U.S. patent application number 10/607853 was filed with the patent office on 2004-12-30 for potty kit.
This patent application is currently assigned to Spurei'Etz Tza'Atzua Ltd.. Invention is credited to Amir, Gidi, Elazar, Meir.
Application Number | 20040261166 10/607853 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 33540402 |
Filed Date | 2004-12-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040261166 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Amir, Gidi ; et al. |
December 30, 2004 |
Potty kit
Abstract
The present invention relates to a kit comprising materials
suitable for constructing and/or decorating a potty by a child.
Accordingly, the child may build a potty with this kit, decorate
it, and be amused by other elements of said kit. Thus the child may
develop an emotional connection to said potty, and as a result the
antagonism of the infant toward said potty may be lowered.
Inventors: |
Amir, Gidi; (Jerusalem,
IL) ; Elazar, Meir; (Herzliya, IL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BRUCE E. LILLING
LILLING & LILLING P.C.
P.O. BOX 560
GOLDEN BRIDGE
NY
10526
US
|
Assignee: |
Spurei'Etz Tza'Atzua Ltd.
Herzliya
IL
|
Family ID: |
33540402 |
Appl. No.: |
10/607853 |
Filed: |
June 27, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
4/484 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47K 11/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
004/484 |
International
Class: |
A47K 011/06 |
Claims
1. A kit for constructing a potty comprising: a) a biowaste
collecting container; b) a potty seat; said biowaste collecting
container and potty seat being suitable to be assembled by a 2 to 6
year old child, to form a potty.
2. A kit according to claim 1 further comprising a children's book
comprising a children's story which encourages a child to use a
potty.
3. A kit for constructing a potty by way of amusement, comprising a
plurality of construction parts suitable to be constructed by a 2
to 6 year old child.
4. A kit for decorating a potty comprising a potty and decorations
suitable to be applied to said potty.
5. A kit according to claim 4 in which said potty or a part thereof
is of the texture of an erasable blackboard.
6. A kit according to claim 4 in which said decorations are
stickers selected from the group of decorative stickers, amusement
stickers and stickers with illustrations of popular children
entities, said stickers being suitable to be applied by a 2 to 6
year old child.
7. A kit according to claim 4 further comprising a children's book
comprising a children's story which encourages the use of a
potty.
8. A kit according to claim 4 in which said biowaste collecting
container is selected from the group of bowl and disposable
container.
9. A kit according to claim 1 further comprising decorations
suitable to be applied to the potty.
10. a kit according to claim 2 further comprising decorations
suitable to be applied to the potty.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] According to Freudianism, babyhood of 1-24 months old
infants is the important stage for basic formation of character,
and most of 2-6-year old infants can relieve themselves in a given
place and in the correct body position through several
toilet-training and trials and errors. If motivation is provided to
children in this babyhood to show their intention to evacuate, they
can easily go to stool by themselves. This toilet training helps
children with becoming well rounded.
[0002] Babyhood is a very important stage of the life of human
being because the babyhood is the stage for basic formation of
emotion, custom and character. It is preferred to let the infants
naturally acquaint themselves with interest with the correct
emotion as well as with the correct custom.
[0003] It is known that the introduction of an infant to a potty
may be a traumatic experience to said infant. Therefore, a need for
a potty which will create no antagonism or relatively little
antagonism towards the infant remains.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] According to one aspect, the present invention relates to a
kit comprising materials suitable for constructing and/or
decorating a potty by a child.
[0005] According to another aspect, the present invention relates
to a potty prepared by such a kit.
[0006] According to another aspect, the present invention relates
to a kit for constructing a potty comprising:
[0007] a) a biowaste collecting container;
[0008] b) a potty seat; said biowaste collecting container and
potty seat being suitable to be assembled by a 2 to 6 year old
child, to form a potty.
[0009] Preferably, the kit further comprising a children's book
comprising a children's story which encourages a child to use a
potty.
[0010] According to another aspect, the present invention relates
to a kit for constructing a potty by way of amusement, comprising a
plurality of construction parts suitable to be constructed by a 2
to 6 year old child.
[0011] According to another aspect, the present invention relates
to a kit for decorating a potty comprising a potty and decorations
suitable to be applied to said potty.
[0012] Preferably, said potty or a part thereof is of the texture
of an erasable blackboard.
[0013] Preferably, said decorations are stickers selected from the
group of decorative stickers, amusement stickers and stickers with
illustrations of popular children entities, said stickers being
suitable to be applied by a 2 to 6 year old child.
[0014] Preferably, the kit further comprising a children's book
comprising a children's story which encourages the use of a
potty.
[0015] Preferably said biowaste collecting container is selected
from the group of bowl and disposable container.
[0016] According to another aspect, the present invention relates
to a kit for constructing a potty and decorating a potty.
[0017] The advantage of the potty prepared according to the present
invention is that it has been found that a child that builds and/or
decorates a potty by himself, develops an emotional connection to
said potty, and as a result the antagonism of the infant toward
said potty is lowered.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0018] The kit of the present invention can be comprised of a wide
variety of means of building and/or decorating a potty. The level
of difficulty in building the potty may also vary and can be
matched to the skills of the child to be building. In the event
that the skills of the child are not sufficient for building the
potty he may use the help of an older child such as a sibling or an
adult such as a parent.
[0019] The kit of the present invention may comprise, by way of
example, six square boards, one of which comprises a hole. Said six
boards are easily attached together as can be seen in the drawings,
to form a cube having a hole on one of its sides. Said side being
suitable to be the seat of the potty. However the shape and form of
the components for building the potty and of the potty itself may
vary in a wide scope of embodiments and variations.
[0020] By further way of example, the kit of the present invention
may comprise Lego.RTM. blocks or any other type of construction
blocks or materials. The amount of blocks and their shape being
suitable for forming a potty. If needed, the kit may further
comprise an illustration and/or instructions to assist the builder
of the potty.
[0021] The potty built according to the present invention may be
designed in such a way that it is suitable for the child to
decorate it.
[0022] According to one embodiment the outside walls of the potty
may be of the texture of an erasable blackboard. According to this
embodiment, the child may decorate the potty with suitable markers
or chalk and later easily erase said board and decorate the potty
again.
[0023] According to another embodiment the kit of the present
invention may comprise stickers suitable to be stuck on the potty,
said stickers having drawings of popular children entities such as
Winnie the Pooh.COPYRGT., Kermit the Frog.COPYRGT., or beauty and
the beast.COPYRGT., the Jungle Book.COPYRGT., According to another
embodiment said figures may be in the form of a coloring book and
the child can color these figures.
[0024] According to another embodiment, the potty built according
to the present invention may be easily dismantled. Thus the child
may enjoy the experience of building his own potty numerous
times.
[0025] As understood from the description above, the potty built
according to the present invention may interest the child more than
a typical potty, and may looked upon as a type of a toy.
[0026] It is important for the potty to be clean at all times. In
order to achieve this goal the potty built according to the present
invention preferably employs a disposable container for collecting
the biowaste.
[0027] A potty comprising a disposable container is described inter
alia in the following publications, all of which are incorporated
by reference: U.S. Pat. No. 6,115,855,
[0028] According to a preferred embodiment the disposable container
used in the present invention comprises means to treat the
uncomfortable odor of the biowaste. Such means may be any one or
more of absorbing agents, degrading agents, and/or air purifiers.
Such absorbing agents, degrading agents, and/or air purifiers.are
well known to one with average skills in the art. Typical, but not
limitative kinds of such materials are described, inter alia, in
U.S. Pat. No. 5,352,444, and 5,589,164.
[0029] According to another embodiment the present invention
relates to a kit comprising a potty and one or more of absorbing
agents, degrading agents, and/or air purifiers.
[0030] According to another embodiment, the kit of the present
invention further comprises a children's book comprising contents
in favor of the use of a potty. Such contents may be, as an
example, a story of a child who uses a potty and is satisfied.
[0031] The present invention further relates to a biowaste
collector such as a diaper or a potty which employs means for
treating the biowaste. Such means may be any one or more of
absorbing agents, smell neutralizers, degrading agents, as
described hereinabove.
[0032] While particular embodiments of the invention have been
described in detail, further embodiments of the invention which
comprise any combination of a first and additional device are
within the scope of the present invention.
[0033] While embodiments of the invention have been described by
way of description, it will be apparent that the invention may be
carried out with many modifications, variations and adaptations,
without departing from its spirit or exceeding the scope of the
claims.
[0034] It should be understood that some modification, alteration
and substitution is anticipated and expected from those skilled in
the art without departing from the teachings of the invention.
Accordingly, it is appropriate that the following claims be
construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope and
spirit of the invention.
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