Urine-splatter preventing inverted flush able funnels and their storage box

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Description

The application claims the benefits of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/544,913 filed 20 Aug. 2009, PCT Application No. PCT/US2010/22008 filed 25 Jan. 2010, and U.S. application Ser. No. 13/368,208 filed 7 Feb. 2012.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the inverted flushable funnel having flaps at top open end to be held by human hands, when urinating in a commode from standing position;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a stack of the flushable funnels;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the storage box with opened cap;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a stack of flush able funnels placed in the storage box; and,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the storage box hanged on water tank of the commode.

The broken lines depicting a commode in FIG. 5 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

I claim the ornamental design for urine-splatters preventing inverted flush able funnels and their storage box, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D687935
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 21, 2012
Date of Patent: Aug 13, 2013
Inventor: Mahendra Nagindas Mehta (Fort Worth, TX)
Primary Examiner: Robert Delehanty
Application Number: 29/416,350
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Deflector (22) (D23/310)