Patents by Inventor Edgar D. Mitchell

Edgar D. Mitchell 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: 4998298
    Abstract: A portable kneeling aid for use by a human male while urinating into a conventional flush-type toilet bowl with upper rim from a kneeling position comprising a portable platform having a top surface and supporting structure secured to and beneath the top surface for supporting the top surface horizontally above a floor adjacent to the toilet bowl at a height which permits the male while kneeling with one knee upon the top surface to urinate into the toilet bowl from a level slightly above the rim of the toilet bowl, an upright standard secured to said platform and a hand grip secured to the top of said standard for supporting the male while kneeling onto the platform and while rising from a kneeling position on the platform to a standing position. A method of use for the kneeling aid includes the steps of kneeling onto the platform, urinating into the bowl and rising from the platform. The kneeling and rising steps are facilitated by the standard and handgrip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Inventor: Edgar D. Mitchell