IP Library Granted Patent US 10,251,771
Granted Patent B2
US 10,251,771 · App. 15/055,771 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Privacy apparatus for urinating in public

Inventor: Michael A. Mastracci (Baltimore, MD)
A61F5/4408A47K11/12A61F5/451
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Patent No.
US 10,251,771
App. No.
15/055,771
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A privacy apron designed for concealing both a user's genitalia and disposable containers when the user urinates out in public is provided. The privacy apron may have a body having a private side/sheet and a public side/sheet, wherein the private side/sheet includes at least one inner pouch for discretely carrying disposable containers. The body may be secured about the user's waist so that the inner pouch is near the genital area while the public side/sheet is outwardly facing. The public side/sheet is made of an opaque material preventing visibility through to the private side. The body may provide opposing side pockets between the private and public sides/sheets so that the user may discretely manipulate their genital area to urinate into and then seal the disposable containers.

Claims (12)

1. A privacy apparatus for urinating in public, comprising:

a body extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the body provides a public side wall and an opposing private side wall that are attached at an upper periphery and at a lower periphery of the body;

a first end side pocket and a second end side pocket accessible, respectively, through each of the first and second ends, each side pocket defined by a space between the public and private side walls;

a pouch disposed between the public and private side walls and attached to the public side wall;

a waist band disposed along the upper periphery of the body, wherein the waist band and the body are adapted so that while the waistband removably secures the upper periphery about a waist of a human wearer, the private side wall forming the pouch is adjacent to genitalia of the wearer; and

two private slots provided through the private side wall so that one private slot is between the first end and the pouch, and the other private slot is between the second end and the pouch, wherein each private slot communicates with an adjacent side pocket,

wherein the pouch is disposed between the one private slot and the other private slot.

2. The privacy apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a container dimensioned to be retained within the pouch.

3. The privacy apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a cape cover attached along a first portion of a periphery of the pouch.

4. The privacy apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a male fastener disposed along a second portion of the periphery of the pouch; and a mating female fastener disposed along a periphery of the cape cover.

5. The privacy apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each side pocket is dimensioned to receive one hand and at least a portion of an associated forearm of the human wearer, and wherein the adjacent private slot is dimensioned to receive said one hand for manipulating objects near the wearer's genital area and including objects provided within the pouch.

6. The privacy apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the public sheet is opaque.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62126890 · Mar 2, 2015
Related Publication 20160256312A1 · Sep 8, 2016
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