (I) composed of a lower reception chamber (20) and an upper admission chamber (10) open upwards, delimited between them by an intermediate opening and / or closing zone (30) allowing communication and / or isolation of the two chambers. 2. The urinal according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the   the aforesaid pocket (1) is formed integrally from a flexible material.   3. Urinal according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid means of opening and / or closing (31) of the intermediate zone (30) is disposed at   inside the above pocket (1).   4. Urinal according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid inlet chamber (10) adopts a frustoconical shape so that its narrowest part opens onto the intermediate zone (30) of the aforesaid opening means and / or from closure (31).   5. Urinal according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid receiving chamber (20) adopts a flared shape so that its narrowest part leads to the intermediate zone (30) of the aforesaid opening means and / or from closure (31).   6. Urinal according to claims 1 and 3, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT   the isolation of the aforesaid receiving chamber (20) is ensured by a pressure applied to the pocket at the level of the intermediate zone (30) on the aforesaid means of opening and / or closure (31).   7. Urinal according to claims 1 and 4, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the   aforesaid intake chamber (10) is made of a more rigid material than that of the reception room (20).   8. Urinal according to claims 1 to 7 taken together, CHARACTERIZED BY   THE FACT THAT the above pocket (1) is made of a thermoplastic material such as   medically approved polyethylene.