IP Library Granted Patent US 8,769,732
Granted Patent B2
US 8,769,732 · App. 12/684,310 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Disposable sanitary waste receptacle

Inventor: Donna K. Mrugala (Milwaukee, WI)
A47K11/06A47K11/04
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Patent No.
US 8,769,732
App. No.
12/684,310
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disposable sanitary waste receptacle includes a water impermeable bag member manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size. Such bag member has an opening at one end thereof and is removably disposable within a waste receiving portion of at least one of a potty chair, a toilet trainer, a bedpan, a commode, and a combination thereof such that such opening is held open for bodily waste to be deposited into such bag member. A securing mechanism is disposed around a perimeter of such opening for securing such bag member to such at least one of such potty chair, such toilet trainer, such bedpan, such commode, and such combination thereof. A disposable sanitary waste receptacle kit is also provided.

Claims (30)

1. A disposable sanitary waste receptacle kit comprising:

a. a plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles releasably connected to each other in series, each disposable sanitary waste receptacle including;

i. a water impermeable bag member manufactured from a stretchable material and having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size, said bag member comprising;

a. an opening at one end thereof and being removably disposable within a waste receiving portion of at least one of a potty chair, a toilet trainer, a bedpan, a commode, such that said opening is held open for bodily waste to be deposited into said bag member;

b. a securing means disposed around a perimeter of said opening for securing said bag member to said at least one of said potty chair, said toilet trainer, said bedpan, and said commode, wherein said perimeter of said bag member is closely adjacent to said opening of said bag member, such that said bag member conforms around an outside edge of said waste receiving portion of said at least one potty chair, said toilet trainer, said bedpan, and said commode; and

c. a pair of handle members closely adjacent to said first end thereof for use in lifting said bag member from said waste receiving portion, wherein said handle members are continuous with said bag member, each handle member being defined by an opening through a wall thickness of said bag member; and

b. a holding and dispensing means engageable with said plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles for holding said plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles and dispensing each individually to a user one at a time as needed, said holding and dispensing means includes:

i. a frame member;

ii. an attachment means for releasably attaching said frame member to a predetermined structure; and

c. at least one bar member releasably attached to said frame member internal to peripheral edges thereof, said at least one bar member being insertable into a hollow center portion of a roll of a predetermined number of disposable sanitary waste receptacles for holding said roll thereon such that said roll is configured to rotate and each of said disposable sanitary waste receptacles removed there from, one at a time, as needed.

2. The disposable sanitary waste receptacle according to claim 1 wherein said each disposable waste receptacle further includes an absorbent member having a second predetermined shape and a second predetermined size disposed within said bag member at a predetermined location for absorbing such bodily waste.

3. The disposable sanitary waste receptacle according to claim 2 wherein said absorbent member is at least one of odor absorbent, deodorizing and a combination thereof.

4. The disposable sanitary waste receptacle according to claim 2 wherein said absorbent member is biodegradable.

5. The disposable sanitary waste receptacle according to claim 1 wherein said securing means is at least one of elastic, a drawstring, and a combination thereof.

6. The disposable sanitary waste receptacle according to claim 5 wherein said bag member further includes a hem formed around said perimeter of said opening.

7. The disposable sanitary waste receptacle according to claim 1 wherein said stretchable material is a plastic.

8. The disposable waste receptacle kit according to claim 1 wherein said attachment means is at least one hook.

9. The disposable waste receptacle kit according to claim 1 wherein said attachment means is at least two hooks.

10. The disposable waste receptacle kit according to claim 1 wherein said holding and dispensing means includes two bar members such that two rolls of disposable sanitary waste receptacles may be supported simultaneously.

11. A disposable sanitary waste receptacle kit comprising a vessel configured to receive a bodily waste and a disposable sanitary waste receptacle for lining said vessel, wherein said vessel comprises:

a. a waste receiving portion having an opening, an inside edge and an outside edge; and

b. a sitting member hingedly connected to said waste receiving portion at one outside edge of said sitting member, said sitting member further having an opening therein; and

wherein said disposable sanitary waste receptacle kit comprises:

a. a plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles releasably connected to each other in series, each disposable sanitary waste receptacle comprising:

i. a water impermeable bag member,

ii. an opening at one end of said bag member and being removably disposable within said waste receiving portion such that said opening is held open for the bodily waste to be deposited into said bag member,

iii. a securing means disposed around a perimeter of said opening for securing said bag member to said waste receiving portion, and

iv. wherein said perimeter of said bag member is closely adjacent to said opening of said bag member, such that said bag member is configured to stretch to conform around an outside edge of said waste receiving portion;

b. a holding and dispensing means engageable with said plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles for holding said plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles and dispensing each individually to a user one at a time as needed, said holding and dispensing means including a frame configured for a hanging attachment on a structure of said vessel above said sitting member and one or more bar members disposed within the peripheral edges of said frame, each bar configured to support said plurality of disposable sanitary waste receptacles being provided in a roll form such that said roll is configured to rotate and said each disposable sanitary waste receptacles is separated from others on as needed basis; and

c. a pair of handle members attached to said bag member adjacent to said first end thereof, wherein said handle members are continuous with said bag member, each handle member being defined by an opening through a wall thickness of said bag member.

Continuity (2)
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