Potty training device
US6698036B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S4/902
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste, a sensor for sensing bodily waste, and a sensory output generator. The seat includes a retaining member configured and located so as to retain the seat in place with respect to a toilet such that the opening of the seat is located above a bowl of the toilet. The sensor senses the bodily waste that passes through the opening of the seat, and the sensory output generator generates a sensory output in response to the sensor sensing the bodily waste. A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste and an electronic unit that includes a housing that at least partially contains a sensor for sensing the bodily waste, a power source, and a sensory output generator for outputting a sensory output when the sensor senses the bodily waste. The electronic unit and/or the seat includes a mechanism located and configured to removably couple the electronic unit and the seat such that the sensor is located so as to sense bodily waste received by the opening of the seat.
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