Women's urinal for use in erect position

Claim 1

A urinal of light, relatively stiff material capable of facilitating hygienic and convenient urination by a female person in an erect position, comprising a substantially flat bottom of substantially rectangular shape and having a front to back length not more than 50% greater than its width and corners sufficiently round to eliminate sharp edges, and having also side walls integral with said bottom upstanding therefrom to a height exceeding the front to back length of the bottom, so as to provide a capacity of between one-half liter and one liter, said sidewalls being composed of lateral walls and front and rear end walls joined together with said bottom to form a container having a rim of approximately rectangular contour and a width of at least 8 cm, the stiffness of said container at said rim and the width of said rim being sufficiently great to deform a female user's thighs to an extent which spreads her labia apart out of the way of a stream of urine discharged by her urethra to minimize interference of the labia with urination, and reinforcement means for giving the rim more stiffness than the wall portion below the rim.

Claim 12

A method of clean erect urination for a female person comprising the steps of: obtaining a container in the form of an open-top flat-bottomed box of a capacity between one-half liter and one and one-half liters having a front, back and lateral sides, extending from the bottom upwards to a rim which is substantially parallel to the bottom, said container being of sufficient width, at least in the region of the rim, to exert lateral pressure which is sufficient to deform the flesh of the thighs adjacent to the rim of the container when inserted in the user's crotch and squeezed and to deform the user's thighs to an extent which spreads the labia of her vulva apart out of the way of urine discharged by her urethra; inserting said container in the female person's crotch and squeezing it, especially at the top of the container, between the thighs sufficiently to deform the thigh in such a way as to spread apart the labia and give a clear path from the urethra into the container for urine discharged from the urethra; urinating into the container while maintaining lateral pressure against the container from the thighs, and thereafter removing the container by hand.

Claim 13

A method of clean erect urination for a female person comprising the steps of: obtaining a container in the form of an open-top flat-bottomed box of a capacity between one-half liter and one and one-half liters having a front, back and lateral sides, extending from the bottom upwards to a rim which is substantially parallel to the bottom, said container being of sufficient width, at least in the region of the rim, to exert lateral pressure which is sufficient to deform the flesh of the thighs adjacent to the rim of the container when inserted in the user's crotch and squeezed and to deform the user's thighs to an extent which spreads the labia of her vulva apart out of the way of urine discharged by her urethra; inserting said container in the female person's crotch and squeezing it, especially at the top of the container, between the thighs sufficiently to deform the thigh in such a way as to spread apart the labia and give a clear path from the urethra into the container for urine discharged from the urethra; urinating into the container while maintaining lateral pressure against the container from the thighs, and thereafter removing the container by hand.