Peeventer

Abstract

A Peeventer is for use with toilets and is placed on the underside of the toilet seat so as to pop up and take operational shape when the seat is lifted. The Peeventer is attached to the toilet seat between the hinges by means of a hook and loop fastener. When attached and the toilet seat is in the upright position urine is prevented from going out the back and sides of the toilet and onto the floor

Description

CROSS-REFERENCED TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of a provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/030,476 filed Feb. 21, 2008 by the present inventor.

FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH

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SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM

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BACKGROUND

1. Field of Invention

This invention relates to hygienic products, specifically to toilet accessories.

2. Prior Art

One problem which surrounds the use of toilets is when young boys urinate. Daily young boys have difficulty urinating directly into the toilet opening in a standing position without some urine going onto the floor around and behind the toilet. There are no products on the market to date that address this problem.

Typically young male children just learning to potty train without sitting down have difficulty aiming directly into the toilet. It may take years for a young boy to learn how to properly urinate.

What is needed is a device or article of manufacture designed specifically for the use of preventing urine from going outside the toilet for young boys. Such an article would be easy to use and install, would be lightweight and be able to be easily cleaned.

Several attempts have been made to solve the problems of cleanliness concerning the toilet. For example U.S. Pat No. 7,178,177 for “Toilet Splash Guard” issued on Feb. 20, 2007 to JoAnn Valencia, discloses a generally flat, planar shield, the shield comprising a front side and a rear side, two ends, at least one orifice, and at least two bumpers, the front side faces the user, the two ends shaped as flanges shaped to correspond to the lower portion of the rim of the toilet, the orifice located substantially upon the upper portion of the shield, the bumper located substantially on the lower portion of the shield, the bumpers are shaped to correspond with the upper portion of the rim of the toilet bowl. This not only is difficult to install, but the shielding doesn't allow the user to use the toilet in a normal fashion with the seat in a lowered position.

According to U.S. Pat No. 4,348,776 for the “Collapsible Splash Shield for Toilet” issued on Sep. 14, 1982 to Dale C. Sarjeant, a collapsible shield guard is provided which is adapted to be mounted in a toilet, and which is constructed for movement between an extended operative position when the toilet seat is in a raised position and a collapsed storage position when the seat is in a lowered position. The innermost of the nested segments is connected to the toilet seat in a manner that when the toilet seat is lifted to the raised position, the innermost segment is lifted upwardly from within the bowl and the nested segments are moved with respect to one another from a nested position to an extended position forming an enclosure shielding the back and the sides of the toilet. Not only is this shield bulky, but also difficult to clean.

Disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,385,785 for “Urine Shield removably attached to the toilet seat” issued on May 14, 2002 to Carol S. Linden is a rectangular flexible shield that is placed into the toilet bowl shielding the back and sides of the toilet bowl to prevent urine spills. The urine shield is removably attached to the raised bowl seat by a generally unshaped hook.

According to U.S. Pat. No. 5,815,851 for “Collapsible Urinal Splash Shield” issued on Oct. 6, 1998 authored by Reginald S. Perry is a urinating splash shield for use with conventional toilets, which includes a splash shield is flipped up for use and down for nonuse. The attachment ring enables the splash shield to seat within the toilet bowl mouth. The device isolates the toilet seat from the urine shield.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,305,034 for “Extensible and retractable Urine deflecting apparatus for use with a toilet” issued on Oct. 23, 2001 to Jose Miguel Urrutia, is an extensible and retractable deflecting apparatus for use in combination with a toilet and a toilet bowl. The apparatus comprised three distinct segments all contiguously connected. Preferably the 1^st segment consists of a pair of flush mounted attach, connect and support structures, but may be limited to one. Preferably the 2^nd segment consists of a pair of extensible and retractable mechanicle arms, but may be limited to one. The 3^rd segment consists of a urine deflecting device or any of various methods including but not limited to absorbant paper, cascading water, stream of air, or lightweight mini urine device. The extensible and retractable urine deflecting apparatus readily converts any typical toilet into a fully functional urinal so that a user form a not sitting position may reliably deliver and deposit a stream of urine by first deflecting and then redirecting the urine into the intended inside portion of the toilet bowl in a sanitary fashion. The extensible and retractable urine deflecting apparatus provides a closer target of superior angle. The urinal mode easily converts back to the toilet mode and both modes share the same drain.

A need exists for a device or article of manufacture that is easy to use, easy to clean, and simple to install that prevents or reduces urine spills.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention in some preferred embodiments consists of a Peeventer for use with toilets. The toilet seat is attached to the toilet bowl by hinges, the Peeventer is attached to the toilet seat between the hinges so as to pop and take operational shape when the seat is lifted. The frontal surface of the Peeventer faces the user and prevents urine from leaving the toilet and slashing out of the bowl and onto the floor around the toilet.

The Peeventer is made of vinyl and the attachment of the Peeventer to the toilet seat is affected by a hook and loop fastener. The hook and loop fastener is fastened to the Peeventer and is placed between the hinges on the toilet seat.

The above identified features are believed to fulfill the need for a sanitary, simple and easy to install Peeventer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING FIGURES

FIG. 1. is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2. is the interior view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3. is the frontal view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4. is the rear view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention a unique article of manufacture or device is used to prevent urine from going outside the toilet. The present invention is used primarily with young boys but would also help adult males. The article of manufacture or device is described in enabling detail below.

FIG. 1 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The Peeventer is a generally flat, planar, and rectangular shaped device which is pliable enough in order to fit into a toilet bowl. In its general use, the Peeventer is placed in a similar fashion as seen in FIG. 1. When a male urinates the Peeventer blocks the urine from going out the back of the toilet, thus eliminating the urine from being misplaced onto the bathroom floor. The Peeventer can generally be described as a urine shield.

The Peeventer will be described herein by different regions and/or parts therof. The Peeventer is comprised of a left edge 100, a right edge 101, a bottom edge 102 and a top edge 103.

The Peeventer in a preferred embodiment is made of a flexible, thin, waterproof vinyl. There are many reasons why vinyl is an expedient material to comprise a preferred embodiment of the present invention. First vinyl is very pliable when cut into the shape of the Peeventer. This is important because the present invention calls for the user to bend the Peeventer in such a way to fit into the rim of the toilet bowl. One advantage is that the present invention will fit into almost any toilet because of the pliability. Also when the Peeventer is not in use it remains on the toilet but is out of the way when the toilet seat is put in the downward position.

Another advantage of the vinyl as it relates to the present invention is that it is sanitary and can withstand harsh chemical. A user can disinfect and spray the Peeventer to remove residual urine.

Yet another advantage of the vinyl as it relates to the present invention is that the vinyl is easily sewn. The Peeventer is cut out in one piece of vinyl, a wire frame is attached, as illustrated in FIG. 2, it is folded in half and sewn together with water resistant thread. Any other material would not be as easy to sew.

Turning now to the present invention, top edge 103 has a hook and loop fastener 104 FIG. 4., this hook and loop fastener 104 facilitates the affixation of the Peeventer to the toilet seat as illustrated in FIG. 1.

It should be pointed out that as illustrated in FIG. 2., showing the construction of the Peeventer, the vinyl piece with the left edge 100, right edge 101, and top edge 103 is one piece. A wire frame 105, is constructed and affixed with sticky tape and then the vinyl piece is folded and sewn together with waterproof thread.

It will be apparent to the skilled artisan that there are numerous changes that may be made in the embodiments described without departing from the scope of the invention. As such, the invention taught herein by specific examples is limited only by the scope of the claims that follow.

Claims

1. A Peeventer for use with toilets comprising a curved vinyl shield, the shield consisting of a front side and a rear side, two ends and inside a wire frame to make Peeventer flexible. The front side faces the user, the two ends are bent to fit inside the rim of the toilet bowl, the rear side is attached to the toilet seat between the hinges with a hook and loop fastener. The Peeventer being attached to the bottom of the toilet seat and pops up and takes operational position when the seat is lifted and is facing the user, urine is prevented from going out of the back of the toilet and onto the floor.

2. The Peeventer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Peeventer is made of vinyl.

3. The Peeventer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attachment of the Peeventer to toilet seat is effected by a hook and loop fastener being fastened to the rear side of the Peeventer and the other part of the hook and loop fastener being placed with the adhesive side of the hook and loop fastener between the hinges on the bottom of the toilet seat.

4. The Peeventer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook and loop fastener includes one self-adhesive strip.

5. The Peeventer as claimed in claim 1, wherein flexibility of the Peeventer is effected by an interior wire frame.