Toilet Training Step Ladder

Abstract

A toilet-training step stool or ladder that may be positioned around a toilet allowing a child to climb up and use a standard toilet seat. The ladder is especially useful for assisting a small male child to position and steady themselves adjacent to and facing the front of the toilet bowl while in a standing position.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A toilet training step ladder adapted to be positioned around a toilet, the ladder comprising:
 a) a U-shaped frame member having first and second legs with respective free ends for placing on a floor and an upper horizontally extending frame segment extending between the first and second legs opposite the free ends thereof;   b) first and second elongated frame members pivotally attached to the first and second legs, respectively, of the U-shaped frame member at a location between the upper frame segment and the free ends of the first and second legs; and   c) one or more steps attached to and extending between the first and second elongated frame members, respectively.   
     
     
         2 . The toilet training step ladder according to  claim 1  wherein said step ladder may be moved between a folded, storage condition wherein said first and second elongated frame members locate adjacent said first and second legs of said U-shaped member, and an unfolded, in-use condition wherein said first and second elongated frame members extend at an angle relative to said first and second legs of said U-shaped member and thereby allowing said step ladder to stand on a floor with said steps extending substantially horizontally. 
     
     
         3 . A method of toilet training utilizing a step ladder according to  claim 2 , said method comprising the steps of moving said step ladder to said unfolded condition with said first and second legs of said U-shaped frame positioned on either side of a toilet bowl and said upper horizontally extending frame segment of said U-shaped frame member positioned above the toilet bowl.