DISPOSABLE URINAL

TRADUCTION NON-DISPONIBLE

English Abstract

K-57664
ABSTRACT
A disposable urinal which is expendable and intended
to be destroyed after use. The urinal is constructed of
molded fiber pulp material such as that used in egg cartons
and is formed of mating upper and lower sections which are
glued together to form the complete urinal.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A substantially hollow disposable urinal formed
as an assembly of mating top and bottom sections, each section
being molded to self-retaining shape from fibrous pulp material,
flanges extending from the lowermost portion of the top section
and the uppermost portion of the bottom section, each molded
section being free of reverse drafts or overhangs, and means
for adhering together the flanges of the top and bottom sections
to form a substantially rigid non-collapsible urinal, each
section being formable in simple molding dies on a conventional
molding machine at rapid speed, nestable with similar sections
during shipment to a desired location and assemblable for use
at said desired location into a one-piece urinal by means of
said adhering means.

Description

Thc uso of reu~able urin~ls constructed o~ metal or
rigid pla~tic in hospitals and other institutions presents a
number of disadvantages4 Following use~ they mu9t be emptied~
¢leaned and ~terilized and then stored ~or ~urther use~ In
add~tion, personnol must be hired to car~y out the above menial
ta~ks.
In an attempt to overcoma the above disadvantages, a
number o~ disposable urinal~ have been developed as dlsclosed,
~or instance~ in U,S. Paten~ 3,163,868; 3,3?9,g73; 3~579~653
and 3~731~8690 .However~ the urinals dis¢losed in the~e patenks
aro ~ormed ~rom oa~dboard, plastic material and paper which
materi~ls require waterproo~ing or must in¢lude impervious
liners to pr~ent leal~age~ In addition~ the patented urinal~
are rormed from complicated collap~ible paperboard~ or are
~ormed ~rom ~lat ~heet work folded to ~orm the u~lts~ Other
patent~ disclo~e semi-rigid one~plece receptacl~s~
It i~ also known that molded fiber urinals have been
made ln the past as a single molded unlt using complicRted and
expenslve dles~ U~S. Patants 27115~7227 2~1Ll9~879; 2J20L~276
and 2,961~043 illustrate method~q and tooling for molding ona-
piece hollow article.q with a nsGk which i~ smaller than ik3
main body~
The pre~ent inv~ntion relate~ to a dlsposabla urinal
which i~ formed from m~ting upper and lower ~ections made o~
mold~d pulp material ~uGh Q~ u~ed ~or making egg ¢arton~ . ~he
two section~ are ~orm~d on ~impl~ molding dies on a conventior~l
molding machi~e at a relatively rapld speed, thu~ eliminatlng
the above mentlon~d requirement o~ mold opanlng te remove the
~ormed urinal4 Both the upper and lower section3 have axter-
nallyD laterQlly ~x~ending su~stantially continuou~ nges at

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their lowermost and uppermo~t borders r~speatively. The~0
ed~e~ are adhered togeth0r preferabl~ by glue to form a unltary
structu~e of the two mat~ng section~ The urinal includes a
mouth~ neck and a body or liquid collecting porklon and has a
shape or design similar to known urlnal~.
Advantage~ o~ the two plece urinal of th~ present
inventlon over the slngle molded oontainer are ~aster moldlng
speed~, less C03t per piece and ~uch less shipping and storage
space are requir~d a~su~ing that the piece9 are adhere~
together near the point o~ use/ At large hospikal~ with long
term p~ients such as ve~erans'~acilitle~9 the assembly o~ tha
unit~ could be part o~ a work-therapy programO In a large city
with many hosp~tals in a given area, ~he assembly o~ the part~
could be done by a distributor who would assemble to o~d~r,
thus taking advantage of' the shippin~ and storage spa¢e ~a~ings
mantioned above~
A better under~tandin~ o~ th~ invention 19 ~pparent
~rom the ~ollowing de~crlption and drawings wherein:
Fig. 1 i~ a side elevation o~ the urinal;
: 20 Fi~. 2 i~ a top view o~ the urinal,
Fi~, 3 i~ an end elevation showing the ne¢k and mouth
o~ thQ urinalO
~ig. 4 i~ ~n elevation o~ th~ end o~ the urlnal
opposito khe neok end~ and
2~ Flg~ 5 ~ an exploded seotion taken along line 5-5 o~
Fig. 2 O
hs ~hown in Flg~ 5, the urinal 1 having the ganeral
design of known urinals oon~ist~ o~ an upper seotion 3 and a
lower ~e~tion 5 whioh mate with one another to ~orm the co~pleta
urinal, Th~ seotions 3 and 5 are gluedj or otherwlse adhered

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together along continuous mating ~langes 7 and g ~rJh~ch extend
externally, laterally ~rom and substantially around the bottom-
most point o~ the upper sectio~ 3 and the ~opmost point Or the
lower section 5 respectively.
The urinal 1 inoludes a mouth 11 as found in known
urinals to receivs t'ne male organ, a neck portion 12~ and a
urine collecting body portion 13~ The ~langes 7 and 9, o~
oourseJ terminate at both ~ides o~ the mouth 11~
The sections 1 and 3 are o~ molded ~iber material
and are ~ormed of simple molding dieS on a oonventional molding
maohine at a relatively rapld speed~
To form the cornplete~ urlnal, the top and bottom
sections 3 and 5 are molded ~rom ~bbr pulp materlal on a
conventional molding machine a~ter which the sections are
dri~d. lue~ or other adhering material i~ then applied to
one or both o~ the ~langes 7 and 9 which are then pre~sed
together to ~orm a ti~ht seal or ~eam between the two ~ections
whereby a unitary urinal ls ~ormed~