Patents by Inventor Bernice M. Strutton

Bernice M. Strutton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4422188
    Abstract: A female micturition adaptor fabricated from a soft flexible material having a substantially tubular configuration with a first end adapted to connect to an orifice neck of a male urinal and a second slightly enlarged end with an oblique orifice with tipped terminal end contoured to fit against the genital area of a female for allowing a bed confined female to micturate while in a prone or supine position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Inventors: Bernice M. Strutton, Robert R. Moore
  • Patent number: 4225127
    Abstract: A natural childbirth positioner is presented for allowing an expectant woman to give birth to her child while in a natural squatting position. For many hundreds of years women have been giving birth while in the supine position. With the woman so positioned, uterine pressure can interfere with the flow of blood from the uterus to the infant, causing the supply of oxygen to the infant to be dangerously reduced. Contrastingly, childbirth in the squatting position, as provided for by the present invention, allows the woman's abdomen and diaphragm muscles to give an effective and strong push with each labor contraction and thus can shorten delivery time. In practice the natural childbirth positioner allows the expectant woman to assume a supine position preparatory to and immediately after child delivery. However, with the onset of closely spaced contractions, the expectant woman can be moved to and held comfortably in the squatting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Inventor: Bernice M. Strutton