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US 12,357,134 · App. 19/010,316 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Bowel movement aid

Inventor: Gerald Christopher Dragonetti (Phoenixville, PA)
A47K17/028
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Patent No.
US 12,357,134
App. No.
19/010,316
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A bowel movement aid device includes a leg support with a single support having a bottom end extending vertically from the leg support and a top end. The single support has a serpentine body extending between the bottom end and the top end. A hand grip assembly attached to the serpentine body has a first end and a second end extending at equal first and second distances from the single serpentine support. A first hand grip pole and a second hand grip pole extend upwardly from the first and second ends of the hand grip assembly respectively.

Claims (23)

1. A bowel movement aid device comprising:

a leg support;

a single support having a bottom end extending vertically from the leg support, and a top end, the single support having a serpentine body extending between the bottom end and the top end;

a hand grip assembly attached to the serpentine body and having a first end and a second end, the first end extending a first distance from the single support and the second end extending a second distance from the single support, the second distance being the same as the first distance;

a first hand grip pole extending upwardly from the first end of the hand grip assembly; and

a second hand grip pole extending upwardly from the second end of the hand grip assembly.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the serpentine body is constructed from a carbon fiber material.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the serpentine body deflects vertically upon application of a vertical force thereto.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first hand grip pole and the second hand grip pole extend parallel to each other.

5. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a chest pad attached to the top end of the single support.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second hand grip poles extend parallel to each other.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the first and second hand grip poles extend away from each other.

8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the leg support comprises a single inverted U-shaped frame having first and second lower legs spaced apart from each other to allow a user's legs to fit therebetween.

9. The device according to claim 1 wherein the leg support comprises a pair of inverted U-shaped frames, each frame sized to fit over a thigh of a user.

10. A bowel movement aid device comprising:

a leg support comprising a pair of inverted U-shaped frames, each frame sized to fit over a thigh of a user;

a single support having a bottom end extending vertically from the leg support, and a top end, the single support having a serpentine body extending between the bottom end and the top end;

a hand grip assembly attached to the serpentine body and having a first end and a second end, the first end extending a first distance from the single support and the second end extending a second distance from the single support, the second distance being the same as the first distance;

a first hand grip pole extending upwardly from the first end of the hand grip assembly;

a second hand grip pole extending upwardly from the second end of the hand grip assembly; and

a chest rest attached to the top end of the serpentine body.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the first hand grip pole extends parallel to the second hand grip pole.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the single support curves in a concave manner between the leg support and the chest rest.

Continuity (1)
Continuation In Part 18609117 · Mar 19, 2024
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