Urine bag abstract
A urine bag holder for removably holding a urine bag to a leg of
a user. The urine bag holder includes a panel having a top edge,
a bottom edge, a first end edge and a second end edge. The panel
comprising a flexible material having a inside surface and an outside
surface. Each of a plurality of straps is attached to the outside
surface and is positioned generally adjacent to the first end edge.
Each of a plurality of fastening members removably fastens free
ends of each of the straps to the outside surface of the panel.
A plurality of securing members removably secure a urine bag to
the panel by engaging holes in the urine bag.
Urine bag claims
I claim:
1. A urine bag carrier device for holding a urine bag to the leg
of a user, the urine bag having a tube fluidly coupled thereto and
extending upwardly from a neck of the urine bag, the urine bag having
four corners each having a hole extending therethrough, the holes
in said urine bag not compromising the integrity of a watertight
nature of the urine bag, said device comprising: a panel having
a top edge, a bottom edge, a first end edge and a second end edge,
said panel comprising a flexible material having a inside surface
and an outside surface, each of a plurality of straps being attached
to said outside surface and being positioned generally adjacent
to said first end edge, each of a plurality of fastening members
removably fastening free ends of each of said straps to said outside
surface of said panel, each of said fastening members comprising
a hook and loop fastening means having a plurality of hook portions
attached to said outside surface of said panel and located adjacent
to said second side edge and a plurality of loop portions each attached
to one of said straps; a belt support for removably coupling said
panel to a belt of a user, said belt support including an elongated
member having a first end attached to said outside surface of said
panel and located adjacent to said top edge of said panel, said
elongated member having a second end defining a loop, wherein the
belt of a user may be extended through said loop, said belt support
being positioned nearer said second side edge than said first side
edge; a flap being attached to and extending upwardly from said
top edge of said panel, said flap being located nearer said second
side edge than said first side edge, wherein said neck of said urine
bag is abuttable against said flap; a plurality of securing members
removably secure said urine bag to said panel, said securing members
being positioned nearer said second side edge than said first side
edge, each of said securing members being located such that each
is extendable through one of said holes in said urine bag when said
neck is abutting said flap, each of said securing members comprising
a button coupled to said panel; and a coupler for holding said tube
being attached to said panel and located generally adjacent to said
top edge, said coupler being located between said flap and said
first side edge, said coupler having a first pad attached to said
panel and a second pad, said second pad is attached to said first
pad, said second pad being positionable over said tube, said second
pad having a second end selectively couplable to said first pad
such that said tube is held between said first and second pads.
Urine bag description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to urine bag holding devices and
more particularly pertains to a new urine bag holder for removably
holding a urine bag to a leg of a user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of urine bag holding devices is known in the prior art.
More specifically, urine bag holding devices heretofore devised
and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected
and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad
of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been
developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4511358; 3897785; 4486816;
4073295; 5643236; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 382055.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives
and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new
urine bag holder. The inventive device includes a panel having a
top edge, a bottom edge, a first end edge and a second end edge.
The panel comprising a flexible material having a inside surface
and an outside surface. Each of a plurality of straps is attached
to the outside surface and is positioned generally adjacent to the
first end edge. Each of a plurality of fastening members removably
fastens free ends of each of the straps to the outside surface of
the panel. A plurality of securing members removably secure a urine
bag to the panel by engaging holes in the urine bag.
In these respects, the urine bag holder according to the present
invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and
designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus
primarily developed for the purpose of removably holding a urine
bag to a leg of a user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types
of urine bag holding devices now present in the prior art, the present
invention provides a new urine bag holder construction wherein the
same can be utilized for removably holding a urine bag to a leg
of a user.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described
subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new urine bag holder
apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the urine
bag holding devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features
that result in a new urine bag holder which is not anticipated,
rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior
art urine bag holding devices, either alone or in any combination
thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a panel
having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first end edge and a second
end edge. The panel comprising a flexible material having a inside
surface and an outside surface. Each of a plurality of straps is
attached to the outside surface and is positioned generally adjacent
to the first end edge. Each of a plurality of fastening members
removably fastens free ends of each of the straps to the outside
surface of the panel. A plurality of securing members removably
secure a urine bag to the panel by engaging holes in the urine bag.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important
features of the invention in order that the detailed description
thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that
the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There
are additional features of the invention that will be described
hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims
appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the
invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is
not limited in its application to the details of construction and
to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following
description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable
of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various
ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology
employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not
be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception,
upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as
a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems
for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention.
It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including
such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from
the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially
the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not
familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine
quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the
technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither
intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured
by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope
of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a
new urine bag holder apparatus and method which has many of the
advantages of the urine bag holding devices mentioned heretofore
and many novel features that result in a new urine bag holder which
is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied
by any of the prior art urine bag holding devices, either alone
or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new
urine bag holder which may be easily and efficiently manufactured
and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new
urine bag holder which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a
new urine bag holder which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture
with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is
then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public,
thereby making such urine bag holder economically available to the
buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide
a new urine bag holder which provides in the apparatuses and methods
of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously
overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new
urine bag holder for removably holding a urine bag to a leg of a
user.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new
urine bag holder which includes a panel having a top edge, a bottom
edge, a first end edge and a second end edge. The panel comprising
a flexible material having a inside surface and an outside surface.
Each of a plurality of straps is attached to the outside surface
and is positioned generally adjacent to the first end edge. Each
of a plurality of fastening members removably fastens free ends
of each of the straps to the outside surface of the panel. A plurality
of securing members removably secure a urine bag to the panel by
engaging holes in the urine bag.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide
a new urine bag holder that by incorporating numerous straps and
the positioning of the straps allows for greater comfort to the
user than previously found in the art.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with
the various features of novelty which characterize the invention,
are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and
forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of
the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects
attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying
drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred
embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be better understood and objects other than
those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is
given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description
makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a new urine bag holder
according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS.
1 through 3 thereof, a new urine bag holder embodying the principles
and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by
the reference numeral 10 will be described.
As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 3 the urine bag holder
10 generally comprises a device for holding a urine bag 12 to the
leg 13 of a user. The urine bag 12 has a tube 14 fluidly coupled
thereto and extending upwardly from a neck 15 of the urine bag 12.
The urine bag has four corners each having a hole 16 extending therethrough.
The holes 16 in the urine bag do not compromise the integrity of
a watertight nature of the urine bag but are used for coupling the
urine bag to devices for holding the urine bag. The urine bag has
a drain valve 17 positioned opposite of the neck 15.
The device 10 includes a panel 20 having a top edge 22 a bottom
edge 24 a first end edge 26 and a second end edge 28. The panel
20 comprises a flexible material having an inside surface 30 and
an outside surface 32. Each of a plurality of straps 34 is attached
to the outside surface 32 and is positioned generally adjacent to
the first end edge 26. Each of a plurality of fastening members
36 removably fastens free ends of each of the straps 34 to the outside
surface 32 of the panel 20. Each of the fastening members 36 comprises
a hook and loop fastening means having a plurality of hook portions
38 attached to the outside surface 32 of the panel 20 and located
adjacent to the second side edge 28 and a plurality of loop portions
40 each attached to one of the straps 34. The panel 20 is extended
around the leg 13 and the straps 34 allow for adjustment of the
circumference of the panel 20 when positioned around a leg as shown
in FIG. 2.
A belt support 42 removably couples the panel 12 to a belt 44 of
a user. The belt support 42 includes an elongated member having
a first end 46 attached to the outside surface 32 of the panel 20
and located adjacent to the top edge 22 of the panel 20. The elongated
member 42 has a second end 48 defining a loop. The belt 44 of a
user may be extended through the loop 48. The belt support 42 is
positioned nearer the second side edge 28 than the first side edge
26 and prevents the panel 20 from moving down the leg 13 of a user
while the user is in an upright position. The belt support 42 is
ideally has an adjustable length for providing for different placement
of the panel 20 with respect to the belt 44.
A flap 50 is attached to and extends upwardly from the top edge
22 of the panel 20. The flap 50 is located nearer the second side
edge 28 than the first side edge 26. The neck 15 of the urine bag
12 is abuttable against the flap 50.
A plurality of securing members 52 removably secures the urine
bag 12 to the panel 20. The securing members 52 are positioned nearer
the second side edge 28 than the first side edge 26. Each of the
securing members 52 is located such that each is extendable through
one of the holes 16 in the urine bag 12 when the neck 15 is abutting
the flap 50. Wherein, two of the securing members 52 are adjacent
to the top edge 22 and spaced from each other and two are adjacent
to the bottom edge 24 and spaced from each other. Each of the securing
members 52 comprises a button coupled to the panel. The buttons
52 may be any type of conventional buttons including snaps coupled
to relatively short ties 54.
A coupler holds 56 the tube is attached to the panel 20 and is
located generally adjacent to the top edge 22. The coupler 56 is
located between the flap 50 and the first side edge 26. The coupler
56 ideally includes a first pad 58 and a second pad 60. The first
pad 58 is attached to the panel 20 adjacent to a securing member
52 and the second pad 60 is attached to the first pad 58 by a hook
and loop fastening means. The tube 14 is placed on the first pad
58 and the second pad 60 is placed over the tube 14 and attached
to the first pad 58 to hold the tube 14 between the first 58 and
second 60 pads. The first panel 58 may have an end coupled to the
second panel 60 such that the two remain together.
In use, the device 10 is adapted for the comfort and easy use by
the wearer. The securing members 52 hold the urine bag 12 in such
a manner that it is tight against the leg 13 and prevents the urine
bag 12 from directly touching the leg of the wearer. The coupler
56 prevents the tube 14 from moving around and places the water-fill
catheter 18 in a position for easy access and holds it against the
panel 20 so that it 18 does not irritate the skin of the wearer.
The straps 34 are positioned by the urine bag 12 so that they are
easily positioned on the front portion of the leg. The belt 44 may
be a conventional adjustable belt or a waistband formed from elastic
to be positioned around the waist of a user. The positioning of
the support belt adjacent to the second side edge 28 allows the
urine bag 12 to be positioned between the legs 13 of the user.
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation
of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above
description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the
manner of usage and operation will be provided.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized
that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the
invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form,
function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily
apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent
relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described
in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present
invention.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of
the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications
and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is
not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and
operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications
and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of
the invention.
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