U.S. patent application number 12/109660 was filed with the patent office on 2008-10-30 for child training potty.
Invention is credited to Andrew W. Marsden.
Application Number | 20080263756 12/109660 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39885252 |
Filed Date | 2008-10-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080263756 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Marsden; Andrew W. |
October 30, 2008 |
CHILD TRAINING POTTY
Abstract
A child potty includes a waste collector and a seat adapted to
rest on the waste collector. The child potty can be placed in an
aperture formed in a base when a lid mounted for movement on the
base is opened.
Inventors: |
Marsden; Andrew W.;
(Hingham, MA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
11 SOUTH MERIDIAN
INDIANAPOLIS
IN
46204
US
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Family ID: |
39885252 |
Appl. No.: |
12/109660 |
Filed: |
April 25, 2008 |
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Application
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60914251 |
Apr 26, 2007 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
4/239 ;
4/483 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47K 11/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
4/239 ;
4/483 |
International
Class: |
A47K 11/02 20060101
A47K011/02; A47K 17/00 20060101 A47K017/00 |
Claims
1. A juvenile potty system comprises a mobile child potty and a
footstool configured to include a frame and a step coupled to the
frame to lie in an elevated position above ground underlying the
frame, wherein the frame is defined by a base formed to include a
potty-receiving aperture, the step is defined by a lid mounted for
movement on the base between a closed position covering the
potty-receiving aperture and an opened position exposing the
potty-receiving aperture, the mobile child potty is adapted to mate
with the base and extend into the potty-receiving aperture in a
first mode of use when the lid has been moved to assume the opened
position and is adapted to mate with an adult toilet in a second
mode of use when the lid has been moved to assume the closed
position, and the footstool is adapted to lie in front of an adult
toilet carrying the mobile child potty in the second mode of use
when the lid has been moved to assume the closed position to
provide step means for helping a young child climb onto the mobile
child potty after it has been placed on the adult toilet adjacent
to the footstool.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile child potty comprises
a waste collector and support mounts coupled to the waste collector
and arranged to extend into mount receivers formed in the base.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the base includes a top wall and
a side wall arranged to extend downwardly from the top wall and the
top wall is formed to include the potty-receiving aperture and the
mount receivers.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the lid is arranged to cover the
mount receivers formed in the base upon movement of the lid to
assume the closed position.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the waste collector includes a
waste-collection bowl and an underlying bowl support arranged to
mate with the waste-collection bowl and the support mounts are
coupled to the bowl support and arranged to extend away from the
waste-collection bowl.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile child potty comprises
a waste-collection bowl and a bowl support, the bowl support
includes a bowl receiver formed to include a bowl-receiving
aperture and adapted to mate with one of the base of the footstool
and the adult toilet, and the waste-collection bowl extends into
the bowl-receiving aperture and mates with the bowl support.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile child potty further
includes a reversible seat arranged to lie on the waste-collection
bowl, the reversible seat includes a seat pad and a urine deflector
coupled to the seat pad and arranged to extend in a direction away
from the seat pad, the reversible seat is movable relative to the
bowl support to assume a first position on the waste-collection
bowl in a male-child orientation to cause the urine deflector to
extend upwardly away from the underlying waste-collection bowl and
to assume a second position on the waste-collection bowl in a
female-child orientation to cause the urine deflector to extend
into an interior region of the waste-collection bowl.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein the bowl support further includes
a grip handle coupled to the bowl receiver and arranged to extend
away from the bowl-receiving aperture.
9. The system of claim 6, wherein the bowl receiver is also formed
to include a cutout channel communicating with the bowl-receiving
aperture, the waste-collection bowl includes a cup arranged to
extend into the cutout channel when waste-collection bowl is placed
into bowl support to orient the waste-collection bowl in a
predetermined orientation relative to the bowl support.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the bowl receiver includes an
outer rim and an annular plate coupled to the outer rim and formed
to include the bowl-receiving aperture and the cutout channel.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the base includes a top wall
formed to include the potty-receiving aperture and a notch opening
into the potty-receiving aperture and the cup is arranged to extend
into the notch when the mobile child potty is arranged in the first
mode of use to mate with the base and extend into the potty
receiving aperture to orient the mobile-child potty in a
predetermined orientation relative to the base of the
footstool.
12. A child potty comprising a waste collector including a
waste-collection bowl including a seat receiver and a waste
receptacle coupled to the seat receiver and a reversible seat
arranged to mate with the seat receiver and adapted to support a
child seated on the reversible seat in communication with an
interior region formed in the waste receptacle, wherein the
reversible seat includes a seat pad and a urine deflector coupled
to the seat pad and arranged to extend in a direction away from the
seat pad, the reversible seat is movable relative to the bowl
support to assume a first position on the waste-collection bowl in
a male-child orientation to cause the urine deflector to extend
upwardly away from the underlying waste-collection bowl and to
assume a second position on the waste-collection bowl in a
female-child orientation to cause the urine deflector to extend
into an interior region of the waste-collection bowl.
13. The child potty of claim 12, wherein the seat pad is formed to
include an inner edge defining a central aperture opening into the
interior region formed in the waste receptacle and the urine
deflector is arranged to lie along the inner edge to define a
urine-conducting passageway communication with the central aperture
formed in the seat pad and the interior region formed in the waste
receptacle.
14. The child potty of claim 12, wherein the seat pad includes a
male-seating surface on a first side thereof and a female-seating
surface on an opposite second side thereof, the urine deflector is
arranged to extend outwardly away from the female-seating surface,
the urine deflector is oriented to extend away from the waste
receptacle when the reversible seat is mated with the seat receiver
to cause the female-seating surface to engage the waste-collection
bowl, and the urine deflector is oriented to extend into the
interior region of the waste receptacle when the reversible seat is
mated with the seat receiver to cause the male-seating surface to
engage the waste-collection bowl.
15. The child potty of claim 14, wherein the urine deflector is
formed to include a concave interior surface facing toward the
interior region of the waste receptacle when the female-seating
surface of the seat pad engages the waste-collection bowl.
16. The child potty of claim 15, wherein the waste-collection bowl
is formed to include a concave interior surface arranged to lie
alongside and in registry with the concave interior surface of the
urine deflector to define channel means for directing urine
produced by a male child seated on the male-seating surface along a
path into the interior region of the waste receptacle when the
reversible seat is mated with the seat receiver to cause the
female-seating surface to engage the waste-collection bowl.
17. The child potty of claim 15, wherein the waste-collection bowl
is formed to include a concave interior surface configured to
define a deflector-receiving space opening into the interior region
of the waste receptacle and the urine deflector is arranged to
extend into the deflector-receiving space when the reversible seat
is mated with the seat receiver to cause the male-seating surface
to engage the waste-collection bowl.
18. The child potty of claim 17, wherein the urine deflector is
also formed to include a convex exterior surface, the convex
exterior surface of the urine deflector is arranged to extend into
the deflector-receiving space and lie in closely confronting
relation to the concave interior surface formed in the
waste-collection bowl when the reversible seat is mated with the
seat receiver to cause the male-seating surface to engage the
waste-collection bowl, and the concave interior surface of the
urine deflector is configured to define channel means for directing
urine produced by a female child seated on the female-seating
surface along a path into the interior region formed in the waste
receptacle when the reversible seat is mated with the seat receiver
to cause the male-seating surface to engage the waste-collection
bowl.
19. The child potty of claim 15, wherein the concave interior
surface of the urine deflector is configured to define channel
means for directing urine produced by a female child seated on the
female-seating surface along a path into the interior region formed
in the waste receptacle when the reversible seat is mated with the
seat receiver to cause the male-seating surface to engage the
waste-collection bowl.
20. A child-potty comprising a ring-shaped reversible seat, a
waste-collection bowl under the ring-shaped reversible seat, and a
bowl support under the waste-collection bowl, wherein the
waste-collection bowl mates with the bowl support to establish a
waste collector arranged to carry the ring-shaped reversible seat.
Description
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.
119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/914,251, filed
Apr. 26, 2007, which is expressly incorporated by reference
herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates to juvenile potty system. In
particular, the present disclosure relates to a child training
potty adaptable for use with a male or female child.
SUMMARY
[0003] A juvenile potty system in accordance with the present
disclosure includes a mobile child potty and a footstool. The
footstool includes a base configured to receive the mobile child
potty and a lid mounted on the base for movement between a closed
position and an opened position.
[0004] In illustrative embodiments, the mobile child potty is
configured to be mounted either on the footstool base or on the
seat of an adult toilet. The mobile child potty includes a
reversible seat that may be positioned on the footstool base or the
adult toilet seat either in a male-child orientation or in a
female-child orientation.
[0005] In an illustrative embodiment, the mobile child potty
includes the reversible seat and a waste collector comprising a
waste-collection bowl and an underlying bowl support. The
reversible seat includes a male-seating surface providing an
upwardly extending urine deflector on a first side and a
female-seating surface opposite the male-seating surface. The
reversible seat nests in a seat receiver arranged to surround a
waste receptacle provided in the waste-collection bowl. The
waste-collection bowl in turn nests in a bowl receiver provided in
the bowl support. The bowl support is adapted to mate either with
the base of the footstool or with a seat included in an adult
toilet in illustrative embodiments.
[0006] Additional features of the present disclosure will become
apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of
illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out
the disclosure as presently perceived.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] The detailed description particularly refers to the
accompanying figures in which:
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a juvenile potty system in
accordance with the present disclosure including a mobile child
potty and a footstool including a base formed to mate with the
mobile child potty to support the potty in a use position as shown,
for example, in FIGS. 4 and 5 and a lid mounted on the base for
movement between an opened position shown in FIG. 1 and a closed
position shown in FIG. 2;
[0009] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the juvenile potty system of
FIG. 1 showing that the mobile child potty is adapted to be placed
on a seat of an adult toilet and that the footstool can be placed
alongside a front portion of the adult toilet (once the lid has
been moved relative to the base to assume the closed position) to
locate an elevated step surface provided on a top wall of the lid
near the adult toilet to provide means for helping a young child
climb up onto the mobile child potty after it has been placed on
the seat of the adult toilet;
[0010] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective assembly view of the
juvenile potty system of FIG. 1 showing, in series, from top to
bottom, the lid of the footstool, the mobile child potty comprising
a ring-shaped reversible seat, a waste-collection bowl under the
seat, a bowl support under the bowl, and four support mounts
located under the bowl support and adapted to mate with mount
receivers formed in the base, and the base of the footstool;
[0011] FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a juvenile potty
system in accordance with the present disclosure showing the
reversible seat in a male-child orientation while the mobile child
potty is mounted on a base included in a footstool;
[0012] FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the juvenile potty
system of FIG. 4, with a portion of the lid broken away, showing
cooperation of a curved concave interior surface of a urine
deflector included in the reversible seat with an underlying
adjacent curved concave interior surface of the waste-collection
bowl to define channel means for directing urine produced by a male
child seated on an upwardly facing male-seating surface into a
lowermost region formed in the waste-collection bowl;
[0013] FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the ring-shaped
reversible seat and the waste-collection bowl of FIG. 3 showing
that the reversible seat is oriented to lie in a male-child
orientation to cause a urine deflector coupled to an annular seat
pad included in the reversible seat to extend upwardly away from
the underlying waste-collection bowl and showing that the
waste-collection bowl includes an annular seat receiver and a waste
receptacle coupled to the underside of the annular seat receiver to
provide the waste-collection bowl with the appearance of an
inverted bowler hat;
[0014] FIGS. 7 and 8 are additional perspective views of the
waste-collection bowl of FIG. 6;
[0015] FIG. 9 is a perspective view suggesting downward movement of
a reversible seat arranged to lie in a male-child orientation into
the upwardly opening annular seat receiver formed in the
waste-collection bowl to establish a mobile child potty configured
to be used by a male child in a first mode as suggested in FIG. 1
and in a second mode as suggested in FIG. 2 and also suggesting
that the reversible seat could be inverted to assume a female-child
orientation to cause the urine deflector to extend downwardly
toward the waste receptacle of the waste-collection bowl to
establish an alternative mobile child potty configured to be used
by a female child as suggested in FIG. 11;
[0016] FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 10-10
of FIG. 9 showing placement of a female-seating surface included on
one side of the reversible seat on an upwardly facing seat-support
floor included in the upwardly opening annular seat receiver
included in the waste-collection bowl to cause a male-seating
surface included on an opposite side of the reversible seat to face
upwardly away from the waste-collection bowl and to cause the urine
deflector to extend upwardly away from the waste-collection bowl;
and
[0017] FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 11-11
of FIG. 9 showing placement of the male-seating surface provided on
the reversible seat on the upwardly facing seat-support floor
included in the upwardly opening annular seat receiver included in
the waste-collection bowl and to cause the urine deflector to
extend downwardly toward and into the waste receptacle included in
the waste-collection bowl.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] A mobile child potty 12 in accordance with the present
disclosure is configured to be placed on a base 18 of a companion
footstool 14 as shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5 or on an adult toilet 26
as suggested in FIG. 2. A reversible seat 28 included in mobile
child potty 12 can be positioned in a male-child orientation as
shown in FIGS. 1-6 and 10 and inverted at the option of a caregiver
to assume a female-child orientation as shown in FIGS. 9 and
11.
[0019] A juvenile potty system 10 includes a mobile child potty 12
and a separate footstool 14 shown, for example, in FIGS. 1 and 2.
In a first mode of use suggested in FIG. 1, mobile child potty 12
is mounted in an aperture 16 formed in a base 18 of footstool 14
after a lid 20 has been moved to assume an opened position. In a
second mode of use suggested in FIG. 2, mobile child potty 12 has
been separated from footstool 14 and is mounted in an interior
region 22 provided in a bowl 24 of an adult toilet 26 and footstool
14 is placed in front of adult toilet 26. Child potty 12 is also
suitable for use in another piece of furniture that includes a base
and perhaps a lid but does not function as a footstool.
[0020] Mobile child potty 12 includes a reversible seat 28 and a
waste collector 30 located under reversible seat 28 as shown in
FIGS. 1 and 6. Reversible seat 28 includes a urine deflector 32 as
shown in FIGS. 6 and 9. In a first mode of use suggested in FIGS.
4, 5, and 10, reversible seat 28 is arranged to assume a male-child
orientation on the underlying waste collector 30 to cause urine
deflector 32 to extend upwardly in outer direction 33 away from
waste collector 30. In a second mode of use, reversible seat 28 is
inverted as suggested in FIG. 9 and arranged to assume a
female-child orientation on waste collector 30 as suggested in FIG.
11. In this female-child orientation, urine deflector 32 is
arranged to extend downwardly in inner direction 34 into an
interior region 36 formed in waste collector 30 as suggested in
FIG. 11.
[0021] As suggested in FIG. 3, mobile child potty 12 includes a
reversible seat 28, a waste-collection bowl 38 under reversible
seat 28, a bowl support 40 under waste-collection bowl 38, and four
support mounts 41, 42, 43, and 44 located under bowl support 40.
Waste-collection bowl 38 and bowl support 40 cooperate to define
waste collector 30. In an illustrative embodiment, support mounts
41-44 are configured to mate with bowl support 40 and are adapted
to mate with mount receivers 51-54 formed in base 18 of footstool
14 to provide means for retaining bowl support 40 in a stationary
position on the underlying base 18 as suggested in FIG. 3.
[0022] Reversible seat 28 includes a seat pad 31 and a urine
deflector 32 coupled to seat pad 31 as shown, for example, in FIGS.
3, 6, and 9-11. Seat pad 31 includes a male-seating surface 35 on a
first side thereof and a female-seating surface 37 on an opposite
second side thereof as suggested in FIGS. 9-11. Seat pad 31 is
ring-shaped and formed to include an inner edge 129 defining a
central aperture 129 in an illustrative embodiment. It is within
the scope of this disclosure to provide seat pad 31 with a
discontinuous split-ring shape. In an illustrative embodiment
reversible seat 28 is a monolithic component made of a compressible
and elastic plastics material as suggested in FIGS. 10 and 11.
[0023] Urine deflector 32 is arranged to extend outwardly in
direction 33 away from female-seating surface 37 as suggested in
FIG. 10. Urine deflector 32 is somewhat cup-shaped and has a
concave interior surface 32i and a convex exterior surface 32e as
suggested in FIGS. 4, 5, and 10. In an illustrative embodiment,
urine deflector 32 is shaped to resemble a band shell associated
with a stage at a performing arts venue as suggested in FIG. 5.
Urine deflector 32 is arranged to lie along inner edge 29 to define
a urine-conducting passageway communicating with central aperture
129 formed in seat pad 31 and an interior region 64 formed in
waste-collection bowl 38.
[0024] Waste-collection bowl 38 includes an annular seat receiver
46 and a waste receptacle 48 coupled to annular seat receiver 46 as
suggested in FIGS. 3 and 6-8. Waste-collection bowl 38 is shaped to
resemble an inverted brimmed bowler hat in an illustrative
embodiment as suggested in FIGS. 7 and 8.
[0025] In an illustrative embodiment, annular seat receiver 46
includes an outer rim 50 and an annular plate 56 as suggested in
FIGS. 3 and 6-8. Annular plate 56 has an outer perimeter edge 60
appended to outer rim 50 and an inner perimeter edge 50 appended to
waste receptacle 48 as suggested in FIGS. 7 and 8. Annular plate 56
includes an upwardly facing seat-support floor 63 as shown, for
example, in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7. Annular seat receiver 46 also
includes first and second retainer flanges 61, 62 appended to an
upper portion of outer rim 50 as suggested in FIGS. 3-6 to provide
means for mating with outer rim 50 of annular seat receiver 46 to
retain waste-collection bowl 38 in a mounted position on the
underlying bowl support 40.
[0026] Waste receptacle 48 is formed to include an interior region
64 in which waste generated by children sitting on seat 28 is
collected. Inner perimeter edge 58 of annular plate 56 is formed to
include an aperture opening into interior region 64 of waste
receptacle 48 as shown in FIG. 7. Waste receptacle 48 is also
formed to include a cup 65 having a concave interior surface 65i as
shown, for example, in FIGS. 5, 6, 9, and 10 and a convex exterior
surface 65e as shown, for example, in FIGS. 8, 9, and 11.
[0027] Bowl support 40 includes an outer rim 68, an annular plate
70 appended to a lower edge of outer rim 68, and first and second
grip handles 71, 72 coupled to outer rim 68 as shown, for example,
in FIGS. 1-3. Grip handles 71, 72 cooperate to provide means for
enabling a caregiver to grip and hold waste-collection bowl 38
easily during movement of waste-collection bowl 38 relative to
footstool 14 or adult toilet 26 or some other suitable
bowl-carrying furniture. Annular plate 70 is formed to include a
bowl-receiving aperture 73 and a cutout channel 74 configured to
open into and communicate with bowl-receiving aperture 73 as shown
in FIG. 3. Cutout channel 74 is sized to receive cup 65 of waste
receptacle 48 therein whenever waste-collection bowl 38 is placed
into bowl support 40 so as to orient waste-collection bowl 38 in a
predetermined orientation relative to bowl support 40 as suggested
in FIGS. 3, 10, and 11.
[0028] Waste-collection bowl 38 can be lowered into bowl-receiving
aperture 73 formed in underlying bowl support 40 to cause outwardly
protruding cup 65 in waste-collection bowl 38 to fit into cutout
channel 74 formed in bowl support 40 as suggested in FIG. 3 to
establish waste collector 30 shown, for example, in FIGS. 1, 2, and
9. Proper angular orientation of waste-collection bowl 38 about a
vertical axis 39 (see FIG. 3) relative to bowl support 40 is
established by placement of cup 65 in cutout channel 74 as
suggested in FIGS. 3 and 9. Support mounts 41-44 can be coupled to
an underside of bowl support 40 in any suitable manner as suggested
in FIGS. 3 and 9.
[0029] Use of mobile child potty 12 when reversible seat 28 is
oriented on waste collector 30 to assume a male-child orientation
is shown, for example, in FIGS. 5, 6, and 10. The curved concave
interior surface 32i of urine deflector 32 lies alongside and in
registry with the underlying adjacent curved concave interior
surface 65i of cup 65 in waste receptacle 48 to define channel
means for directing urine produced by a male child (not shown)
seated on male-seating surface 35 along a path 100 into interior
region 64 formed in waste receptacle 48 as suggested in FIGS. 5 and
10.
[0030] Use of mobile child potty 12 when reversible seat 28 is
oriented on waste collector 30 to assume a female-child orientation
is suggested, for example, in FIGS. 9 and 11. The curved concave
interior surface 32i of urine deflector 32 lies in (or at least
partly in) interior region 64 formed in waste receptacle 48 to
define channel means for directing urine produced by a female child
(not shown) seated on female-seating surface 37 along a path 102
into interior region 64 as suggested in FIGS. 9 and 11.
[0031] Use of mobile child potty 12 in a first mode to suit the
needs of a younger child in an early potty-training stage is
suggested in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5. In this first mode, mobile child
potty 12 is placed in aperture 16 formed in base 18 of footstool 14
when footstool lid 20 is retained in an opened position. In an
illustrative embodiment, base 18 is formed to include mount
receivers 51-54 sized and located to receive support mounts 41-41
coupled to bowl support 40 to anchor waste collector 30 on
footstool base 18. Lid 20 is formed to include a first handle
receiver 171 sized to receive first grip handle 71 therein when lid
20 is closed and a second handle receiver 172 sized to receive
second grip handle 172 therein when lid 20 is closed.
[0032] Use of mobile child potty 12 in a second mode to suit the
needs of an older child in a later potty-training stage is
suggested in FIG. 2. In this second mode, mobile child potty 12 is
placed on a seat 23 of an adult toilet 26 and arranged to extend
into an interior region 22 provided in bowl 24 of adult toilet 26
as suggested in FIG. 2. In addition, footstool 14 (with lid 20
closed) is placed alongside a front portion of adult toilet 26 as
shown in FIG. 2 to provide step means for helping an older child
climb up onto mobile child potty 12 after potty 12 has been placed
by a caregiver on seat 23 of adult toilet 26.
[0033] Juvenile potty system 10 includes a mobile child potty 12
and a footstool 14 as suggested in FIGS. 1-5. Footstool 14 is
configured to include a frame 18 and a step 20 coupled to frame 18
to lie in an elevated position above ground 17 underlying frame 18.
Frame 18 is defined by a base formed to include a potty-receiving
aperture 16. Step 20 is defined by a lid mounted for movement on
base 18 between a closed position covering potty-receiving aperture
16 as shown in FIG. 2 and an opened position exposing
potty-receiving aperture 16 as shown in FIG. 1.
[0034] Mobile child potty 12 is adapted to mate with base 18 and
extend into the potty-receiving aperture 16 in a first mode of use
when lid 20 has been moved to assume the opened position as
suggested in FIG. 1. Mobile child potty 12 is adapted to mate with
an adult toilet 26 in a second mode of use when lid 20 has been
moved to assume the closed position as suggested in FIG. 2.
Footstool 14 is adapted to lie in front of an adult toilet 26
carrying mobile child potty 12 in the second mode of use when lid
20 has been moved to assume the closed position to provide step
means for helping a young child climb onto mobile child potty 12
after it has been placed on adult toilet 26 adjacent to footstool
14 as suggested in FIG. 2.
[0035] Mobile child potty 12 comprises a waste collector 30 and
support mounts 41-44 coupled to waste collector 30 and arranged to
extend into mount receivers 51-54 formed in base 18. Base 18
includes a top wall 80 and a side wall 82 arranged to extend
downwardly from top wall 80 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 1 and
3. Top wall 80 is formed to include potty-receiving aperture 16 and
mount receivers 41-44. Lid 20 is arranged to cover mount receivers
41-44 formed in base 18 upon movement of lid 20 to assume the
closed position.
[0036] Waste collector 30 includes a waste-collection bowl 38 and
an underlying bowl support 40 arranged to mate with
waste-collection bowl 38. Support mounts 41-44 are coupled to bowl
support 40 and arranged to extend away from waste-collection bowl
38. Bowl support 40 includes a bowl receiver 41 formed to include a
bowl-receiving aperture 73 and adapted to mate with one of base 18
of the footstool 14 and adult toilet 26. Waste-collection bowl 38
extends into bowl-receiving aperture 73 and mates with the bowl
support 40 as suggested in FIGS. 3, 10, and 11.
[0037] Mobile child potty 12 further includes a reversible seat 28
arranged to lie on waste-collection bowl 38 as suggested in FIGS.
1, 2, and 9. Reversible seat 28 includes a seat pad 31 and a urine
deflector 32 coupled to seat pad 31 and arranged to extend in a
direction away from seat pad 31. Reversible seat 28 is movable
relative to bowl support 40 to assume a first position on
waste-collection bowl 38 in a male-child orientation to cause urine
deflector 32 to extend upwardly away from underlying
waste-collection bowl 38 and to assume a second position on
waste-collection bowl 38 in a female-child orientation to cause
urine deflector 32 to extend into an interior region 64 of
waste-collection bowl 38. Bowl support 40 further includes a grip
handle 71 or 72 coupled to bowl receiver 41 and arranged to extend
away from bowl-receiving aperture 64 as suggested in FIG. 3.
[0038] Bowl receiver 41 is also formed to include a cutout channel
74 communicating with bowl-receiving aperture 73 as suggested in
FIG. 3. Waste-collection bowl 38 includes a cup 65 arranged to
extend into cutout channel 74 when waste-collection bowl 38 is
placed into bowl support 40 to orient waste-collection bowl 38 in a
predetermined orientation relative to bowl support 40 as suggested
in FIG. 3.
[0039] Bowl receiver 41 includes an outer rim 68 and an annular
plate 70 coupled to outer rim 68 and formed to include
bowl-receiving aperture 73 and the cutout channel 74. Base 18
includes a top wall 80 formed to include potty-receiving aperture
16 and a notch 81 opening into potty-receiving aperture 16 as shown
in FIG. 3. Cup 65 is arranged to extend into notch 81 when mobile
child potty 12 is arranged in the first mode of use to mate with
base 18 and extend into potty-receiving aperture 16 to orient
mobile-child potty 12 in a predetermined orientation relative to
base 18 of footstool 14.
[0040] Child potty 12 includes a waste collector 30 and a
reversible seat 28 as suggested in FIGS. 3 and 9. Waste collector
30 including a waste-collection bowl 38 including a seat receiver
46 and a waste receptacle 48 coupled to seat receiver 46.
Reversible seat 28 is arranged to mate with seat receiver 46 and
adapted to support a child seated on reversible seat 46 in
communication with an interior region 64 formed in waste receptacle
48.
[0041] Reversible seat 28 includes a seat pad 31 and a urine
deflector 32 coupled to seat pad 31 and arranged to extend in a
direction away from seat pad 31. Reversible seat 28 is movable
relative to bowl support 40 to assume a first position on
waste-collection bowl 38 in a male-child orientation to cause urine
deflector 32 to extend upwardly away from underlying
waste-collection bowl 38. Reversible seat 28 is also movable to
assume a second position on waste-collection bowl 38 in a
female-child orientation to cause urine deflector 32 to extend into
interior region 64 of the waste-collection bowl 38.
[0042] Seat pad 31 is formed to include an inner edge 29 defining a
central aperture 129 opening into interior region 64 formed in
waste receptacle 48 as suggested in FIGS. 1 and 3. Seat pad 31
includes a male-seating surface 35 on a first side thereof and a
female-seating surface 37 on an opposite second side thereof. Urine
deflector 32 is arranged to extend outwardly away from
female-seating surface 37. Urine deflector 32 is oriented to extend
away from waste receptacle 48 when reversible seat 28 is mated with
seat receiver 46 to cause the female-seating surface 37 to engage
waste-collection bowl 38. Urine deflector 32 is oriented to extend
into interior region 64 of waste receptacle 48 when reversible seat
28 is mated with seat receiver 46 to cause male-seating surface 35
to engage waste-collection bowl 38.
[0043] Urine deflector 32 is formed to include a concave interior
surface 32i facing toward interior region 64 of waste receptacle 48
when female-seating surface 37 of seat pad 11 engages
waste-collection bowl 38. Waste-collection bowl 38 is formed to
include a concave interior surface 65i configured to define a
deflector-receiving space opening into interior region 64 of waste
receptacle 48. Urine deflector 32 is arranged to extend into the
deflector-receiving space when reversible seat 28 is mated with
seat receiver 46 to cause male-seating surface 35 to engage
waste-collection bowl 38. Waste-collection bowl 38 is formed to
include a concave interior surface 65i arranged to lie alongside
and in registry with the concave interior surface 32i of urine
deflector 32 to define channel means for directing urine produced
by a male child seated on male-seating surface 35 along a path 100
into interior region 64 of waste receptacle 38 when reversible seat
28 is mated with seat receiver 46 to cause female-seating surface
37 to engage waste-collection bowl 38.
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