Patent ID: 6715161
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A47K,G09B

Abstract:
A toilet training aid for facilitating use of a toilet by a toddler, comprising:(a) a platform having: (i) a substantially planar, rectangular body having a top surface and a pair of coplanar legs extending from one side thereof defining a U-shaped recess dimensioned and configured for abutting a base of the toilet, the rectangular body and coplanar legs defining a top perimeter of the platform, the legs being disposed on opposite sides of the U-shaped recess; and (ii) vertical support walls depending from the top perimeter of the platform; (b) a pair of inverted, U-shaped safety rails mounted to the platform, the rails being parallel and extending upward from the top surface of the rectangular body; (c) a plurality of spring-biased buttons extending from said safety rails; and (d) a plurality of cylindrical wells depending from said rectangular body and said legs, the wells defining a plurality of openings in the top surface of said platform dimensioned and configured for receiving said rails, the wells having a plurality of vertically aligned apertures extending transversely through the wells; wherein said spring-biased buttons releasably extend through the aligned apertures in said wells to latch said rails at an adjustable height; whereby the platform is placed abutting the toilet so that a child undergoing toilet training steps on the platform in order to reach a toilet bowl.