Potty training device

Abstract

A potting training device for preventing a potty-training child's urine stream from passing through the opening formed between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl. The device is made of a flexible, water-resistant, preferably non-porous sheet material, having a folding seam separating a urine-deflecting surface and a plurality of attachment tabs. An adhesive material is layered on the surface of each attachment tab and attaches the attachment tabs to the underside of the toilet seat. The sheet material, in its unattached flat configuration, is manipulated into a curved configuration that matches the curvature of the toilet seat, and is attached thereto. The potty training device is also not visible to the observer unless the toilet seat is lifted up, in a vertical position or viewed from a position to the rear of the attachment point when the toilet seat is down.

1 . A potty training device comprising: 
 a flexible sheet material; and    a means for attaching said sheet material to the underside of a toilet seat, wherein said sheet material comprises a urine-deflecting surface and a folding seam.    
   
   
       2 . The potty training device according to  claim 1 , wherein said means for attaching said sheet material to the underside of a toilet seat comprises an adhesive material layered onto a plurality of attachment tabs.  
   
   
       3 . The potty training device according to  claim 2 , wherein said sheet material further comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein said top portion comprises said plurality of attachment tabs and said bottom portion comprises said urine-deflecting surface, and said folding seam separates the top portion of said sheet material from the bottom portion of said sheet material.  
   
   
       4 . The potty training device according to  claim 3 , wherein attachment of said device to the underside of a toilet seat comprise: 
 bending said plurality of attachment tabs down and away from said urine-deflecting surface along said folding seam resulting in the sheet material having an L-shaped configuration;    while in said L-shaped configuration, bending the left and right edges of said urine-deflecting surface inward such that said plurality of attachment tabs separate; and    pressing said adhesive material on said separated attachment tabs against the underside of a toilet seat such that the curvature of the sheet material matches the curvature of the said toilet seat.    
   
   
       5 . The potty training device according to  claim 3 , further comprising an additional sheet material that is laminated on said urine-deflecting surface, wherein the left, right and bottom edges of said additional sheet material extend beyond the left, right and bottom edges of said urine-deflecting surface.  
   
   
       6 . The potty training device according to  claim 5 , wherein said sheet material is a plastic material.  
   
   
       7 . The potty training device according to  claim 6 , wherein said plastic is selected from M YLAR  or ridged vinyl.  
   
   
       8 . The potty training device according to  claim 7 , wherein said additional sheet material is soft vinyl.  
   
   
       9 . The potty training device according to  claim 8 , wherein said adhesive material is selected from a pressure sensitive adhesive resin or pressure sensitive double-sided tape.  
   
   
       10 . A potty training device for blocking an opening formed between a toilet seat and a toilet bowl, wherein said potty training device comprises: 
 a flexible sheet material; and    a means for attaching said sheet material to the underside of said toilet seat, wherein said sheet material comprises a urine-deflecting surface and a folding seam.    
   
   
       11 . The potty training device according to  claim 10 , wherein said means for attaching said sheet material to the underside of a toilet seat comprises an adhesive material layered onto a plurality of attachment tabs.  
   
   
       12 . The potty training device according to  claim 11 , wherein said sheet material further comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein said top portion comprises said plurality of attachment tabs and said bottom portion comprises said urine-deflecting surface, and said folding seam separates the top portion of said sheet material from the bottom portion of said sheet material.  
   
   
       13 . The potty training device according to  claim 12 , further comprising an additional sheet material that is laminated on said urine-deflecting surface, wherein the left, right and bottom edges of said additional sheet material extend beyond the left, right and bottom edges of said urine-deflecting surface.  
   
   
       14 . The potty training device according to  claim 13 , wherein said sheet material is a plastic material selected from M YLAR  or ridged vinyl.  
   
   
       15 . The potty training device according to  claim 14 , wherein said additional sheet material is soft vinyl.  
   
   
       16 . The potty training device according to  claim 15 , wherein said adhesive material is a pressure sensitive adhesive resin or pressure sensitive double-sided tape.  
   
   
       17 . A potty training device comprising: 
 a flexible sheet material, wherein said sheet material comprises: 
 a folding seam;  
 a urine-deflecting surface in contact with and positioned below said folding seam; and  
 a plurality of attachment tabs in contact with and positioned above said folding seam;  
   an adhesive material for attaching said sheet material to an underside of a toilet seat, wherein said adhesive material is layered on each attachment tab within said plurality of attachment tabs; and    a removable protective covering layered on said adhesive material.    
   
   
       18 . The potty training device according to  claim 17 , further comprising an additional sheet material that is laminated on said urine-deflecting surface, wherein the left, right and bottom edges of said additional sheet material extend beyond the left, right and bottom edges of said urine-deflecting surface.  
   
   
       19 . The potty training device according to  claim 18 , wherein: 
 said sheet material is selected from Mylar or ridged vinyl;    said adhesive material is selected from a pressure sensitive adhesive resin or pressure sensitive double sided tape; and    said additional sheet material is a soft vinyl film.    
   
   
       20 . A potty training device for blocking the opening formed between the toilet seat and toilet bowl, wherein said potty training device is flexible and can be manipulated into a configuration that conforms to the curvature of a toilet seat.  
   
   
       21 . The potty training device according to  claim 20 , wherein said device comprises a urine deflecting surface and a means for attaching said potty training device to the underside of a toilet seat.  
   
   
       22 . The potty training device according to  claim 21 , wherein said means for attaching said potty training device to the underside of a toilet seat comprises an adhesive material layered onto a plurality of attachment tabs.  
   
   
       23 . The potty training device according to  claim 22 , further comprising a folding seam.