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US3099017A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Disposable, collapsible urinal

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-05-31
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Granted: 1963-07-30
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Expires: 1982-05-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lawrence J Sullivan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 06:01
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61G; A61G9/00; A61G9/006; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B10/0045; A61B10/007

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 672 words
A DISPOSABLE, COLLAPSIBLE URINAL FORMED UP FROM A SCORED BLANK OF FOLDABLE MATERIAL TO NON-LEAKING STRUCTURE HAVING A BOTTOM, A BODY AT LEAST PARTLY OVERLAYING THE BOTTOM, SAID BODY INCLUDING A TOP, A PAIR OF SIDES AND A PAIR OF SIDE FLUTES CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM, A NECK EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE BOTTOM TO FORM A NECK HAVING A NECK BOTTOM, A NECK TOP, AND TWO FLUTED NECK SIDES JOINING THE NECK TOP AND NECK BOTTOM, THE NECK HAVING AN OPENING AT ITS END FARTHEST REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM, AND JOINING TO THE BOTTOM AND BODY AT ITS OTHER ENDS, SAID BLANK WHEN FLAT HAVING: A BOTTOM EDGE, TWO SIDE EDGES AND A NECK EDGE; A SUBSTANTIALLY TRAPEZOIDAL BOTTOM SURFACE BOUNDED BY A PAIR OF BOTTOM SIDE SCORES, A BOTTOM FRONT SCORE AND AN EDGE, THE EDGE AND BOTTOM FRONT SCORE BEING PARALLEL, AND THE BOTTOM SIDE SCORES CONVERGING TOWARD THE BOTTOM FRONT SCORE; TWO PAIRS OF BODY FLUTE SURFACES, ONE PAIR BEING CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OF THE BOTTOM SIDE SCORES, A FIRST SURFACE OF EACH PAIR BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM SIDE SCORE AND A BOTTOM FLUTE SCORE, THE OTHER SURFACE OF EACH PAIR BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM FLUTE SCORE AND A BODY SIDE SCORE, THE BODY SIDE SCORE, BOTTOM FLUTE SCORE AND BOTTOM SIDE SCORE ALL SUBSTANTIALLY INTERSECTING AT A BODY FLUTE BASE JUNCTION AT RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE BOTTOM FRONT SCORE, AND SAID INTERSECTING SCORES DIVERGING FROM EACH OTHER SO THAT THE BODY FLUTE SURFACES FORM SUBSTANTIALLY ISOSCELES TRIANGLES WITH ACUTE APEX ANGLES; TWO SIDES SURFACES, EACH BOUNDED BY A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE BODY SIDE SCORES, A BODY TOP SCORE, AND A TRANSITION SCORE, THE TRANSITION SCORES BEING SUBSTANTIAL CONTINUATIONS OF THE BOTTOM FRONT SCORE AND INTERSECTING THE BODY TOP SCORE AT A FRONT JUNCTION; A NECK BOTTOM SURFACES CONTIGUOUS TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE AND PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY THE BOTTOM FRONT SCORE, AND A PAIR OF NECK SIDE SCORES, ONE NECK SIDE SCORE EXTENDING AWAY FROM EACH OF THE BODY FLUTE BASE JUNCTIONS, SAID NECK SIDE SCORES CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER AS THEY DEPART FROM THE BOTTOM FRONT SCORE; A FIRST NECK FLUTE SURFACE CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OF THE NECK SIDE SCORES PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY A NECK SIDE SCORE, AND A ANECK FLUTE SCORE WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE BODY FLUTE BASE JUNCTION AND MAKES AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH THE RESPECTIVE NECK SIDE SCORE; A SECOND NECK FLUTE SURFACE CONTIGUOUS TO EACH FIRST NECK FLUTE SURFACE WHICH IS PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY THE NECK FLUTE SCORE, A NECK TOP SCORE WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE RESPECTIVE FRONT JUNCTIONS, AND A TRANSITION SCORE WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE BODY FLUTE BASE JUNCTION TO THE FRONT JUNCTION; TWO BODY TOP SURFACES, ONE CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OF THE SIDE SURFACES AND PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY A RESPECTIVE TOP SCORE; TWO NECK TOP SURFACES,EACH PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY A RESPECTIVE NECK TOP SCORE, AND A TOP MEDIAL SCORE, WHEREBY THE URINAL IS FOLDED UP BY FOLDING THE BLANK AT THE BOTTOM FLUTE SCORES AND THE BOTTOM SIDE SCORES SO THAT THE BODY FLUTE SURFACES AND THE BOTTOM FLUTE SCORES OVERLAY THE BOTTOM SURFACE, THE BLANK BEING FOLDED AT THE BODY SIDE SCORES AND BODY TOP SCORES SO THAT THE SIDE SURFACES RISE FROM THE BODY FLUTE SURFACES AND THE BODY TOP SURFACES OVERLAP EACH OTHER, THE BLANK BEING FOLDED AT THE BOTTOM FRONT SCORE SO THAT THE NECK BOTTOM SURFACE RISES FORWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM SURFACE, THE BLANK BEING FOLDED AT THE NECK SCORES SO THAT THE NECK TOP SURFACES OVERLAP EACH OTHER, THE BLANK BEING SEALED AT THE JOINDER OF THE EDGES OF THE BOTTOM SURFACE AND BODY FLUTE SURFACES, AND AT THE OVERLAPPED NECK TOP SURFACES, WHEREBY THE DEVICE IS SET UP, AND WHEREBY TO COLLAPSE IT THE FLUTE SURFACES ARE PRESSED TOWARD EACH OTHER AND THE TOP PRESSED TOWARD THE BOTTOM TO FORM A ROUNDING TAB, AND IN WHICH A LOCKING TAB IS FORMED ON ONE OF THE NECK TOP SURFACES.

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